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turbinetree

(24,688 posts)
Tue Jul 30, 2019, 01:29 PM Jul 2019

HUD Secretary Ben Carson echoes and defends Trump's racist attacks on his 'infested'

Complete headline:

HUD Secretary Ben Carson echoes and defends Trump’s racist attacks on his ‘infested’ hometown of Baltimore

Published 2 hours ago
on July 30, 2019

By David Badash, The New Civil Rights Movement

The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Dr. Ben Carson, has finally responded to President Donald Trump‘s racist attacks on his hometown of Baltimore, where he formerly served as Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. Trump also has been attacking Democratic Rep. Elijah Cummings, whose district covers part of that city. Cummings is neither the mayor of Baltimore nor the governor of Maryland, but Baltimore does sit in the United States, of which Trump is president.

Secretary Carson, the only Black member of Trump’s cabinet, echoed and defended his boss’ racist remarks, saying as a physician he hesitated to send his child patients back to their “infested” neighborhoods.

“As a pediatric neurosurgeon, I spent many hours, sometimes operating all night long, trying to give children of Baltimore and other places around the world a second chance at life. And usually we were successful,” Carson told Fox News host Tucker Carlson Monday, as The Washington Post reports.

Fox News showed Carson in front of a photo of the famous Lincoln Memorial, with the late president brightly lit up. They then quickly inserted video of an abandoned building in Baltimore, one that could easily exist in nearly any city in America.

https://www.rawstory.com/2019/07/hud-secretary-ben-carson-echoes-and-defends-trumps-racist-attacks-on-his-infested-hometown-of-baltimore/

Why is he not in jail for misappropriation of tax dollars.............................

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HUD Secretary Ben Carson echoes and defends Trump's racist attacks on his 'infested' (Original Post) turbinetree Jul 2019 OP
Unreal. BlueWI Jul 2019 #1
He's been a few sandwiches short of a picnic for quite awhile. eShirl Jul 2019 #2
Ben Carson ordered a $31000 dining table for his HUD office delisen Jul 2019 #3
Ben Carson is a pretty understanding guy. keithbvadu2 Jul 2019 #4
Well that says a lot about how bright his light bulb is between his ears............... turbinetree Jul 2019 #5
So Carson is admitting that he's doing a shitty job at HUD? Wounded Bear Jul 2019 #6

BlueWI

(1,736 posts)
1. Unreal.
Tue Jul 30, 2019, 01:59 PM
Jul 2019

Trotting out your one black employee to defend this racist grifter in the White House.

Hope he isn't planning on returning to Baltimore anytime soon.

delisen

(6,042 posts)
3. Ben Carson ordered a $31000 dining table for his HUD office
Tue Jul 30, 2019, 02:06 PM
Jul 2019

and when he was caught he blamed his wife.

He wanted the taxpayers to spend this and other outlandish payments to feather his office nest at Housing and Urban Development.



turbinetree

(24,688 posts)
5. Well that says a lot about how bright his light bulb is between his ears...............
Tue Jul 30, 2019, 06:21 PM
Jul 2019

just can't make this stuff up......................

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