[TOWNHALL] Baltimore GOP congressional candidate Kim Klacik turned heads on Monday when she released a new campaign video that dared to tell people in her city something her opponents wouldn't: the truth. There's no way she's gonna get elected, but she's what the city needs.
| We had Mrs. Klacik’s video here yesterday. A beautiful and insightful woman who took the time to get to know the needs of the constituency as well as the local Republican party before offering herself as the solution. |
In the video, Klacik passes an almost endless vista of boarded-up homes, shattered windows, and urban detritus: an all-too-common sight throughout Baltimore. Far from completely abandoned, these rowhouses are home to thousands of Baltimoreans, including children, and are the location of hundreds of homicides per year. The urban decay born out of poverty and desperation has spread like cancer in recent years, as those with any means have packed up and headed out of the city.
Klacik made national headlines last summer when she toured homes that were crumbling in West Baltimore. The videos she took of the filth and decay caught the attention of President Trump, who started a now-infamous spat with Rep. Elijah Cummings
...late Representative-for-life from Maryland, representing half of Baltimore City, which makes his district ultra-safe, and most of Howard County, which is out-populated by the city. His shiny pate was the reason we pronounce the city name Baldymore.Cummings' politix were so liberal they were tedious, nor was he any more honest than the next seedy professional pol. A fuss fest like you wouldn't believe eruped when President Trump pointed out that Elijah's district was infested by rats and cockroaches. Shortly thereafter he died. Elijah, not Trump...
"This is Baltimore, the real Baltimore," Klacik said in the video. "This is the reality for black people every single day: crumbling infrastructure, abandoned homes, poverty, and crime. Baltimore has been run by the Democrat Pary for 53 years. What is the result of their decades of leadership?"
She then went on to recount the staggering crime and poverty statistics the city has become notorious for.
"Baltimore is one of the top five most dangerous cities in America," she said. "The murder rate in Baltimore is 10 times the U.S. average. In 2019, Baltimore recorded 348 homicides. As the city loses residents at a staggering rate, the murder rate in 2020 has stayed on pace to match or eclipse the number from last year. So far in 2020, 208 people have been murdered. “