In a desperate bid to remind Americans that he is running for president, former Maryland governor Martin O’Malley is trying to pick a fight with Donald Trump by holding a press event in front of Trump’s hotel in Las Vegas:

As the Trump name cast its metaphorical shadow, O’Malley stood in the baking sun to call for a revamped labor movement and immigration reform in the U.S. “There are a couple things Donald Trump doesn’t understand,” O’Malley said. “Number one, if we want our economy to grow we need to treat our workers with dignity and respect, pay them better and respect their right to organize. Secondly, in every generation, new American immigrants have made our economy stronger and better.”

O’Malley clearly hopes Trump will denounce him, elevating him in the process as someone worth a response.

Over on O’Malley’s web site, we see this slogan . . .

Can we start by rebuilding Baltimore first?