Baltimore's Democrat Mayor Caught Complaining About 'Rats, Dead Animals' - WATCH
Catherine Pugh complains on camera about smell of rats in footage filmed last year
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Baltimore's Democrat Mayor Catherine Pugh was caught on camera complaining about the city's "rats" and "dead animals" in reemerged news footage that was filmed last year.
The video shows the Democratic mayor complaining about the poor conditions in part of the city.
While touring the slums of her city, Pugh was caught on camera complaining that she "can smell the dead animals" and declaring "we should just take all this sh*t down."
The resurfaced video comes as the media and Democrats attempt to portray President Donald Trump's weekend tweets about Baltimore as "racist."
Pugh made the comments during a September 2018 Fox 45 segment while touring a Baltimore neighborhood that was meant to highlight her "violence-reduction initiative."
As Pugh walked around the streets, she said: "What the hell? We should just take all this sh*t down. ... Whoa, you can smell the rats. ... Whew, Jesus. ... Oh, my God, you can smell the dead animals."
FLASHBACK: Fox 45 news report in September 2018 with Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh:
— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) July 28, 2019
Mayor Pugh:
"What the hell? We should just take all this shit down.”
"Whoa, you can smell the rats." pic.twitter.com/BqhsL2Dsx7
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The viral video clip has emerged in response to media figures and Democrats falsely claiming that President Trump's tweets were racist.
Nowhere in the president's tweets does he refer to race while calling out the poor living conditions inside Democratic Rep. Elijah Cummings' (MD) district.
"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," Trump tweeted.
"His district is considered the Worst in the USA 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."
....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
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 27, 2019
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Trump continued in a later tweet: "Why is so much money sent to the Elijah Cummings district when it is considered the worst run and most dangerous anywhere in the United States.
"No human being would want to live there.
"Where is all this money going? How much is stolen?
"Investigate this corrupt mess immediately!"
Why is so much money sent to the Elijah Cummings district when it is considered the worst run and most dangerous anywhere in the United States. No human being would want to live there. Where is all this money going? How much is stolen? Investigate this corrupt mess immediately!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 27, 2019
Sen. Bernie Sanders -- a candidate for the Democratic Party’s 2020 presidential nomination -- also took his own shots at Baltimore just a few years ago, however, despite blasting Trump's comments as "racist."
In 2015, Sanders slammed the struggling Northeast city as a "disgrace," likening it to a "Third World country."
“Anyone who took the walk that we took around this neighborhood would not think you’re in a wealthy nation,” Sanders said while visiting the city’s West Baltimore section in December 2015, the Baltimore Sun reported.
“You would think that you were in a Third World country.”
