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| Trump renews attack on Baltimore congressman Elijah Cummings – live | Trump renews attack on Baltimore congressman Elijah Cummings – live |
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| Trump has left the bill signing without taking any questions on his attacks against Baltimore, his new director of national intelligence or anything else. | |
| Trump interrupted his own remarks on the bill extending the 9/11 victims fund to claim he was “down there also” after planes struck the Twin Towers. | |
| “I was down there also, but I’m not considering myself a first responder,” Trump said at a Rose Garden event where first responders were present. | |
| “I was down there also, but I’m not considering myself a first responder,” @realDonaldTrump tells people who rushed to help at the Twin Towers on #911. pic.twitter.com/HI2N7ffJOL | |
| Trump started his bill signing ceremony for the 9/11 victims fund extension by expressing condolences for those affected by the shooting in northern California. | |
| He also recognized former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani, who now serves as Trump’s lawyer. Giuliani was the city’s mayor when the 9/11 attacks occurred, and Trump said he considered Giuliani to be “our greatest mayor.” | |
| Trump has just appeared for a bill signing of the 9/11 victims fund extension. Watch as he delivers remarks here. | |
| Democratic presidential candidates are preparing for the debates that start tomorrow in Detroit, but Cory Booker’s campaign is already looking ahead to the next face-off. | Democratic presidential candidates are preparing for the debates that start tomorrow in Detroit, but Cory Booker’s campaign is already looking ahead to the next face-off. |
| We did it! Just passed 130k donors to make it to the fall debate stage—thank you to all who contributed! https://t.co/MD5N6vwrr5 | We did it! Just passed 130k donors to make it to the fall debate stage—thank you to all who contributed! https://t.co/MD5N6vwrr5 |
| The New Jersey senator announced this morning that his campaign had hit the donor threshold to qualify for the fall debate. | The New Jersey senator announced this morning that his campaign had hit the donor threshold to qualify for the fall debate. |
| Booker has received contributions from at least 130,000 unique donors and has registered at 2 percent or higher in enough qualifying polls, meeting the Democratic National Committee’s heightened requirements for the September debate. | Booker has received contributions from at least 130,000 unique donors and has registered at 2 percent or higher in enough qualifying polls, meeting the Democratic National Committee’s heightened requirements for the September debate. |
| The DNC’s stricter qualifications are expected to significantly decrease the number of debate participants. The Detroit debates, split between tomorrow and Wednesday, will feature 20 candidates. | The DNC’s stricter qualifications are expected to significantly decrease the number of debate participants. The Detroit debates, split between tomorrow and Wednesday, will feature 20 candidates. |
| Democratic presidential candidate Jay Inslee — who has centered his campaign around the climate crisis — has launched a new environmental justice proposal. | Democratic presidential candidate Jay Inslee — who has centered his campaign around the climate crisis — has launched a new environmental justice proposal. |
| The Washington governor would turn the White House Council on Environmental Quality into the Council on Environmental Justice, increase civil and criminal penalties for polluters, and create a fund to reduce energy bills for low-income families. | The Washington governor would turn the White House Council on Environmental Quality into the Council on Environmental Justice, increase civil and criminal penalties for polluters, and create a fund to reduce energy bills for low-income families. |
| His broader climate plan specifies that 40% or more of federal investments in a greener economy—or $1.2 trillion—would go to communities facing the most pollution, income inequality and impacts from global heating. | His broader climate plan specifies that 40% or more of federal investments in a greener economy—or $1.2 trillion—would go to communities facing the most pollution, income inequality and impacts from global heating. |
| Inslee in an op-ed in The New York Times on Sunday argued the climate crisis is a winning campaign issue and that President Donald Trump’s record on the environment is a “huge obstacle to his re-election.” | Inslee in an op-ed in The New York Times on Sunday argued the climate crisis is a winning campaign issue and that President Donald Trump’s record on the environment is a “huge obstacle to his re-election.” |
| The governor says his White House would map overall environmental inequity—from pollution from power plants, highways and fossil fuel facilities--and use the data in government decisions. | The governor says his White House would map overall environmental inequity—from pollution from power plants, highways and fossil fuel facilities--and use the data in government decisions. |
| Inslee would also ban uses of PFAS chemicals, which are polluting drinking water for hundreds of communities around the country, particularly around military bases that have used firefighting foam containing the toxic chemicals in drills. | Inslee would also ban uses of PFAS chemicals, which are polluting drinking water for hundreds of communities around the country, particularly around military bases that have used firefighting foam containing the toxic chemicals in drills. |
| Another ironic twist to Trump’s attacks on Baltimore: the president’s son-in law and adviser Jared Kushner owns more than a dozen apartment complexes there that have been cited for, among many other things, rodent infestations. | Another ironic twist to Trump’s attacks on Baltimore: the president’s son-in law and adviser Jared Kushner owns more than a dozen apartment complexes there that have been cited for, among many other things, rodent infestations. |
