Washington (CNN) Maya Rockeymoore Cummings, the widow of the late Rep. Elijah Cummings, said on Friday that the congressman was "hurt" in the last months of his life by attacks against him and on the city of Baltimore -- an apparent response to President Donald Trump's earlier attacks on the congressman and his hometown.

"It was not easy. What congressman, Chairman Cummings did was not easy," the late congressman's widow said during a speech at his funeral in which she delivered an emotional tribute to her husband.

"And it got infinitely more difficult in the last months of his life when he sustained personal attacks and attacks on his beloved city."

In July 2019, a few months prior to the congressman's death, the President unleashed a tirade against Cummings and his district, calling it a "disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess." The late congressman's Maryland district includes much of Baltimore.

The President lashed out at the congressman, saying of Cummings, "If he spent more time in Baltimore, maybe he could help clean up this very dangerous & filthy place."

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