‘Don’t Just Come and Criticize’: Elijah Cummings Defends Baltimore Following Trump Criticism

Rep. Elijah Cummings defended his home town for the first time since President Trump described the area as a “disgusting, rat and rodent-infested mess.”

Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) and Chairman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee in Washington on July 24, 2019. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images

Congressman for Baltimore Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) publicly defended his home town for the first time since President Donald Trump described the area as a “disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess.”

The Maryland Democrat told reporters in the Druid Heights neighborhood on Aug. 3 he didn’t “have time for people who want to trash our city.”