Washington (CNN) President Donald Trump is heading to Baltimore -- the same city he recently called "a rat and rodent infested mess" -- on Thursday to speak at the 2019 House Republican Conference member retreat dinner, according to a White House schedule released Sunday.

It's common for the President to give remarks at their party's annual congressional retreat, and last year, Trump and Vice President Mike Pence both spoke at the GOP gathering in West Virginia.

But Trump's appearance this year is notable after he repeatedly slammed Baltimore as a way of criticizing House Oversight chairman and Maryland Democratic Rep. Elijah Cummings, who has been a frequent critic of Trump. The President's criticism of Cummings, who is black, followed racist comments he made against four progressive women of color in Congress and were widely condemned by Democrats as racist. The Republican retreat was scheduled months before Trump's Twitter tirade.

CNN has reached out Baltimore City Council President Brandon Scott, Baltimore Mayor Bernard "Jack" Young and Cummings for comment on Trump's upcoming visit.

In a series of tweets in July, Trump denigrated the city as "a rat and rodent infested mess" and said "no human being would want to live there.

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