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<p>If you&#39;re as Extremely Online as I am, you saw a clip taking the web by storm today and had to click. I don&#39;t typically watch cable news - I don&#39;t really *watch* news as much as I read/tweet about it - but I couldn&#39;t resist this bit of content.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Drop everything you&#39;re doing and watch this....<br><br>cc: <a href="https://twitter.com/VictorBlackwell?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@VictorBlackwell</a> <a href="https://t.co/N9ZWttHSzd">pic.twitter.com/N9ZWttHSzd</a></p>&mdash; Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) <a href="https://twitter.com/yashar/status/1155128232322187265?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 27, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Wow. It&#39;s rare to see a news program imbued with such vulnerability and humanity. Often, when stories are reported on, they&#39;re rendered abstract - even if they affect millions of people. Blackwell honed in on Trump&#39;s use of coded language (&#39;infested&#39;) and connected it to his repeated dehumanization of black and brown people. The anchor simultaneously personalized an issue that&#39;s widespread and systemic: racism in the United States.</p><p>Blackwell&#39;s statement resonated online in a massive way.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is....everything. So real &amp; powerful. I forgot how cathartic it is to watch someone tell the truth &amp; show their heart on television.</p>&mdash; kristen johnston (@thekjohnston) <a href="https://twitter.com/thekjohnston/status/1155159630420385793?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 27, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Truth can have that effect.</p>&mdash; Katrina Pierson (@KatrinaPierson) <a href="https://twitter.com/KatrinaPierson/status/1155155253987291136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 27, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">To folks who are asking whether Trump also calls white areas &quot;infested,&quot; here&#39;s what a search of his account shows:<br><br>3 uses against black lawmakers (Lewis, Cummings)<br>1 use against Omar/Tlaib/AOC/Pressley (&quot;go back&quot;)<br>1 against sanctuary cities<br>1 against Africa (Ebola)<br><br>That&#39;s it.</p>&mdash; Will Saletan (@saletan) <a href="https://twitter.com/saletan/status/1155151449342566403?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 27, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Elijah Cummings’ district MD-7 is the 2nd-wealthiest majority-black district in the country ($58K median household income; MD-4 is first). MD-7 is the 2nd-most well-educated majority-black district (37% bachelors&#39; degree+; GA-4 is first). <a href="https://t.co/gb9dBKISlx">https://t.co/gb9dBKISlx</a></p>&mdash; KD (@Fly_Sistah) <a href="https://twitter.com/Fly_Sistah/status/1155144092331982848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 27, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Well said! <a href="https://twitter.com/VictorBlackwell?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@VictorBlackwell</a>, so sorry for the evident pain caused by the hateful statements made by <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@realDonaldTrump</a>. The majority of our country stand with you and <a href="https://twitter.com/RepCummings?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RepCummings</a> and against the racism and hate. Together we will strive to do better.</p>&mdash; Josey 🗽 (@JoseyRider) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoseyRider/status/1155143096679747584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 27, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Kudos, Victor, for representing your hometown on the national stage so powerfully.</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

CNN anchor Victor Blackwell teared up as he defended Baltimore from Trump's attack: 'People are proud of their community.'

If you&#39;re as Extremely Online as I am, you saw a clip taking the web by storm today and had to click. I don&#39;t typically watch cable news - I don&#39;t really *watch* news as much as I read/tweet about it - but I couldn&#39;t resist this bit of content.Drop everything you&#39;re doing and watch this....cc: @VictorBlackwell pic.twitter.com/N9ZWttHSzd&mdash; Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) July 27, 2019 Wow. It&#39;s rare to see a news program imbued with such vulnerability and humanity. Often, when stories are reported on, they&#39;re rendered abstract - even if they affect millions of people. Blackwell honed in on Trump&#39;s use of coded language (&#39;infested&#39;) and connected it to his repeated dehumanization of black and brown people. The anchor simultaneously personalized an issue that&#39;s widespread and systemic: racism in the United States.Blackwell&#39;s statement resonated online in a massive way.This is....everything. So real &amp; powerful. I forgot how cathartic it is to watch someone tell the truth &amp; show their heart on television.&mdash; kristen johnston (@thekjohnston) July 27, 2019 Truth can have that effect.&mdash; Katrina Pierson (@KatrinaPierson) July 27, 2019 To folks who are asking whether Trump also calls white areas &quot;infested,&quot; here&#39;s what a search of his account shows:3 uses against black lawmakers (Lewis, Cummings)1 use against Omar/Tlaib/AOC/Pressley (&quot;go back&quot;)1 against sanctuary cities1 against Africa (Ebola)That&#39;s it.&mdash; Will Saletan (@saletan) July 27, 2019 Elijah Cummings’ district MD-7 is the 2nd-wealthiest majority-black district in the country ($58K median household income; MD-4 is first). MD-7 is the 2nd-most well-educated majority-black district (37% bachelors&#39; degree+; GA-4 is first). https://t.co/gb9dBKISlx&mdash; KD (@Fly_Sistah) July 27, 2019 Well said! @VictorBlackwell, so sorry for the evident pain caused by the hateful statements made by @realDonaldTrump. The majority of our country stand with you and @RepCummings and against the racism and hate. Together we will strive to do better.&mdash; Josey 🗽 (@JoseyRider) July 27, 2019 Kudos, Victor, for representing your hometown on the national stage so powerfully.

If you&#39;re as Extremely Online as I am, you saw a clip taking the web by storm today and had to click. I don&#39;t typically watch cable news - I don&#39;t really *watch* news as much as I read/tweet about it - but I couldn&#39;t resist...