Republican Activist Returns To West Baltimore For Another Cleanup

Scott Presler (second from left) with West Baltimore residents last month. Credit: Phil Yacuboski

For the second time in less than a month, Scott Presler, the Virginia-based conservative activist and President Donald Trump supporter, is in West Baltimore Monday to clean up trash and debris.

Presler organized a cleanup on Aug. 5 that collected 12 tons of trash and debris in 12 hours.

We’re here in West Baltimore picking up trash @ the corner of N. Fulton Avenue & Westwood Avenue.



We said we would be back. #PromisesMadePromisesKept pic.twitter.com/eYm9lP62Gq — #ThePersistence (@ScottPresler) September 9, 2019

The clean up followed Trump's Twitter criticism of Rep. Elijah Cummings' West Baltimore neighborhood.

Presler tells WBAL News Radio 1090 and FM 101.5's Yuripzi Morgan he made a promise to residents last month that he would come back.

He insists the motivation behind the cleanup is not political.

Presler said this time, he says he has permits for dumpsters. He didn't have them last month.

The cleanup is from 8 a.m. until 6 p.m. at the corner of Fulton and Westwood streets, and Presler says he has 130 volunteers from all over the country coming to help him.

On Saturday, there was a cleanup in another West Baltimore neighborhood.

We Can Bmore organized a community cleanup, fanning out to pick up litter, sweep streets and even do some gardening.

Organizers said events like this make a big impact, and they want to encourage everyone to take pride in their neighborhood.

"Let's everybody in the city, let's everybody in this community come on out and clean their portion of their neighborhood and community. I think if we do that, we'll have a clean city," the Rev. Alvin Hathaway, senior pastor at Union Baptist Church, told WBAL-TV.