Cummings, who has served the area for decades, responded by saying he continues to work for his district.
“Mr. President, I go home to my district daily,” he said. “It is my constitutional duty to conduct oversight of the Executive Branch. But, it is my moral duty to fight for my constituents.”
Maryland's GOP governor, Larry Hogan, called Trump’s comments “ outrageous and inappropriate.”
"Washington is just completely consumed with, with angry and divisive politics, the divisiveness and dysfunction. And then 14 hours later we get this tweet that sets off another fire storm of angry tweets back and forth."
The city of Baltimore has struggled for years with crime, poverty and issues with housing. In 2018, there were a record number of homicides in Baltimore, with 309 killed according to the Baltimore Police Department. But some have pointed to issues with developers and local landlords, including Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner whose family real estate firm owns apartments and townhomes in Baltimore. In 2017, the county reported some 200 code violations in apartments owned by the Kushner family in one year alone.
Trump’s only African American Cabinet member, Housing Secretary Ben Carson, is from Baltimore and acknowledged the city’s problems.
"You know, it's sort of like if you have a patient who has cancer," Carson said of Baltimore. "You can dress them up and put a nice suit on them, and you can try to ignore it. But that cancer is going to have a devastating effect. You have to be willing to address that issue if you're ever going to solve it."
At the beginning of August, Cummings invited Trump to come visit.
“I want President Trump to visit Baltimore,” he said. “My God, I want him to come, I’ll ride with him for hours if I have to.”
The White House does not have any plans for the president to tour the city before or after his speaking engagement.
ABC News' Anne Flaherty contributed to this report.
Kaynak:Abcnews