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===Baltimore, Maryland===

===Baltimore, Maryland===

Bernie Sanders said of [[Baltimore]], No. 4 on the most corrupt list: [[File:Baltimore rat infestations.jpeg|right|300px|thumb|Baltimore rat infestations. ''Source: Baltimore Sun.'' Experts rank Baltimore "the fourth most corrupt city in the nation." Baltimore's last Republican mayor was elected in 1967, succeeded by Congresswoman [[Nancy Pelosi]]'s father, Thomas D'Alesandro who erected [[Confederate]] monuments.]] {{quotebox|Residents of Baltimore’s poorest boroughs have lifespans shorter than people living under dictatorship in [[North Korea]]. That is a disgrace.<ref>https://twitter.com/SenSanders/status/728278867639676930</ref>}} Sanders further added, "anyone who took the walk that we took around this Baltimore neighborhood would not think you’re in a wealthy nation, you'd think that you were in a [[Third World]] country”.<ref>https://www.baltimoresun.com/politics/bs-md-sanders-baltimore-20151207-story.html</ref>  In a walking tour of House Oversight Committee chair [[Elijah Cummings]]' district Mayor Catherine Pugh said {{quotebox|What the hell – we should just take all this s**t down. Oooh....you can smell the rats!<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhbxLZycZwE&feature=youtu.be</ref>}} In 2019 Baltimore Deputy Police Chief was robbed at gunpoint.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/us/arrests-announced-in-gunpoint-robbery-baltimore-deputy-police-commissioner</ref>  Rep. Cummings' district, using Cummings own language,<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqGt4m_rODA&feature=youtu.be</ref> was a rat infested dump.  Baltimore is so infested with rodents that the ''Baltimore Sun'' published a  rat hot spot map.<ref>https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1155352238493069312</ref><ref>https://archive.fo/bn0Zx</ref>  [[Speaker Nancy Pelosi]] white-flighted from Baltimore in 1962.<ref>https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2006/10/07/family-dynasty-may-boost-pelosi-to-head-of-house-2/amp/</ref><ref>https://qz.com/393128/white-flight-decimated-baltimore-businesses-long-before-rioters-showed-up/amp/</ref>  A [[sanctuary city]], illegal immigrant criminal gangs, such as [[MS-13]], roam the streets preying on other Hispanics.<ref>https://townhall.com/tipsheet/timothymeads/2019/09/09/six-illegal-immigrants-charged-in-ms-13-related-maryland-murder-n2552778</ref>  By 2018 Baltimore had over 300 homicides;  by the Fall of 2019 the city already had 240 homicides.<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/07/video-proves-trump-right-baltimore-is-rat-infested-dump-with-180-homicides-so-far-this-year-video/</ref>

Bernie Sanders said of [[Baltimore]], No. 4 on the most corrupt list: [[File:Baltimore rat infestations.jpeg|right|300px|thumb|Baltimore rat infestations. ''Source: Baltimore Sun.'' Experts rank Baltimore "the fourth most corrupt city in the nation." Baltimore's last Republican mayor was elected in 1967, succeeded by Congresswoman [[Nancy Pelosi]]'s father, Thomas D'Alesandro who erected [[Confederate]] monuments.]] {{quotebox-float|Residents of Baltimore’s poorest boroughs have lifespans shorter than people living under dictatorship in [[North Korea]]. That is a disgrace.<ref>https://twitter.com/SenSanders/status/728278867639676930</ref>}}

Sanders further added, "anyone who took the walk that we took around this Baltimore neighborhood would not think you’re in a wealthy nation, you'd think that you were in a [[Third World]] country”.<ref>https://www.baltimoresun.com/politics/bs-md-sanders-baltimore-20151207-story.html</ref>  In a walking tour of House Oversight Committee chair [[Elijah Cummings]]' district Mayor Catherine Pugh said {{quotebox-float|What the hell – we should just take all this s**t down. Oooh....you can smell the rats!<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhbxLZycZwE&feature=youtu.be</ref>}}

In 2019 Baltimore Deputy Police Chief was robbed at gunpoint.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/us/arrests-announced-in-gunpoint-robbery-baltimore-deputy-police-commissioner</ref>  Rep. Cummings' district, using Cummings own language,<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqGt4m_rODA&feature=youtu.be</ref> was a rat infested dump.  Baltimore is so infested with rodents that the ''Baltimore Sun'' published a  rat hot spot map.<ref>https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1155352238493069312</ref><ref>https://archive.fo/bn0Zx</ref>  [[Speaker Nancy Pelosi]] white-flighted from Baltimore in 1962.<ref>https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2006/10/07/family-dynasty-may-boost-pelosi-to-head-of-house-2/amp/</ref><ref>https://qz.com/393128/white-flight-decimated-baltimore-businesses-long-before-rioters-showed-up/amp/</ref>  A [[sanctuary city]], illegal immigrant criminal gangs, such as [[MS-13]], roam the streets preying on other Hispanics.<ref>https://townhall.com/tipsheet/timothymeads/2019/09/09/six-illegal-immigrants-charged-in-ms-13-related-maryland-murder-n2552778</ref>  By 2018 Baltimore had over 300 homicides;  by the Fall of 2019 the city already had 240 homicides.<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/07/video-proves-trump-right-baltimore-is-rat-infested-dump-with-180-homicides-so-far-this-year-video/</ref>

In February 2020 mayor Katherine Pugh was sentence to 3 years in federal prison on corruption, fraud, and bribery charges.<ref>https://politicalwire.com/2020/02/27/ex-baltimore-mayor-sentenced-to-three-years/</ref>  Incumbent mayor Jack Young begged residents to stop shooting each other so hospital beds could be used for [[coronavirus]] patients.<ref>https://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2020/03/18/we-need-those-beds-baltimore-mayor-urges-people-to-put-down-guns-after-violence-continues-during-covid-19-pandemic/</ref>

In February 2020 mayor Katherine Pugh was sentence to 3 years in federal prison on corruption, fraud, and bribery charges.<ref>https://politicalwire.com/2020/02/27/ex-baltimore-mayor-sentenced-to-three-years/</ref>  Incumbent mayor Jack Young begged residents to stop shooting each other so hospital beds could be used for [[coronavirus]] patients.<ref>https://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2020/03/18/we-need-those-beds-baltimore-mayor-urges-people-to-put-down-guns-after-violence-continues-during-covid-19-pandemic/</ref>