Trump Doubles Down on Attacks on Cummings

President Trump doubled down late Saturday on his attacks against Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) and his Baltimore congressional district, saying that it’s “sad” that the longtime congressman has done “so little” for the city he represents, The Hill reports.

Said Trump: “So sad that Elijah Cummings has been able to do so little for the people of Baltimore… Cummings has done nothing but milk Baltimore dry, but the public is getting wise to the bad job that he is doing!”

Washington Post: “The outburst also undercut efforts by many Republicans over the past two weeks to defend Trump and insist that his earlier attacks were based in ideology rather than race.”

“But Trump’s advisers had concluded after the previous tweets that the overall message sent by such attacks is good for the president among his political base — resonating strongly with the white working-class voters he needs to win reelection in 2020.”