‘The Wire’ Creator David Simon Calls Trump “Racist Moron” Over Baltimore Comments
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‘The Wire’ Creator David Simon Calls Trump “Racist Moron” Over Baltimore Comments
Anita Bennett, Deadline Sat, Jul 27 11:58 PM EDT
Click here to read the full article.“The Wire” creator David Simon unloaded on President Donald Trump Saturday, after the president called Baltimore a “disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess” while criticizing Democratic Rep. Elijah Cummings .
Simon, a former Baltimore Sun reporter, documented life in Baltimore over five seasons of his HBO series. While the critically-acclaimed drama didn’t exactly paint Charm City in a positive light with its brazen drug dealing, out-of-control violence and rampant political corruption, Simon pushed back against Trump by calling him a “race-hating fraud.”
“If this empty-suit, race-hating fraud had to actually visit West Baltimore for five minutes and meet any of the American citizens who endure there, he’d wet himself,” Simon tweeted.
The Emmy-winning writer continued to tweet about the issue throughout the day.
“The president is ‘literally’ a simplistic, racist moron. I am ‘literally’ the guy writing stuff about the last century of U.S. policy, about the drug war and mass incarceration, about Brown v. and white flight, about all of modern U.S. history to which your kind stays mute,” he replied to someone who described Baltimore as a “sh**hole.”
Baltimore-gate erupted when Trump attacked Rep. Cummings on Twitter.
“Rep, Elijah Cummings has been a brutal bully, shouting and screaming at the great men & women of Border Patrol about conditions at the Southern Border, when actually his Baltimore district is FAR WORSE and more dangerous. His district is considered the Worst in the USA,” Trump tweeted Saturday morning.
“As proven last week during a Congressional tour, the Border is clean, efficient & well run, just very crowded. Cumming District is a disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess. If he spent more time in Baltimore, maybe he could help clean up this very dangerous & filthy place,” Trump added in a second tweet .
Former first lady Michelle Obama also weighed in on Trump’s Baltimore comments. She didn’t directly address POTUS, but she did post a video on Twitter to shine a spotlight on a positive aspect of the city. The clip shows off Baltimore’s Lethal Ladies — a local STEP team she watched perform in 2017.
In honor of National Dance Day today, Mrs. Obama wrote: “I’m so proud of you all — and everyone who’s dancing today!”
“The Wire” creator David Simon unloaded on President Donald Trump Saturday, after the president called Baltimore a “disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess” while criticizing Democratic Rep. Elijah Cummings.
Simon, a former Baltimore Sun reporter, documented life in Baltimore over five seasons of his HBO series. While the critically-acclaimed drama didn’t exactly paint Charm City in a positive light with its brazen drug dealing, out-of-control violence and rampant political corruption, Simon pushed back against Trump by calling him a “race-hating fraud.”
Show me an inner city without these problems.
BROWN, BLACK, WHITE
these problems exist in 90plus % of America.
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Some areas, tend to have tons more money poured into them if the right people want it that way, and they clean up.
Face it , Trump is the Racist most of US knew he was well before his campaign, definitely during, and still going strong.
What a Fuc up, if ever there were in politix
Agreed. So why is it racist to point it out?
It isn't. Just more squawking at the sky by TDS sufferers.
What is TDS? Trump-Dumb Sympathizers?
What does demographics have to do with it? I have seen the same things said about San Francisco and Los Angeles, but I have not heard that the observation was racist. Here's a story from just two weeks ago (but before Trump's comments). Strangely, no national hysteria over racism.
Study: LA, California cities 'overrun' by rat infestations
That doesn't make it racist. If you want to call it trash talk, divisive, not useful, "meant to incite" as you say, etc., that's fine. But I see no evidence that it's specifically racist .
When is Trump going to start running down hillbillies?
Oh. they are his voters?
That explains a lot.
trump denial syndrome
Because if you only point out the places with predominantly non-white communities without including the white "ghettos", then it appears you are making a statement about race and not just about poverty or leadership.
