Mike Luckovich for July 31, 2019

Using his favorite racist epithet for minorities, the racist in the White House has, for the second time in two weeks, used the term “infested” to describe minority communities. But as Luckovitch shows, the real RATS — Stephen Miller, Baltimore slumlord Jared Kushner, Bill Barr, Mike Pence and, of course, the big Orange RAT himself, are in the White House. And Trump just appointed — no kidding — John RATcliffe as head of his Office of National Intelligence.

In consecutive Tweets — can’t make this stuff up — Trump whined that Democrats play the “race card” when they can’t address facts or issues (he was — boo, hoo — upset because Rep Elijah Cummings DID address facts and issues about border mismanagement), and then in the next Tweet called Cummings, a civil rights icon, a racist, because he could not respond to Cummings’ facts and issues.

Trump is utterly ignorant about Cummings’ district, which includes parts of Baltimore as well as affluent suburban areas. It is near the highest in the nation in educational level among majority African American districts.

Apparently, Trump’s only familiarity with Baltimore is that son in law (or outlaw) Jared Kushner is a slumlord there, owning 17 apartment complexes totaling 9,000 units with hundreds of code violations and citations. Trump apparently thinks the entire area runs slums like his family.

I’m more worried about the ones he’s put on our federal benches, than that desk. There’s a chance the desk will be cleaned up next year, but we will have decades of judicial maniacs.

I saw one interview today with a Baltimorean who said, “Yeah we have some rats but they aren’t as bad as that big one in the White House.”

Rats are noble creatures who have given their lives in service of mankind’s medical and scientific research efforts. It is an insult to compare them to the Trumps and his administration.

Solutions for this rat problem would be separate cages.

Right on Mike! Keep up the good work. We love your toons.

On deck: John RATcliffe.

What an insulting cartoon!

Insulting to Rats worldwide, that is…

Hopefully the Kushners are sentenced as slumlords by a judge and have to live in one of their properties.

Why do we always picked the worst person to be president?

Can we get a good person next time for a change?

Couldn’t we use six manure emojis instead of rats?

I see Melania as an amused cat sitting in the sun watching it all.

Mike, you left out the King Rat. ‘Moscow’ Mitch McConnell.

Excellent! Excellent! Excellent!

Try looking up “ratking” (or “rat king”)…it would seem that their reputation precedes them.

King rat knows his beloved New York has no rats. They’re all in Washington on his payroll.

Rats serve a purpose in the world, can be social and socialized, and can benefit the environment. That klaven is an insult to rats, and is more diseased, rabid, and vile.

I see Trump more as a capybara.

Just to name a few…

You left out Devos and Mulvaney, but maybe you’re saving them for the sequel.

Kavanaugh’s scratching at the back door.

I’m glad Pence was included in that! He drives me crazy with his so called religion and his staunch denial of Trump’s stupidities. I am Christian, but not like that!

Why isn’t the Miller rat foaming at the mouth? You know he’s got rabies….

What a great visual Mike! Brilliant ♥

Time to call pest control! Orkin ok?