Ben Carson has just landed a big job in the Trump White House, pending nomination by the Senate:
FOX NEWS ALERT: President-elect Donald Trump to nominate Dr. Ben Carson as secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development. pic.twitter.com/BfMNYsqgHL
— FOX & Friends (@foxandfriends) December 5, 2016
I am thrilled to nominate Dr. @RealBenCarson as our next Secretary of the US Dept. of Housing and Urban Development: https://t.co/zYGi8fGnL5 pic.twitter.com/1D9NXlHc2b
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 5, 2016
CNN – Dr. Ben Carson will be nominated as the next secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Trump transition team announced Monday.
“I am thrilled to nominate Dr. Ben Carson as our next Secretary of the US Department of Housing and Urban Development,” President-elect Donald Trump said in a statement.
“Ben Carson has a brilliant mind and is passionate about strengthening communities and families within those communities. We have talked at length about my urban renewal agenda and our message of economic revival, very much including our inner cities. Ben shares my optimism about the future of our country and is part of ensuring that this is a Presidency representing all Americans. He is a tough competitor and never gives up.”
The secretary of housing and urban development oversees federal public housing programs and helps formulate policy on homelessness and housing discrimination. As is the case with all cabinet secretaries, Carson needs to be confirmed by the Senate.
Waiting for someone to make the case the Ben Carson is qualified for HUD. Anyone? Bueller…?
— Amanda Carpenter (@amandacarpenter) December 5, 2016
I feel sorry for the employees at HUD who actually care about these issues. Sigh.
— Amanda Carpenter (@amandacarpenter) December 5, 2016
Carson isn't qualified. (Sure, he could study up on the issues tho) But let's call this what it is. Cronyism. Patronage. Swampy.
— Amanda Carpenter (@amandacarpenter) December 5, 2016
I’m not sure how Carson is qualified for this position either. But I at least hope as HUD Secretary he doesn’t continue Obama’s racial engineering of neighborhoods.