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Conservative Activist Cleans 12 Tons of Trash From Baltimore Streets With 200 Volunteers

August 6, 2019 Updated: August 7, 2019
Some 200 volunteers combed through the streets of northwest Baltimore on Aug. 5, cleaning up trash and weeds in an “Americans Helping Americans” event organized by conservative activist Scott Presler.
Starting at 7 a.m. at the corner of North Fulton Avenue and Westwood Avenue, the volunteers spread through the surrounding blocks. By 8 p.m. they had collected over 12 tons of trash—destination junkyard.
Many locals expressed gratitude to the participants, and some joined in, Presler said in a phone call to The Epoch Times.
He learned from talking to the locals that “the people of Baltimore love their country and love their city and they’re proud to live there,” but the government is not doing enough to solve the trash problem—specifically illegal dumping at abandoned buildings.
"Before" and "after" images of an alley during a trash cleanup event in Baltimore
“Before” and “after” images of an alley during a trash cleanup event in Baltimore, Md., on Aug. 5, 2019. (Courtesy of Scott Presler)
The city has struggled with trash in its streets for years and its shrinking population has left some 16,000 uninhabitable empty houses. Many of the homes are in an unsafe condition, and the city owns many of them, but only comes once a year to clean up the alleys, Presler was told.
"Before" and "after" images of an alley during a trash cleanup event in Baltimore
“Before” and “after” images of an alley during a trash cleanup event in Baltimore, Md., on Aug. 5, 2019. (Courtesy of Scott Presler)
“Some people were believing that the people of Baltimore just don’t care or they want to live that way,” he said. “And that’s just not true. They don’t want to live that way. I think they just needed somebody to show love and that’s what we did.”
Volunteers after a trash cleanup event in Baltimore
Volunteers after a trash cleanup event in Baltimore, Md., on Aug. 5, 2019. (Courtesy of Scott Presler)

After Trump Tweets

The idea to organize a cleanup came to Presler after President Donald Trump recently chided Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) for squalid conditions in the congressman’s district, which includes downtown and West Baltimore.
“I’m so tired of people saying, ‘We should do this, we should do that’ … I was just like, ‘I’ve had it. I’m going to go to Baltimore, even if it’s just me on a street corner picking up trash,’” he said in a prior interview.
"Before" and "after" images of an alley during a trash cleanup event in Baltimore
“Before” and “after” images of an alley during a trash cleanup event in Baltimore, Md., on Aug. 5, 2019. (Courtesy of Scott Presler)
He put out a notice on July 28 to his more than 300,000 followers on Twitter, asking if anybody wanted to join him. By the next day, he had almost 100 volunteers; about half of them from Baltimore and the rest from across the country.

Trump Supporters and More

The majority of the participants were conservatives and Trump supporters—those being most of Presler’s followers, he said. Those joining on the spot were likely of differing political leanings too.
“Scott, I don’t agree with your political stance,” a woman told him in a Facebook message a day after, he said. “But I want you to know that I love what you did and I want you to include me in the next cleanup you do.”
“That to me was the coolest part,” he said.
Presler initially kept details of the event under wraps, concerned that protesters, such as from the violent far-left “Antifa” of the “anti-fascist” group, may show up.
One “Antifa” activist posted the location of the event on Twitter on Aug. 5, calling Presler a “neo-fascist” and accused him of coming to Baltimore “making like … doing a cleanup of the city.”
“Are you going to come help?” Presler responded. There seemed to be no response from the activist.
There were no issues during the event itself, Presler said, apart from the fact that they could use more dumpsters.