| The Washington Post reports: | The Washington Post reports: |
| Kushner Cos., which started operating in Maryland in 2013, has owned almost 9,000 rental units across 17 complexes, many of them in Baltimore County, the Baltimore Sun reported earlier this year. | Kushner Cos., which started operating in Maryland in 2013, has owned almost 9,000 rental units across 17 complexes, many of them in Baltimore County, the Baltimore Sun reported earlier this year. |
| The properties generate at least $90 million in annual revenue. Kushner stepped down as chief executive of the company in 2017, when he became a senior White House adviser. ... | The properties generate at least $90 million in annual revenue. Kushner stepped down as chief executive of the company in 2017, when he became a senior White House adviser. ... |
| In 2017, Baltimore County officials revealed that apartments owned by the Kushner firm were responsible for more than 200 code violations, all accrued in the span of the calendar year. Repairs were made only after the county threatened fines, local officials said, and even after warnings, violations on nine properties were not addressed, resulting in monetary sanctions. | In 2017, Baltimore County officials revealed that apartments owned by the Kushner firm were responsible for more than 200 code violations, all accrued in the span of the calendar year. Repairs were made only after the county threatened fines, local officials said, and even after warnings, violations on nine properties were not addressed, resulting in monetary sanctions. |
| In an investigation by the New York Times and Pro Publica published earlier that year, tenants of Kushner properties reported mouse infestations, mold problems and maggots. A private investigator who looked into Kushner’s property management company, Westminster Management, described the managers as ‘slumlords.’ | In an investigation by the New York Times and Pro Publica published earlier that year, tenants of Kushner properties reported mouse infestations, mold problems and maggots. A private investigator who looked into Kushner’s property management company, Westminster Management, described the managers as ‘slumlords.’ |
| Three people, including a six-year-old boy, were shot and killed by a gunman who opened fire at the Gilroy garlic festival in northern California. Authorities confirmed the gunman was also killed after a confrontation with police. | Three people, including a six-year-old boy, were shot and killed by a gunman who opened fire at the Gilroy garlic festival in northern California. Authorities confirmed the gunman was also killed after a confrontation with police. |
| Vivian Ho and Adam Gabbatt have more: | Vivian Ho and Adam Gabbatt have more: |
| The gunman used a rifle and gained entry to the Gilroy garlic festival by cutting through a fence to avoid tight security, including metal detectors, police said. | The gunman used a rifle and gained entry to the Gilroy garlic festival by cutting through a fence to avoid tight security, including metal detectors, police said. |
| A second suspect was ‘involved in some way, we just don’t know in what way’, the Gilroy police chief, Scot Smithee, said at a late-night press conference. The police chief said the motive behind the killings remained unclear. | A second suspect was ‘involved in some way, we just don’t know in what way’, the Gilroy police chief, Scot Smithee, said at a late-night press conference. The police chief said the motive behind the killings remained unclear. |
| On Monday it emerged that six-year-old Stephen Romero was among the victims. His grandmother, Maribel Romero, told KGO-TV that Romero was a ‘loving boy’ who was ‘always kind, happy and, you know, playful’. Romero’s father, Alberto Romero said his son had been playing on a bouncy castle when the shooting happened. Romero was not at the festival, and learned that Stephen had been shot when his wife called from the hospital. | On Monday it emerged that six-year-old Stephen Romero was among the victims. His grandmother, Maribel Romero, told KGO-TV that Romero was a ‘loving boy’ who was ‘always kind, happy and, you know, playful’. Romero’s father, Alberto Romero said his son had been playing on a bouncy castle when the shooting happened. Romero was not at the festival, and learned that Stephen had been shot when his wife called from the hospital. |
| Trump is attacking Al Sharpton as “a con man, a troublemaker, always looking for a score” as the longtime activist heads to Baltimore amid the president’s attacks on the city. | Trump is attacking Al Sharpton as “a con man, a troublemaker, always looking for a score” as the longtime activist heads to Baltimore amid the president’s attacks on the city. |
| I have known Al for 25 years. Went to fights with him & Don King, always got along well. He “loved Trump!” He would ask me for favors often. Al is a con man, a troublemaker, always looking for a score. Just doing his thing. Must have intimidated Comcast/NBC. Hates Whites & Cops! https://t.co/ZwPZa0FWfN | I have known Al for 25 years. Went to fights with him & Don King, always got along well. He “loved Trump!” He would ask me for favors often. Al is a con man, a troublemaker, always looking for a score. Just doing his thing. Must have intimidated Comcast/NBC. Hates Whites & Cops! https://t.co/ZwPZa0FWfN |
| In response, Sharpton tweeted a photo of Trump attending a 2006 convention for the National Action Network, a civil rights organization founded by Sharpton. | In response, Sharpton tweeted a photo of Trump attending a 2006 convention for the National Action Network, a civil rights organization founded by Sharpton. |
