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David Simon is the creator of The Wire, which takes place in Baltimore. Donald Trump is the president of the United States who thinks Baltimore is a “rat and rodent infested mess.” Simon didn’t like this. “If this empty-suit, race-hating fraud had to actually visit West Baltimore for five minutes and meet any of the American citizens who endure there, he’d wet himself,” Simon tweeted in response to Trump’s tweet. And when others questioned just what Simon meant by that, he clarified: “It means the president, if he stepped out of his limo and found himself suddenly a racial minority, would wet himself on that fundamental alone. The humanity of those he encountered could not matter to him; only their lack of whiteness and his discomfort. So he won’t come.” He went on: “He gives no fuck for Baltimore or anyone other than his himself. He’s a piece of shit. And only those similarly fecal can be fooled.”

If this empty-suit, race-hating fraud had to actually visit West Baltimore for five minutes and meet any of the American citizens who endure there, he’d wet himself. https://t.co/QBSed1S4c8 — David Simon (@AoDespair) July 27, 2019

It means the president, if he stepped out of his limo and found himself suddenly a racial minority, would wet himself on that fundamental alone. The humanity of those he encountered could not matter to him; only their lack of whiteness and his discomfort. So he won't come. https://t.co/kkU8MggT3G — David Simon (@AoDespair) July 27, 2019

Some Twitter users tried to argue with Simon, saying his acclaimed HBO drama The Wire proved Trump’s point. These users were making a horrible mistake. Simon pronounced this “a narrative that could only excite a collection of bots, trolls and morons who could watch something like The Wire and … think that it was speaking uniquely to Baltimore rather than the forces arrayed against and within every American city.” He then began dishing out the kinds of insults that show us why he’s an Emmy-winning writer. Highlights include “you gibbering pathogen,” “you’re just a fucking two-dimensional taintsniffing moron,” and “fuckmooks.” Below is a somewhat curated collection of Simon’s further dealings with the MAGA-ish corners of the internet.

You gibbering pathogen, I work in the entertainment industry. I wouldn’t wipe my ass on a Congressional payroll. Are you huffing cleaning product? https://t.co/C4bdrdu3AK — David Simon (@AoDespair) July 28, 2019

The Wire isn't so complicated that it can't be understood in context. But you are simple as fuck.https://t.co/Qh32XBGV5x https://t.co/atQStXNIvo — David Simon (@AoDespair) July 29, 2019

The Wire is not so complicated that a nuanced, sentient soul can't squeeze out the ideas. But you're just a fucking two-dimensional taintsniffing moron:https://t.co/Qh32XBGV5x https://t.co/LDEEPCyWDT — David Simon (@AoDespair) July 29, 2019

Moron: https://t.co/Qh32XBGV5x

Don't tell me what conjured, flat-brained stupidity you think I should know. Worry about how little you understand. https://t.co/Pzbt1eqI3u — David Simon (@AoDespair) July 29, 2019

Not remotely as much as I made later profiteering off recon Marines, Yonkers housing officials, New Orleans culture bearers and Time Square sex workers. I tell stories. Same for every fucking storyteller since Gutenberg spilled ink. You're the dumbest fucking troll out here. https://t.co/X69yT4BIJV — David Simon (@AoDespair) July 29, 2019

Context is king, which is why you're playing the game as a pawn. It's not noting the complex problems in these communities that is the problem, it's whether you are doing it to address the problems or simply to shit on the political enemy of choice: https://t.co/Qh32XBGV5x https://t.co/O0Z44GmNoW — David Simon (@AoDespair) July 29, 2019

I respect you for exactly nothing. You're a piece of shit. https://t.co/gBk4dYCRZU — David Simon (@AoDespair) July 29, 2019

Undereducated or overmedicated or both? https://t.co/BP2jxErUp5 — David Simon (@AoDespair) July 29, 2019

I would agree with you but then we'd both be untethered from reality and firing spittle at our computer screens and one of us has to stay sentient enough to hit the block button. https://t.co/JGuLeMGu85 — David Simon (@AoDespair) July 29, 2019

Christ, if you're not a bot with C-grade algorithm, there's just no plausibe excuse. https://t.co/YE8wnUiBOC — David Simon (@AoDespair) July 29, 2019

You're poultry. You're an actual fucking yardbird strutting around the internet and squawking as if the contents of your marble-sized brain are of assistance to anyone. I wrote and reported "The Corner" with Ed Burns, and "Homicide" on my own. Both sourced The Wire. https://t.co/4yUoW1KxEV — David Simon (@AoDespair) July 29, 2019

What good is any storytelling ever? Why address a human problem with any narrative? As to masturbation, rando fuckmooks on the Internet are pretty onanistic. I mean, they pay me to film television; you’re here pleasuring yourself and only yourself on your own dime. https://t.co/sYdAqeuV7E — David Simon (@AoDespair) July 29, 2019