Baltimore Got $15.7 Billion in 2018! What Happened to the Money?
In an interview with Fox News on Monday night, HUD administrator Lynne Patton stated the Trump administration gave $16 billion in federal grants to Elijah Cummings’ district in 2018.
Patton said, “This administration — and I want to say this expressly to Mayor Young and Michael Steele and Al Sharpton, who today called out the President and said let President Trump put his money where his mouth is. Well, boys and girls, I have a message for you, President Trump has given $16 billion in 2018 alone to Elijah Cummings’ district in federal grants. We have given more money in homeless funds to Baltimore than the last administration. We have given more money in community development grants than the last administration to Baltimore. My question to you guys is this, what are you actually doing with the money so that it benefits residents in the community for once instead of deep pocket crooked politicians?”
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HUD administrator @LynnePatton was 🔥🔥tonight on Fox.
— Andrew Clark (@AndrewHClark) July 30, 2019
President Trump's administration gave $16 billion in federal grants to Elijah Cummings district in Baltimore in 2018.
"My question to you guys is this: what are you actually doing with the money?" pic.twitter.com/RO7zpDUFjx
According to federal awards data, $15.7 billion in benefits, grants, and other assistance was given to Elijah Cummings’ district during the fiscal year of 2018.
Baltimore’s numbers are the worst in the United States on Crime and the Economy. Billions of dollars have been pumped in over the years, but to no avail. The money was stolen or wasted. Ask Elijah Cummings where it went. He should investigate himself with his Oversight Committee!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 30, 2019
👉Facts don't lie. Facts aren't #Racist. They are only facts.#Democratic Rep. #Cummings
— occupycorruptDC (@occupycorruptDC) July 29, 2019
your District is even unfit to house and care for children at the Border because it's ‘Rodent Infested Mess. pic.twitter.com/1V1LEtiiao
On Tuesday morning, Trump told Fox News, “What Elijah Cummings should do is take his Oversight Committee, bring them down to Baltimore and really study the billions and billions of Dollars that’s been stolen.”
President Donald Trump: "What Elijah Cummings should do is take his Oversight Committee, bring them down to Baltimore and really study the Billions and Billions of Dollars that's been stolen"
— Harry Cherry (@TheHarryCherry) July 30, 2019
"See if you can find the Billions"
"As you know, Cummings has been in charge" pic.twitter.com/4HQb0zmixK
Baltimore’s former mayor Catherine Pugh’s home, second home, and offices were raided by the FBI and the IRS last April. Pugh is under investigation for her connection in receiving over $800,000 for her self-published childrens book. She resigned in April, stating it was because she was recovering from pneumonia.
Pugh served as a state senator from 2007 to 2016, and majority leader in Maryland’s General Assembly.
Yup.
— Brian Cates (@drawandstrike) July 30, 2019
The FBI **and the IRS**, which is your first clue these were financial crimes being investigated. https://t.co/EZJwyGzDQA