Kemmeter: Presidential statements fuel racial tension

US President Donald Trump gestures as he speaks to members of the press prior to departing from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, July 24, 2019. The hashtag #WeAreBaltimore began trending on Saturday evening after Trump called congressman Elijah Cummings' district of Baltimore a "disgusting rat and rodent infested mess."
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