It does? What does "running down" mean in this context?
OK, well that hasn't been his history. He has enthusiastically criticized San Francisco on multiple occasions and I don't think most would consider that a predominantly non-white community.
He has also enthusiastically criticized London - a city pretty well known to be very white.
Trump calls London mayor a 'disaster' after a spate of killings
So, if it's your contention that Trump criticizes black cities but not white cities, that is simply wrong.
In fact, he has a long history of criticizing white people and places. So, it's not about race, is it.
Trump Demands Subservience
And yet neither you nor anyone else can produce even one piece of it.
He criticizes everyone who dares to speak against him.
Everyone but his supporters know when it is racist
So what? So do you.
Just like everyone knows the emperor has a lovely new set of clothes - i.e. everyone says so. Too bad no one can actually describe the thing they claim they see.
But I'm not the 'president '. So?
That's essentially what the 'president' is saying to everyone who doesn't agree/support/kiss his disgusting fat ass, FUCK OFF. He's such a diplomat.
David Simon admits to being a Social Democrat in his politics and he hates Trump. Good Lord what a surprise!
Supposition, innuendo, and opinion only on your part here but no proof to back yourself up.
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“If this empty-suit, race-hating fraud had to actually visit West Baltimore for five minutes and meet any of the American citizens who endure there, he’d wet himself,” Simon tweeted.
The Emmy-winning writer continued to tweet about the issue throughout the day.
“The president is ‘literally’ a simplistic, racist moron. I am ‘literally’ the guy writing stuff about the last century of U.S. policy, about the drug war and mass incarceration, about Brown v. and white flight, about all of modern U.S. history to which your kind stays mute,” he replied to someone who described Baltimore as a “sh**hole.”
He won't visit any place that won't have 4 ply TP.
Twitter exchange between the "Wire" creator and a MAGA troll was hilarious.
So now we can add David Simon to the list of haters who call the President "racist".......YAWN!
David, please read: Baltimore is an eyesore and has been for a good 40 or more years!
Thanks for shitting on all the good people that live and work in Baltimore City including myself.
Good job!
Is that supposed to be addressed to someone?
You
You need to use the reply button. Baltimore is a dangerous eyesore!
Thanks for shitting on all the good people that live and work in Baltimore City including myself.
You are a resident of Baltimore? What do you think of your elected officials?
Millions of people disagree with your shitting all over us.
It is not a dangerous eyesore.
Go to any major city and get back to me.
I work in Baltimore City.
I live in Columbia.
You can keep repeating your bullshit over and over again but you are incorrect.
Thanks for shitting all over the city where I work and millions of people work and live.
You confused me when you said "the good people that live and work in Baltimore City including myself."
You can keep repeating your bullshit over and over again but you are incorrect.
Baltimore isn't an eyesore?
Thanks for shitting all over the city where I work and millions of people work and live.
The shitting was done by me, it was done by Baltimore,s elected officials, not I.
I guess you're easily confused. Not my problem.
Have you got anything else besides insults and pictures or smileys?
See, Vic, we must have it all wrong.
It isn't that Baltimore is NOT a shit hole, it is that almost every major city is one.
At least that is the "defense" being offered up!
And Baltimore doesn't have "millions" of people. It has less than 700,000 residents. I don't think the slums will hold more.
What did shithead say? No human being wants to live there.
What are all the folks who live there then? and work there?
Point out one error while whitewashing the 'president''s shitstain in chiefs comments.
That's all ya got.
I am sorry you don't want to deal with FACTS.
Should I try back later?
I just am amazed at some of the things that get posted as FACTS when they are simply not TRUE.
You are certainly welcome to it!
So sue me - I said millions - rather than 100s of thousands.
Big whoop.
I made a mistake.
I know some would never admit to a mistake even on their deathbeds.
Tex - look - I made the same mistake in several posts.
Please chide me and berate me some more.
I live for it.
Pointless. You have nothing I desire or need.
