Calling Trump ‘thin-skinned,’ Al Sharpton hits back at the president following his tweets condemning congressman Elijah Cummings and the Baltimore district he represents
BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump, again stoking racial divisions, on Monday renewed his attacks on a black U.S. congressman from Baltimore and slammed black civil rights activist Reverend Al Sharpton, drawing a rebuke from Maryland’s Republican governor and the black former Republican Party national chairman.
Maryland Governor Larry Hogan, a Republican who had considered challenging Trump for the party’s 2020 presidential nomination, blasted Trump’s tweets in an interview with WBAL radio and said the president’s latest Twitter attacks were only further fueling division and political anger nationwide.On Monday, Trump again slammed Cummings and his district over its crime rate.
Steele urged Trump to visit Baltimore, saying, “Folks want to talk to you. So just show up. Put the tweet down brother, and show up.” Trump also targeted Sharpton, who has defended Cummings and the congressman’s district. Sharpton and Trump have ties going back to their New York City circles, but Trump balked at any close past relationship.At the news conference, Sharpton condemned Trump for what he called “a bigoted and racist” attack on Cummings and the people of Baltimore.
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