Baltimore Sun editorial board tears into Trump for using political rally to 'mock' city's homicide r

[Judi Lynn]

Baltimore Sun editorial board tears into Trump for using political rally to 'mock' city's homicide rate
BY ARIS FOLLEY - 08/03/19 04:17 PM EDT

The editorial staff of The Baltimore Sun did not mince words in an editorial attacking President Trump after he suggested without evidence at a rally earlier this week that “the homicide rate in Baltimore” is higher than El Salvador, Honduras and war-ravaged Afghanistan.

At a Thursday campaign rally in Cincinnati, the president claimed that "the homicide rate in Baltimore is significantly higher than El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala.”

"I believe it’s higher than Afghanistan,” he said.

"In our country. Think of that," he went on to say. "We’ll check the numbers, and if we’re wrong they will tell us tomorrow. It’ll be headlines. I do believe the rate is higher than Afghanistan."

In response to the president’s remarks, the newspaper released a scathing editorial Friday, noting that the crowd “laughed when their leader joked how fact-checkers might contradict him Friday.”

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https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/456062-baltimore-sun-editorial-board-tears-into-trump-for-using

[Skittles]

1. the idea that the any gun humping piece of shit repuke would criticize homicide numbers