criticism against prominent black lawmaker elijah cummings and his majority black district. a day after heated rhetoric from the president referred to baltimore as, quoting here, rat infested mess. no human being would want to live there. in a new attack, trump tweeted that it's sad cummings has done so little for the people of baltimore. even went on to accuse democrats of playing the race card. today lawmakers denounced the president's racially charged tweets. >> our president has a hate agenda. he doesn't have a policy agenda. >> i absolutely think it's important to call it out for what it is, which is racism. >> the president is as he usually is or often is, disgusting and racist. >> it didn't stop there. maryland lawmakers and residents responded with anger and the "the baltimore sun" saying it's bettervermen in your