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President Donald Trump aims at Reverend Al Sharpton following his controversial attacks on Rep. Elijah Cummings. Trump refers to Sharpton as someone who “hates whites and cops.”
The president tweets:
“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!”
Sharpton responded to his tweet and says:
“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.”
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.
— Reverend Al Sharpton (@TheRevAl) July 29, 2019
Over the weekend, called Cummings’ district, Maryland’s 7th Congressional District, “a disgusting, rat, and rodent-infested mess” adding “no human being would want to live there.’
Rev. Al Sharpton: Pres. Trump “attacks everybody…but he has a particular venom for blacks and people of color. He doesn’t refer to any of his other opponents or critics as ‘infested.’” https://t.co/HwDGq9t7kD pic.twitter.com/NqnOcFOal2
— ABC News (@ABC) July 29, 2019