President Trump on Monday blasted Rev. Al Sharpton
as a "con man," claiming he "hates whites & cops,"
after the MSNBC host said he would travel to Baltimore amid the controversy
over the president's comments about the city and its Democratic lawmakers.
Sharpton tweeted Sunday evening that he would travel to
Baltimore to "address Trump's remarks & bi-partisan outrage in the
black community" over them. Trump responded by slamming Sharpton, saying
they have known each other for decades and used to attend fights together. But
the president did not pull any punches when weighing in on Sharpton's
character.
“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,” the president tweeted. Trump then continued, “Al is a con man, a
troublemaker, always looking for a score. Just doing his thing. Must have
intimidated Comcast/NBC. Hates Whites & Cops!" he tweeted.
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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!
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Minutes later, the president added: "Al Sharpton
would always ask me to go to his events. He would say, “it’s a personal favor
to me.” Seldom, but sometimes, I would go. It was fine. He came to my office in
T.T. during the presidential campaign to apologize for the way he was talking
about me. Just a conman at work!"
The president's tweets come after Sharpton, on Sunday
night, posted details of a press conference he planned to give Monday
“to address Trump’s remarks & bi-partisan outrage in the black community.”
This was in response to Trump's criticism of Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., and
the condition of his district, which includes Baltimore.
Sharpton also called into MSNBC's "Morning
Joe" Monday, saying Trump is "going to attack the most visible
black person that comes across his desk and he thinks can set a tone," but
that he is "not going to bite the bait." Sharpton then continued to
discuss his history with Trump, and accused the president of "peddling
racism and dividing this country."
"Trump says I’m a troublemaker & con man. I do
make trouble for bigots. If he really thought I was a con man he would want me
in his cabinet," Sharpton tweeted later Monday morning.
The Baltimore controversy came after
Cummings criticized border patrol officials during a House Oversight
Committee hearing. Trump, over the weekend, claimed that conditions in
Cummings' Baltimore district were "more dangerous" than those at the
border, described it as "rodent infested," and said that "no
human being would want to live there."
Democrats immediately rallied to Cummings' side, such as
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and accused Trump
of being racist.
The president continued his attacks against Cummings on
Monday, tweeting that while Cummings has been in office, Baltimore “has the
worst Crime Statistics in the Nation,” and described Cummings’ representation
as “25 years of all talk, no action!” He then lumped the congressmen in with
other Democrats he has feuded with in recent weeks, the "Squad" of
Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley, and Rashida Tlaib.
"If the Democrats are going to defend the Radical
Left "Squad" and King Elijah's Baltimore Fail, it will be a long road
to 2020," Trump said.
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If the Democrats are
going to defend the Radical Left “Squad” and King Elijah’s Baltimore Fail, it
will be a long road to 2020. The good news for the Dems is that they have the
Fake News Media in their pocket!
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