| Trump at NAN Convention 2006 telling James Brown and Jesse Jackson why he respects my work. Different tune now. pic.twitter.com/mvNQmPdLUh | Trump at NAN Convention 2006 telling James Brown and Jesse Jackson why he respects my work. Different tune now. pic.twitter.com/mvNQmPdLUh |
| Good morning, live blog readers – and welcome to another week that has started with Donald Trump launching racist attacks against a black member of Congress. | Good morning, live blog readers – and welcome to another week that has started with Donald Trump launching racist attacks against a black member of Congress. |
| Just weeks after the president suggested four minority congresswomen should “go back” to where they came from, he has now suggested that Baltimore, the home city of representative Elijah Cummings, is “a disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess” and “the worst run and most dangerous [district] anywhere in the United States”. | Just weeks after the president suggested four minority congresswomen should “go back” to where they came from, he has now suggested that Baltimore, the home city of representative Elijah Cummings, is “a disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess” and “the worst run and most dangerous [district] anywhere in the United States”. |
| Trump continued with that line of racist criticism this morning, upon learning that Al Sharpton was going to visit the city. | Trump continued with that line of racist criticism this morning, upon learning that Al Sharpton was going to visit the city. |
| Baltimore, under the leadership of Elijah Cummings, has the worst Crime Statistics in the Nation. 25 years of all talk, no action! So tired of listening to the same old Bull...Next, Reverend Al will show up to complain & protest. Nothing will get done for the people in need. Sad! | Baltimore, under the leadership of Elijah Cummings, has the worst Crime Statistics in the Nation. 25 years of all talk, no action! So tired of listening to the same old Bull...Next, Reverend Al will show up to complain & protest. Nothing will get done for the people in need. Sad! |
| It is ironic that Trump is attacking Cummings for being “all talk, no action,” given that the president’s ire was first ignited because of the many investigative steps Cummings has taken as chairman of the House oversight committee. | It is ironic that Trump is attacking Cummings for being “all talk, no action,” given that the president’s ire was first ignited because of the many investigative steps Cummings has taken as chairman of the House oversight committee. |
| But the “all talk, no action” line also echoed Trump’s criticisms shortly after he was elected against representative John Lewis, a civil rights icon who was beaten by police during the famous 1965 march in Selma, Alabama. Trump also claimed Lewis’s Georgia district was “in horrible shape,” an assertion that many of the congressman’s constituents dismissed as a “flat-out lie”. | But the “all talk, no action” line also echoed Trump’s criticisms shortly after he was elected against representative John Lewis, a civil rights icon who was beaten by police during the famous 1965 march in Selma, Alabama. Trump also claimed Lewis’s Georgia district was “in horrible shape,” an assertion that many of the congressman’s constituents dismissed as a “flat-out lie”. |
| Many residents of Cummings’ majority-black district have similarly denied Trump’s characterization of their home, suggesting that the president’s false attacks are based largely on who lives there. | Many residents of Cummings’ majority-black district have similarly denied Trump’s characterization of their home, suggesting that the president’s false attacks are based largely on who lives there. |
| CNN host Victor Blackwell touched on this issue during an emotional segment discussing Baltimore, where he grew up. “There are challenges no doubt. But people are proud of their community,” said Blackwell, who is African American. “I don’t want to sound self-righteous, but people get up and go to work there, they care for their families there, they love their children who pledge allegiance to the flag just like children do in districts of congressmen who support you, sir. They are Americans too.” | CNN host Victor Blackwell touched on this issue during an emotional segment discussing Baltimore, where he grew up. “There are challenges no doubt. But people are proud of their community,” said Blackwell, who is African American. “I don’t want to sound self-righteous, but people get up and go to work there, they care for their families there, they love their children who pledge allegiance to the flag just like children do in districts of congressmen who support you, sir. They are Americans too.” |
| Here are a few other things the blog is keeping its eye on today: | Here are a few other things the blog is keeping its eye on today: |
| Director of national intelligence Dan Coats is leaving his post next month, clearing the way for representative John Ratcliffe, a Trump loyalist who grilled special counsel Robert Mueller last week. | Director of national intelligence Dan Coats is leaving his post next month, clearing the way for representative John Ratcliffe, a Trump loyalist who grilled special counsel Robert Mueller last week. |
| Trump will almost certainly be thrown questions about Coats and his attacks on Cummings when he participates in a signing ceremony for the 9/11 victims fund at 10 a.m. EDT. But there’s no guarantee he’ll respond. | Trump will almost certainly be thrown questions about Coats and his attacks on Cummings when he participates in a signing ceremony for the 9/11 victims fund at 10 a.m. EDT. But there’s no guarantee he’ll respond. |
| 2020 candidates are preparing for the next round of debates, which start tomorrow in Detroit. | 2020 candidates are preparing for the next round of debates, which start tomorrow in Detroit. |
| We’re covering all of that and more today, so stay tuned. | We’re covering all of that and more today, so stay tuned. |