As some mature, having mistakes pointed out to them is neither threatening or a reflection on them personally. And some come to recognize what is pointing out a fact and what is berating.
Ouch. You really got me good.
As are most of your posts.
I said that most major cities have problems with drugs, gangs, gun violence, and poverty and rats and garbage.
I didn't say every major city was a shithole.
I said every major city dealt with the same problems.
You and Vic are masters at manipulating what is said and putting it in your own words.
so why the morbid fascination with every word I write?
I'm sure many of them live in fear. Those who only work there don't have to go to sleep to the sound of gunshots. Rather than denial, let us face the facts. Baltimore needs a lot of fixing. Voting for people on the basis of race hasn't worked. It has only made things worse.
The decay of the inner city has been going on for about 50 years. It's time to face the facts. Those trapped in the inner city are voting against their own best interests.
You know what I meant.
I don't what denial you're referring to.
Other than you supporting every bit of shit that pours out of the shitstain of a 'president's mouth/shithole.
Very well put r.t..b Kudos!!!!!!!!!!!
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Does your post have a purpose or message?
Don't be so hard on yourself. The population of big cities is a tricky thing. There's more to it than just residents within the city limits. The Baltimore Metropolitan Area has almost 3 million people.
Is Jared Kushner a convicted slumlord or is he bribing the relevant judges ?
Would it shock you to learn that Trump thinks his blatant race baiting is working magic on his voters?
Would it shock you to learn that the democrats think that constant playing of the race card works magic with their voters?
Are you saying that the Democrats have done voodoo on Trump to get him to act racist just so they can take advantage of his racism?
That would be very mean of them but anythings possible.
No, John. That strategy predates Trump. It predates this century.
It's funny, as in laughable, to watch people try and prop up Trump just because they think it is their role in all this.
More sensible people would probably be wondering why the president of the United States feels the need to insult many of the people he supposedly serves.
No? The New York Times published just such a story on Baltimore back in March.
What's really interesting is what's gotten the 'president' to shit all over Baltimore/Cummings
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Actually, if you do not share her point of view, no she does not...
If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck.
you spelled Duck incorrectly
That's right, it's spelled tRUMP
I would have spelled Duck with and i
You just concern yourself with settling that debt when the time comes
ill concern myself with whatever your' not concerned with.
u know trump should have already been removed from office, why don't you own it ?
if America is STUPID enuff to let this scumbag criminal remain in office, you'll have no problem with me honoring my end, now You, ....
what will you do with your life,,,?
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The moderators are a bit confused...Who are you referring to?
You know I am talking to iggy and referring to the little dick 'president'.
I think the one who is confused is you Vic.
You accomplished what you came here for. Why don't you just shoo now? Skedaddle. Begone.
I missed the part about ducks in the story. I like ducks.
It's right here:
The President is the duck, and the "empty-suit, race hating fraud" are examples of how he looks, swims and quacks. We currently have President Donald Duck, if duck were a euphemism for "complete racist bigot who has no shame".
Your quote doesn't mention ducks and there were no pictures either. You see racism where there is none and you see ducks where there aren't any. You are a terribly unreliable witness.
Give it a rest tacos. You might try reading the whole thread to get the ducks reference
And here I thought no one would be going out for the "Obtuse Comment of the Year" award...
Well, now that you mention it, I do think that the old "if it looks like a duck" argument is pretty feeble, but I thought I would employ better manners than to call it obtuse. Instead I opted for sarcasm. Speaking of obtuse, I guess I should have used a sarc tag, but who could have guessed I would have needed it?
stop duckin the questions.
.Pictures...?
how can you see a duck, when you're busy ducking ?
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Them damn Bumpuss' dawgs caused Ralphie to eat Duck for Christmas dinner, with barbecuedkitty rib appetizer, with Duck sauce
Is this your way of acknowledging that if your city has had numerous documentaries calling it a rat infested shithole it is probably a rat infested shithole?
Of course news reporting must remind everyone that Elijah Cummings is black. Cummings' racial identity is the only reason Trump's tweets are racist? So, who's the real racist?
