She went on Fox News to expose the conditions in West Baltimore, and now she's under SIEGE from hackers, media, trolls
Republican strategist, Baltimore activist, and political commentator Kimberly Klacik is under siege Sunday after she shared video on Fox News Saturday morning showing the conditions in an area of Baltimore within Elijah Cummings' congressional district.
The deplorable conditions she showed, and the segment's framing - which characterized the state of Cummings district as far more unlivable and objectionable than those at border detention facilities against which Cummings recently raged -- inspired the Trump tweet thread that has dominated the news ever since.
Despite Klacik being Baltimore-based, not to mention that she's a woman of color, as the media would put it were she a Democrat, the left is going after her. So much for those woke sensibilities.
As punishment for her showing actual video from the district in question, the press, hackers, and everyday trolls are after Klacik, she explained via Twitter, and in force. On Saturday afternoon, she wrote that there appeared to be an effort to publish a "hit piece" about her, meant to harm her or her reputation.
So I am receiving calls that reporters are working on a hit piece on me. It is truly disappointing. Residents asked if I could help get the trash removed. I filmed it, posted it. You would think people would be upset that their brothers & sisters are living in those conditions.— Kimberly Klacik (@kimKBaltimore) July 27, 2019
Later that night, the hackers tried their own game.
Someone is trying hard to hack my social media accounts. If you don't think I would say it, or post it, there is a 100% chance I did not. pic.twitter.com/AoY2rN5LWr— Kimberly Klacik (@kimKBaltimore) July 28, 2019
Dear Hackers,— Kimberly Klacik (@kimKBaltimore) July 28, 2019
If you decide to photoshop a tweet/DM/photo of me, 3 things...
1) If you pretend I dislike Trump, make the tweet good, like use emojis 😎😈🤖
2) If you pretend I have a secret boyfriend, that's tough my husband is hot 😂
3) If it is a fake nude, enlarge my butt 😎
On Sunday, she explained more. "I've received countless emails, calls & text claiming my "hit piece" is on the way," wrote Klacik, referring to that apparent effort she'd posted about on Saturday..
Stressful 24 hours. I've received countless emails, calls & text claiming my "hit piece" is on the way. If this is the Left's attempt to silence me, it only makes me want to fight harder for what is right. Intimidating a black woman just for speaking out? Actual racism.— Kimberly Klacik (@kimKBaltimore) July 28, 2019
But she also said it wouldn't stop her.
Back to work...— Kimberly Klacik (@kimKBaltimore) July 28, 2019
As you can see, West Baltimore residents care about their homes. Residents constantly call the city to report illegal dumping, cries fall on deaf ears. Many point out this would never happen at the Baltimore Inner Harbor. I agree. pic.twitter.com/7ldN5jkajy
As for the trolls, you really don't want to know what they're saying. But if you insist, just do a search on Twitter.
All of this is retribution for her segment on Fox News, which was the impetus for Trump's Twitter rant about Elijah Cummings.
Here is that segment.
Klacik reported on a real situation. It's one that has been remarked upon by liberal and conservative politicians alike, and has been written about by the mainstream press for years. The problems in Baltimore are real, the conditions in the areas she visited are appalling. However Trump handled it, there is simply no justification for how the left is handling Klacik.