Baltimore (Getty Images) Rep. Elijah E. Cummings called for unity and an end to divisive racist rhetoric Wednesday and pleaded with President Donald Trump to join him in traveling through Baltimore, saying they could visit the volunteers who are trying to make the city a better place. The president can bring the government’s checkbook, too, Cummings suggested, saying the city’s […]

A row of abandoned buildings in Baltimore (Getty Images) The truth behind President Donald Trump’s recent tweets about Baltimore became crystal clear the moment Al Sharpton got involved and the media echoed “racism.” It’s all just another race-hustling con game from the masters of exploiting fake grievances. When the president riffed on Rep. Elijah Cummings, […]

Boards cover the front end of an abandoned row of homes in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) Democrats condemned Monday as racist President Donald Trump’s broadside at “rodent infested” Baltimore, but the blast also came as a reminder that most troubled major U.S. cities have been dominated for decades by one party, and it isn’t the GOP. Cities like Baltimore, […]