The president's supporters shared video showing a rat in West Baltimore running through a local Fox TV station's live shot Monday.
The Fox-affiliated TV station, which is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group, continued addressing Trump's criticism of Baltimore and noted a"surge in non-fatal shootings" across the city. The Monday evening segment highlighted a 31 percent increase from 2018 through July 20 of this year.
Many Twitter users responded to the rat"photo-bomb" video by pointing at several local stories over the years about longtime rodent problems in Baltimore. A September 2018 WBFF-TV report showed former Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh exclaiming,"." The clip prompted right-wing pundit Mark Dice and several conservative news outlets such as Breitbart and CNS News to further distance Trump's comments from accusations of racism.
"Here's a local Baltimore news story about the rat problem from a few years ago. 'Rats' are not a code word for black people. The city has a rat problem!
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