{"id":2209872,"date":"2024-03-30T21:22:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-31T01:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/baltimore-representative-says-lack-of-compassion-after-bridge-collapse-is-sickening\/"},"modified":"2024-03-30T21:22:24","modified_gmt":"2024-03-31T01:22:24","slug":"baltimore-representative-says-lack-of-compassion-after-bridge-collapse-is-sickening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/baltimore-representative-says-lack-of-compassion-after-bridge-collapse-is-sickening\/","title":{"rendered":"Baltimore official expresses disgust over lack of compassion following bridge collapse"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbaltimore-representative-says-lack-of-compassion-after-bridge-collapse-is-sickening%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2209872&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Rep. Kweisi Mfume \u2062denounced the lack \u2063of compassion following the Baltimore bridge collapse and criticized Republicans for attributing it to diversity, equity, and inclusion. He highlighted the impact \u2062on the \u200carea and urged attention \u2064to conspiracy theories emerging. Mfume emphasized the need \u2063to elect leaders without promoting baseless\u2064 theories. The discussion \u200calso touched on Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott being labeled a &#8220;DEI mayor&#8221; and\u200d the unfounded blame on DEI\u200b for the bridge collapse.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Rep. Kweisi Mfume (D-MD) said it is sickening that there is \u201cno compassion\u201d in the aftermath of Tuesday\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/francis-scott-key-bridge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>bridge collapse in Baltimore<\/a>, slamming some Republicans who have blamed the event on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/infrastructure\/2942849\/baltimore-mayor-slams-people-saying-dei-caused-bridge-collapse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>diversity, equity, and inclusion<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Mfume, whose district encompasses most of Maryland\u2019s most populous city, appeared Saturday on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/politicsnation\/watch\/maryland-rep-mfume-lack-of-compassion-around-baltimore-bridge-collapse-is-sickening-208012869701\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>MSNBC<\/a> to discuss recent developments in the cleanup and rebuilding efforts after the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge with the Rev. Al Sharpton. The representative said the rerouting of traffic and subsequent closure of the Port of Baltimore has had a huge effect on the area but that the rest of the nation will feel the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/business\/2939215\/baltimore-bridge-collapse-will-have-ripple-effect-to-economy-global-supply-chain\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>supply chain ramifications<\/a> soon. Sharpton then asked Mfume for his thoughts on the conspiracy theories that have emerged.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPetty minds have always come up with petty conspiracies, and I think that\u2019s what we see now,\u201d Mfume said. \u201cIt is unfortunate, but I urge people to pay attention because some of these petty conspiracies being brought up with people with petty minds are people that represent different parts of the country, and people who are angered by that ought to recognize that elections have consequences, and we just can\u2019t keep electing people who are going to run out boogeyman\u2019s theories every time something happens.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One X user referred to Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott as a \u201cDEI mayor\u201d in a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/iamyesyouareno\/status\/1772637057883471925\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>post<\/a> that has been viewed over 25 million times, and several Republican lawmakers, candidates, and pundits <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/2942380\/dont-blame-dei-for-baltimore-bridge-collapse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>suggested DEI was to blame<\/a> for the bridge crumbling into the Patapsco River.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to relieve a situation, and [Scott]\u2019s a good strong mayor, he\u2019s not affected by these charges, but the fact that there are charges anyway of DEI for a bridge collapse is almost laughable, if not unbelievable,\u201d Mfume said.<\/p>\n<p>Sharpton and Mfume also discussed the optics between the responses to the collapse from President Joe Biden and presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. The reverend pointed out that the latter has been noticeably silent on the matter, while the former allocated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/infrastructure\/2943680\/maryland-gov-wes-moore-submits-first-bill-for-baltimore-bridge-cleanup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>$60 million<\/a> in immediate aid, promised the federal government will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/2945725\/congress-weighs-federal-dollars-baltimore-bridge-collapse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>cover the cost<\/a> of rebuilding the bridge, and indicated that he will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/2945267\/biden-survey-baltimore-bridge-collapse-damage-next-week\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>visit the site<\/a> next week.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe contrast is stark, and it is also revealing because it speaks not so much to what the individual is made out of, but what they are not made of, and Donald Trump does not seem to be made out of compassion or caring,\u201d Mfume said before criticizing the former president for his disparaging remarks about the late Rep. Elijah Cummings, whose seat Mfume filled in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s so sickening, quite frankly \u2026 in that there is no compassion,\u201d Mfume said. \u201cAnd the thing that should not be lost in all of this is that there were six families affected \u2014 two bodies pulled out of the water and four that they\u2019re still searching for. These were husbands, these were fathers, they worked two jobs, some had been in the country for 17 years, 18 years, 19 years. These were taxpaying citizens \u2026 when you attack the city and attack the catastrophe, you\u2019re also attacking them and their families.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Kweisi Mfume (D-MD) condemns the absence of compassion after the Baltimore bridge collapse. He criticizes Republicans for attributing the incident to diversity, equity, and inclusion. 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