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Trump’s tweets about Baltimore were inflammatory. But the city’s poverty and crime are real, and liberals should shoulder the blame Donald Trump’s incendiary commentary about the the city of Baltimore – he called it a “rodent infested mess” – understandably outraged many, including the editorial board of the Baltimore Sun, which quipped that it is better for the city to have a few rats than to be one. There is no doubt that Trump was using the city as a cudgel to attack representative Elijah Cummings, a Maryland Democrat who is leading oversight of the administration’s border policies, among other things. Of course, it’s not entirely fair to blame Cummings for the state of west Baltimore, the poorer, largely African American portion of the city. Individual members of Congress do not dictate the social and economic conditions of their district. Clearance rates for violent crimes are abysmal in Baltimore. More than half of murders go unsolved. There’s no silver bullet for solving these problems. It will likely require resources and action at all levels. Zaid Jilani is a Bridging the Divides writing fellow at the University of California at Berkeley’s Greater Good magazine, and a freelance journalist Continue reading…
