President Donald Trump on Monday said that Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., "must now be labeled a racist" for comparing parts of Baltimore to a third-world country in 2015.
"Crazy Bernie Sanders recently equated the City of Baltimore to a THIRD WORLD COUNTRY!" Trump tweeted, referring to a statement Sanders made in 2015, after he visited Baltimore following the riots that occurred after Freddie Gray was killed while in police custody.
"Anyone who took the walk that we took around this neighborhood would not think you were in a wealthy nation, you would think that you were in a Third World country," the senator said at the time, in remarks that were recently re-aired by Fox News' "Fox & Friends."
"Based on that statement, I assume that Bernie must now be labeled a Racist, just as a Republican would if he used that term and standard!" Trump tweeted on Monday.
"The fact is, Baltimore can be brought back, maybe even to new heights of success and glory, but not with King Elijah and that crew," he continued, referring to Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., who was a subject of Trump's attacks, along with the congressman's home city of Baltimore, over the weekend.
"When the leaders of Baltimore want to see the City rise again, I am in a very beautiful oval shaped office waiting for your call!" Trump concluded.