And the resounding rebuttal to Trump's tweets is a dance video posted by Michelle Obama. How does that not highlight a racial stereotype? How is Michelle Obama's tweet not racist?
At least Baltimore ain't Alabama. Alabama is the favorite target of Democrats when pointing out failed leadership. Naturally Alabama is predominantly white so Democrats can't be charged with racism. Apparently for predominantly white cities and regions the facts are just facts. But for predominantly black cities and regions the facts are racist.
Democrats have turned racism into a joke. Why should anyone pay attention any longer?
What nonsense are you ranting on about now?
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This isn’t the first time David made himself look like an idiot.
He didn't make himself look like an idiot this time or then.
My kids went to school in Baltimore. They were there during the riots, so if anyone should have a sour taste about Baltimore it should be me. Like any city, there are good areas and bad. Simon, has never portrayed it differently whether on Homicide: Life on the streets of Baltimore or The Wire. His point is that when people think of Baltimore, they think black, and specifically the bad element there. But in fact, that is not true a true picture of the city or its residents. There are beautiful areas right inside Baltimore that are totally white. And there is huge urban renewal going on in the black and mixed areas. It is not a perfect city but it's not the way that our President has described it either and I can see how people would take it as racist. Crime has to do with economics, not color.
Isn't Baltimore, and the 7th district where John Hopkins University located. Didn't our current head of HUD work and teach there for a number of years? Oh, there is the John Hopkins Heath System and the University of Maryland in the 7th district as well.
My great nicece was married in Baltimore last year and recently purchased a home in the GASP, 7th district. Both professionals and high earners....
Check out Ellicott City in the 7th district...overrun by rats but their are wealthy rats cuz the homes and income are quite high there.
Indeedy. Also Roland Park, which is one of the most expensive neighborhoods in Baltimore is right next to the 7th.
That was Ben Carson, who was the head of Ped neuro surgery and yes he did live in the 7th.
I work at the University of Maryland Medical Center which is right in the midst of downtown.
I live in Columbia. Some areas of Columbia have the big bucks. Howard County is one of the most prosperous nations in the US.
There are rats here too.
There are rats just about everywhere people live.
Go figure!
'Crime has to do with economics, not color.'
BINGO! Thank you.
The only people who have said anything about race are Trump's critics - not Trump himself.
Why have white racists praised Trump past and present?
Why did he have amnesia concerning David Duke?
Why did he concoct a story about having detectives investigate the birthplace of the first black president?
Again more non sequitur questions, but you still can't explain why Trump's comments are racist. You aren't willing to explain why we are talking about race at all. Hint: it's because Trump's political opponents are racist race-baiters. (Too easy?)
If you dont see why the questions explain Trump's behavior you're on your own man.
And there we have it! The argument I have been waiting for. If I can't see it, there's no helping me. I'm too far gone. My own racism has blinded me to the "obvious" truth.
Sorry (but not sorry), if this pisses you - or anyone else - off but I'm going to keep hammering away at this. We can't have conversations about ordinary things anymore because all someone has to do to shut things down is accuse someone else of being racist.
It's bullshit. Either demonstrate an actual causal connection showing how something is racist or expect me to keep calling you out for this BS tactic.
You keep denying that Trumps past racist behavior is relevant. I cant work with such stubbornness.
You have made no attempt to show that it is relevant. You just claim it to be true.
TDS
Trump Denial System
thats when one of his supporters denies every stupid thing he has ever done.
Its an epidemic at this point.
Good thing that doesn't apply to me. Are you deflecting? How about the topic? The topic is not "every stupid thing he has ever done." It's this one set of comments and whether or not they are racist. Can't you stick to that? Or is it time to admit the truth?
You're the one deflecting tacos. Knock it off.
Good series. A 2018 Pulitzer Finalist in Local Reporting
Let's hear from a current resident shall we???
When one does their grandstanding bullshit like Cummings you are going to get pushback on your own shit.
Good for this guy to do a truthful video.