Michelle Obamapraised students from Baltimore on Saturday, hours after PresidentDonald Trumptweeted inflammatory remarks about parts of the Maryland city.
On Saturday morning, the president went ona Twitter rantabout Rep. Elijah Cummings, a vocal critic whose district includes much of Baltimore. Trump called the district a “very dangerous & filthy place.”
According toU.S. Census data, Cummings’ district is about 53 percent African-American, while the city of Baltimore as a wholewas last estimatedto be about 62.8 percent African-American.
Trump, 73, called Cummings a “brutal bully” and accused him of “shouting and screaming at the great men & women of Border Patrol about conditions at the Southern Border, when actually his Baltimore district is FAR WORSE and more dangerous.”
Ina third tweet, the president baselessly claimed that Cummings’ district is “considered the worst run and most dangerous anywhere in the United States.”
“On #NationalDanceDay, I’m shouting out the Lethal Ladies, a Baltimore STEP team who I saw perform back in 2017,” Obama wrote alongside a video of the group, who was featured in the 2017 documentarySTEP. “I’m so proud of you all—and everyone who’s dancing today!”
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The op-ed spoke out against Trump’s tweets earlier this monthtelling four Democratic congresswomen of colorto “go back and help fix the totally broken and crime-infested places from which they came” despite the majority of the women being born in America.
“I’ve always been proud of what this team accomplished during my administration,” President Obama tweeted. “But more than what we did, I’m proud of how they’re continuing to fight for an America that’s better.”
Seemingly defending the four politicians — Rep.Ilhan Omarof Minnesota, Rep.Alexandria Ocasio-Cortezof New York, Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, and Rep. Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts — Mrs. Obama reminded her followers that the United States is for everyone, not just those who were born here.
“What truly makes our country great is its diversity,”she tweeted. “I’ve seen that beauty in so many ways over the years. Whether we are born here or seek refuge here, there’s a place for us all.”
Mrs. Obama added, “We must remember it’s not my America or your America. It’s our America.”
source: people.com
