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bigtree

(85,920 posts)
Mon Dec 5, 2016, 10:31 PM Dec 2016

Spokesman says Ben Carson didn't live in govt housing

Last edited Tue Dec 6, 2016, 10:31 AM - Edit history (1)

Gov. Mike Huckabee @GovMikeHuckabee
Ben Carson is first HUD Sec to have actually lived in gov't housing. Fancy Nancy Pelosi says he's not qualified; is she racist or just dumb?


Michael Skolnik ?@MichaelSkolnik 19m19 minutes ago
Actually Gov, his spokesman said that Ben Carson did not live in gov’t housing. He had misspoken. Any other lies you want to peddle?




Eugene Scott ?@Eugene_Scott 1h1 hour ago
So if folks are saying 1 of the main things that qualifies Carson to be HUD Secretary is that he lived in public housing, but he didn't ..
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rurallib

(62,346 posts)
2. Misspoken? Isn't that a lie? Sure was when I was a kid
Mon Dec 5, 2016, 10:33 PM
Dec 2016

and repeating a lie is bad too. At least it was when I was a kid.

BainsBane

(53,003 posts)
3. I don't know how he less qualified or more concerning than the rest of the cabinet
Mon Dec 5, 2016, 10:37 PM
Dec 2016

Trump has appointed some scary people. This wouldn't be the battle I'd choose.

bigtree

(85,920 posts)
5. we shouldn't limit our opposition
Mon Dec 5, 2016, 10:43 PM
Dec 2016

...to the worst of the deplorables.

Carson should get zero support fronting for Trump 'housing' policy.

niyad

(112,440 posts)
6. hey, fuckabee--just because one lives or works in a structure does not mean that one knows how
Mon Dec 5, 2016, 11:05 PM
Dec 2016

to build it, or run it.

3catwoman3

(23,820 posts)
7. I can drive a car.
Tue Dec 6, 2016, 12:45 AM
Dec 2016

If the engine doesn't start when I turn the key, I am lost.

Can I be Secretary of Transportation?

Javaman

(62,444 posts)
8. carson lived in imaginary gov't housing having imaginary knife fights everyday.
Tue Dec 6, 2016, 09:53 AM
Dec 2016

welcome to our new "reality", were nothing is real and the "truth" is subject to interpretation.

aka we are through the looking glass.

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