Cummings Responds to Trump’s Criticism of ‘Rat and Rodent Infested’ Baltimore

President Donald Trump (L) makes his way across the South Lawn to board Marine One on his way to Newport News, Virginia on March 2, 2017. Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) speaks to the media at the University of Baltimore in Baltimore, Maryland on May 5, 2015. Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images; Drew Angerer/Getty Images

Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) has responded to criticism from President Donald Trump over the Maryland congressman’s treatment of border patrol officials during committee hearings and the conditions of the district he represents.

“Mr. President, I go home to my district daily. Each morning, I wake up, and I go and fight for my neighbors,” Cummings, who represents the Maryland 7th Congressional District since 1996, wrote on Twitter. “It is my constitutional duty to conduct oversight of the Executive Branch. But, it is my moral duty to fight for my constituents.”