[Ed. – Yeah, he did.]
Here’s the problem: what Trump said is virtually true. Ex-Mayor Catherine Pugh resigned over a scandal concerning sales of her children’s books. Homicides are sky-high. And yes, there are rats. Lots and lots of rats; this isn’t new, folks. They made a documentary about it two years ago …
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Oh, and former President Barack Obama noted Baltimore’s decay as well (via Daily Caller):
After the Baltimore riots in 2015, President Barack Obama spoke about communities in the major Maryland city that are struggling with “abject poverty,” “no investment,” and drugs. …
Riots are more likely to occur “if you have impoverished communities that have been stripped away of opportunities, where children are born into abject poverty, they’ve got parents — often because of substance abuse problems, or incarceration, or lack of education themselves — can’t do right by their kids” …
