President Trump’s tweets today about Rep. Elijah Cummings’ district in Maryland caused West Baltimore to hit the trending list on Twitter:

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

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

And with that, CNN’s Oliver Darcy got on the journalism job by presenting a not-so-hypothetical situation:

“No human being would want to live there.” Imagine the reaction from the right-wing outrage machine if @IlhanMN had made that comment about a slice of America. They quite literally would tell her to “go back.” https://t.co/f1jFULnjqm — Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) July 27, 2019

As you might have guessed, Darcy’s tweet got plenty of reaction. We’ll start here:

Because leftists never disparage rural America, right? https://t.co/09IuQYBV9i — Mary Magdalen (@Gr8LakesCzarina) July 27, 2019

Well that’s different, apparently. As for “imagining”…

This is so revealing. Omar compares some Americans to Nazis and detention centers to concentration camps so we don’t have to imagine. One thing to call them both out, but you can’t yell hypocrisy when you refuse to hold one side to any standards. https://t.co/ZNx1b4XOyz — (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) July 27, 2019

Imagine hell, she trashes the country on a regular basis. https://t.co/mFRSMXPXJx — Chrìstορhεr (@cdwillett66) July 27, 2019

Maybe some journos don’t see that.

The people who refer to rural America as “flyover country” have some thoughts on properly respecting places where people live — Orange Muppet Energy (@sunnyright) July 27, 2019





I’ll be over here clinging to my guns and bible awaiting your answer. — EducatëdHillbilly™ (@RobProvince) July 27, 2019





Haven’t you noticed that the left-wing outrage machine is all over this. Not refuting the claim, just screaming “racist”. https://t.co/4nbWPKBrBr — MrEd (@carolinaednac) July 27, 2019

There are a few journalists coming to the defense of Baltimore today, that’s for sure.