Remember when President Trump referred to Baltimore as a “rat and rodent infested mess” in July?
Plenty of Baltimoreans do.
In advance of the president’s arrival there Thursday, protesters erected a giant, inflated rat balloon with a Trump-like head on President Street.
The blonde-haired rat is wearing a red tie and is holding a cell phone.
“The rat looks like it means business,” according to CBS-Baltimore.
ICYMI #TrumpRAT makes its debut in advance of tonight's speech in Baltimore by its namesake. Doing it on Barack Obama Avenue is the cheese topping. I❤your city too! #DeadlineWH #MTPDaily #TheBeat #Hardball #inners #maddow #lastword #11thhour #DemocraticDebate #DemDebates https://t.co/fG89qopzwl
— harleyb (@harleyb11) September 12, 2019
Many viewed Trump’s earlier comments as having racial undertones.
The district he was referring to was predominantly black.
A man named Claude Taylor renamed the street “Barack Obama Avenue” after Trump’s predecessor, the first black president. Taylor was also credited with blowing up the balloon, according to The Hill.
Trump Rat is on #ObamaAve in Baltimore. pic.twitter.com/9IJ3m6vknu
— Claude Taylor (@TrueFactsStated) September 12, 2019
Trump was expected to speak at a GOP House retreat that is being held at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront Hotel.
