Some could argue it's because California has the highest homelessness rate at 129,972, according to the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH).
But California is also the most populated state in the nation (with a lot of brown-skinned people), and Trump has not mentioned Texas or Florida--the second and third most populated--in his diatribe.
Could it be because California is the most Democratic state in the union and Florida and Texas overwhelmingly vote Republican?
Trump recently lashed out against the Golden State, accusing it of "gross mismanagement," and warned its progressive approach to immigration has "put the entire nation at risk."
He called Hollywood "racist... really terrible."
Last month, Trump announced he was revoking the state's ability to establish tough auto-emissions standards.
So much for those "states' rights" Republicans are always invoking when confronted with "socialist" policies they attribute to "big-government" Democrats.
Republican pollster Whit Ayres confirmed as much when he stated:
"It's a freebie for Trump. It's not like California's going to turn around and vote Republican anytime in the future. This is part of the messaging that Republicans have used for years to send a signal to the rest of the country that I'm on your side, not on their side."
This feigned compassion for San Francisco's homeless population is just another in a long line of Trump's rhetorical smears against his perceived political enemies.
A good president would work to get legislation passed to reduce the economic inequities allowing homelessness to grow.
Trump, of course, doesn't care about the homeless.
He cares merely about scoring cheap political points with the 43 percent of those who support him.
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