The Maryland home of Rep. Elijah Cummings was reportedly broken into over the weekend and Baltimore police are investigating.
Those looking to pin some kind of blame for the Saturday morning break-in on President Donald Trump, however, will be disappointed as the incident reportedly occurred before he tweeted his infamous remarks about the Democrat’s “disgusting” district.
Breaking: Congressman Elijah Cummings home broken into. Baltimore police investigating @wjz pic.twitter.com/4noh7h0yJB
— Mike Hellgren (@HellgrenWJZ) August 1, 2019
The House Oversight Chairman’s Baltimore home in the 2000 block of Madison Avenue was broken into around 3:40 a.m. Saturday, according to police, WJZ-TV reported.
According to the police report, the break-in was hours before Trump’s tweet noting that Cummings’ Baltimore congressional district is a crime-infested mess. Bad news for partisans hoping to blame the break-in on Trump or pretend away Baltimore’s crime. https://t.co/yoQhSDWZKM
— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) August 1, 2019
Detectives from the Central District were investigating and did not yet have any suspects or know if any property was taken, though a resident on the same street told WJZ that there was some video footage captured on a security camera.
There was some question about whether the lawmaker actually lives at the residence.
Rumor has it that @RepCummings is registered to vote at 20XX Madison Ave., Apt X in a rough area of #Baltimore but doesn’t live there.
He actually lives in an posh residence under his wife’s name at the Inner Harbor Ritz Carlton.
— John Cardillo (@johncardillo) August 1, 2019
And Fox reported that the home that was burglarized is a rental property Cummings owns, not his place of residency.
— Kimberlyn (@Sportsgal1972) August 1, 2019
As much as the left would love to find a way to blame Trump for inciting the incident because of his critical tweet, the president did not comment until well after the alleged burglary.
It often appears a vengeful god is on Donald Trump’s side.https://t.co/melGAdTDLp
— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) August 2, 2019
But he did weigh in Friday as reports of the break-in began to surface.
Really bad news! The Baltimore house of Elijah Cummings was robbed. Too bad!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 2, 2019
Trump’s initial tweet last Saturday morning came after the time police say the break-in occurred.
Colleague David Spunt notes that Trump’s 1st tweets about Cummings came at 7:14 am et July 27. Baltimore Police rpt Cummings rental property was burglarized at 3:40 am et the same day. Thus, no nexus to Trump’s tweets.
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) August 1, 2019
The break-in to Cummings’ home happened *before* Trump’s tweets, meaning this is not connected to the president https://t.co/I41UEPGTmc
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) August 1, 2019
— Article V (@Americasgarden) August 1, 2019
The president’s fiery rebuke of Cummings sparked a meltdown from the left as it focused much-needed attention on the city’s shameful conditions under decades of Democratic leadership. Trump slammed Cummings for his vocal attacks on the administration and immigration officials while apparently ignoring the failures in his own Maryland 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. His district is considered the Worst in the USA……
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 27, 2019
….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
The left quickly pounced on Trump’s factual observations as another example of his “racism” after he called out the Democrat over the disaster in his own backyard.
The lawmaker made a visit to Baltimore constituents in Waverly on Thursday, documenting it with a tweet asserting that he spoke with them “about what matters to them.”
I visited a packed house at Stadium Place today to provide the seniors there with a legislative update & to talk about my work in Congress. We talked about what matters to them, & they encouraged me to keep doing my job & continue fighting for them in Washington. pic.twitter.com/UPKxoHGSA3
— Elijah E. Cummings (@RepCummings) August 1, 2019
A neighbor was surprised to hear of Saturday’s break-in, telling WJZ that he has known Cummings for years.
“Anything he can do to help this neighborhood, he has been there for us,” the neighbor said.
While the left was busy attacking Trump and defending the city of Baltimore from his truth bomb, there were reportedly several people shot and wounded over the same weekend.
On Saturday, a man died in the hospital from gunshot wounds while another was injured, WJZ reported. On Sunday, one man was fatally shot in Northwest Baltimore and another was shot and killed in the West part of the city, WJZ reported again.
Homicides in Baltimore in 2017 represented a “homicide rate of 56 per 100,000 people,” USA Today reported, noting that Chicago’s rate was less than half of that, at “24 per 100,000.”
Days before the president’s tweet, Baltimore Police deputy commissioner Daniel Murphy and his wife were robbed at gunpoint.
The reported burglary of Cummings’ home and the timing related to the president’s comments sparked a wave of reactions on Twitter.
These things happen in crime infested cities.
Rep. Elijah Cummings’ Baltimore Home Burglarized, Police Sayhttps://t.co/LYuaW9zS7q
— Arthur Schwartz (@ArthurSchwartz) August 1, 2019
Genuine question:
Did Elijah Cummings not know his home was broken into because he doesn’t actually live in his district?
— Jack Posobiec ?? (@JackPosobiec) August 2, 2019
Baltimore’s new deputy police commissioner gets mugged at gunpoint.
Break in to Baltimore Congressmen’s house Elijah Cummings Home before Trump started tweeting.
But Baltimore is just doing fine with it’s Democrat leadership & media. https://t.co/qyu6617bfT— The Thinking Voter (@AbieRubin) August 1, 2019
They’ll find a way to blame Trump and say he used Russian Burglars
— The E Man???Old Skool (@DETECTIVE4LIFE) August 1, 2019
Geez….crime must be pretty bad over there if people will even break into a Congressman’s house ?. @RepCummings needs to do something about the crime in his district
— Anna Marie (@AnnaMarina222) August 1, 2019
The media didn’t want to cover the Cummings break in for the entire week. It happened before Trump tweeted because it would’ve proofen Trump right about Baltimore https://t.co/RUvmWsOEG2
— The Thinking Voter (@AbieRubin) August 1, 2019
Seriously they are going to try to blame Trump for this? Never mind I would actually be surprised if they didn’t.
— Mr. People First Language Guy. #PatHead (@SMadurski) August 1, 2019
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