{"id":36466,"date":"2019-07-29T16:26:26","date_gmt":"2019-07-29T23:26:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/?p=36466"},"modified":"2019-07-29T16:26:26","modified_gmt":"2019-07-29T23:26:26","slug":"that-time-bernie-sanders-compared-baltimore-to-third-world-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/2019\/07\/that-time-bernie-sanders-compared-baltimore-to-third-world-country\/","title":{"rendered":"That Time Bernie Sanders Compared Baltimore to Third World Country"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The media is going on three days of hysteria over Pres Trump\u2019s truthful statement about the horrible conditions in Baltimore. Like clockwork the media is ignoring this clip of Bernie Sanders from 2015 comparing the city to a third world country.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/l6X-ZE8FB_w?\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nNothing Trump said was racial yet he is labeled a racist, <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If racist Elijah Cummings would focus more of his energy on helping the good people of his district, and Baltimore itself, perhaps progress could be made in fixing the mess that he has helped to create over many years of incompetent leadership. His radical \u201coversight\u201d is a joke!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1155558122163003393?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 28, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">There is nothing racist in stating plainly what most people already know, that Elijah Cummings has done a terrible job for the people of his district, and of Baltimore itself. Dems always play the race card when they are unable to win with facts. Shame!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1155547255916642305?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 28, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n&#8230;&#8230;so does that mean Sanders is a racist too? Oh wait it probably doesn\u2019t because Sanders is a Leftist and this clip is from waaaay back in 2015, oh and he tweeted this out in 2016<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Residents of Baltimore\u2019s poorest boroughs have lifespans shorter than people living under dictatorship in North Korea. That is a disgrace.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenSanders\/status\/728278867639676930?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 5, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The media is going on three days of hysteria over Pres Trump\u2019s truthful statement about the horrible conditions in Baltimore. 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