“Rodent infested mess” indeed.
President Donald Trump spent his weekend attacking Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) and his district in Baltimore for supposedly being a “disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess,” perhaps without realizing that his own son-in-law has contributed to those conditions.
The Washington Post pointed out on Sunday that rental properties in Baltimore owned by Kushner Companies, the real estate company formerly led by Jared Kushner before being appointed White House senior advisor, have been hit with a series of complaints by tenants who say that their buildings’ management has often failed to carry out basic upkeep and maintenance.
The Post cited a joint 2017 investigative story by the New York Times and ProPublica, which detailed how tenants experienced mold, water damage, raw sewage leaks–and yes, mouse infestations.
“Kushner Companies is proud to own thousands of apartments in the Baltimore area,” a spokesperson told the Post when asked about Trump’s tweets.
It would scarcely be fair to hint that Kushner is responsible for the introduction of rats into the Baltimore ecosystem, but I’ll go ahead and do it anyway.
Trump: “See … Elijah Cumming needs to fix this.”
Obviously, Cummings personally brought the rats there because that’s what ‘those people’ do.
Kushner & co have a horrific history of malfeasance in their role as landlords. They are active creators of urban blight. I hope Baltimore’s housing department goes after his substandard housing with a big stick and a handful of subpoenas,
When did the Kushner’s move there?
Not sure y’all are getting this. Kushner is a great big wealthy businessman. It’s his job to bring in development. With development comes rats and garbage and pollution and other environmental problems - it’s part of the deal, came with the package. Now, it’s the job of local, state and federal officials to clean up the mess development leaves behind - using taxes developers do not want to pay. Brother Cummings doesn’t get that, so Current Occupant had to school him on it. Why is erryybody so upset? /s