Response to Trump Tweets
On July 27 , 2019 , President Donald Trump took to Twitter to lodge a public and vicious verbal attack on U . S . Rep . Elijah Cummings and the City of Baltimore . Visit Baltimore worked swiftly to reclaim the spotlight and correct the narrative by touting the city ’ s superlatives and recent positive headlines . The team ’ s immediate response included running original fullpage ads in The New York Times , The Baltimore Sun and The Washington Post , boosting social media posts and coordinating media interviews from around the globe . Later , Visit Baltimore sent an official letter to President Trump and , as a result , scheduled meetings with key decisionmakers at the White House and on Capitol Hill .
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