More to Come

Presler said he’d been contacted by one of the volunteers who’s putting together another cleanup in Baltimore and already has 30 volunteers. Presler would like to make it a monthly occasion. Another man is putting together a similar event in Los Angeles. Prelser plans to help with that effort too.
The effort has caught the attention of some local and right-leaning media. Also, the White House official Twitter account thanked the volunteers in an Aug. 6 post, sharing one of Presler’s images, which shows an alley before and after the cleanup.
“This one event is having a national impact,” Presler said. “This one cleanup is making a difference.”
Conservative activist Scott Presler after street cleanup event in Baltimore
Conservative activist Scott Presler after a street cleanup event in Baltimore on Aug. 5, 2019. (Courtesy of Scott Presler)
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Baltimore Sun Attacks Trump Supporter Who Organized Massive City Clean Up


Timothy Meads
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Posted: Aug 07, 2019 10:25 AM

Baltimore Sun Attacks Trump Supporter Who Organized Massive City Clean Up
Source: Scott Presler, Twitter
Last week, Townhall covered MAGA supporter Scott Presler's call to action in Baltimore by inviting "Americans to help Americans" and go clean up neighborhoods in Charm City. Presler at first kept secret when the event would occur for fear of retaliation from the far-left like Antifa. But, on Saturday, Presler and 100 other citizens from all over the country traveled to West Baltimore for the massive trash clean up. By all measures, it was hugely successful. However, on Monday, the Baltimore Sun's editorial board ran an op-ed, trashing Presler and his group saying they only did the event to embarrass Baltimore and its residents. 
The op-ed was snarkily titled, "We assume it was pure motives that led a Trump supporter to launch a cleanup in Cummings’ district, right?" 
"The effort was organized by pro-Trump activist Scott Presler. He claimed the event was not political. Yes, he was inspired to come by tweets from President Donald Trump describing the area, represented by U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings, as a 'rodent infested mess,'" the editors wrote. "But the visit wasn’t about showing support or animosity for either man, he said."
"Call us skeptical," the paper remarked before going off on a litany of excuses, complaints, and verbal attacks as to why it was so wrong for out of towners to clean up the city. 
"Look, we appreciate anyone who is willing to roll up their sleeves to help Baltimore. More than 170 people came from all over the country and cleaned up nearly 12 tons of trash, according to Mr. Presler’s Twitter feed." the paper claimed. 
"But if this was all about 'Americans helping Americans,' why all the videos of Baltimore residents thanking Mr. Trump for bringing attention to the issue? We happen to know that not everybody in West Baltimore feels that way. And in the same posts as the videos, why the frequent reminders that this is in act Mr. Cummings’ district?," the editors pondered. 
They then attacked Presler for posting a photo of a newspaper from President Barack Obama's inauguration in 2008 that the organizers and volunteers stumbled upon while hauling debris from the streets.  


For the writers at the Baltimore Sun, Presler's visit simply "reinforces the tired image of our failing urban cores. That the poor people in this dilapidated city can’t take care of their own neighborhoods and all the public officials around them have failed as well."
"The bureaucratic, all-talk Democrats strike again. If a crowd of volunteers could clean up 12 tons of trash in 12 hours, how incompetent and helpless must Baltimoreans be if they can’t manage it in decades, right?" 
One would point out to the editorial board that this isn't just a "tired image" but a reality of the fact that Democratic policies and politicians have failed. 
But as for why the trash hasn't been cleaned up before, the editorial board blamed it on death threats from criminals, saying,  "Does Mr. Presler know that drug dealers use trash to hide their product and have been known to threaten people who try to clean it up? The solutions are just not that simple."  The paper also blamed people from out of town who dump trash in the city illegally. 
The writers did begrudgingly admit, "The silver lining in all of this is that the residents of West Baltimore did get a much needed cleaning up. That is something that they deserve." But they said that what they really need is leadership, money, and programs from the federal government. 
They also hinted that they would do nothing to keep the neighborhood clean, saying, "In the meantime, we’ll see how clean the neighborhood still is when he returns in September." 
Here are some of the photos from the event that the Baltimore Sun believes was so wrong to hold. 

President @realDonaldTrump,

we spent the day in West Baltimore cleaning up trash.

A local woman, Louise, took me by the hand to show me where her neighborhood needs help.

She wanted me to thank you for bringing attention to Baltimore.

9,702 people are talking about this
One West Baltimore local said, "I'm really happy. I want to cry. I truly appreciate it." 
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All of this begs the question, instead of writing a whiny, lazy, and excuse filled editorial attacking good samaritans for doing the work that Baltimore's elected leaders will not do, why wouldn't the Baltimore Sun use their energy to hold those representatives accountable?



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