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Ben Carson: “Poverty Is A State Of Mind”

The New York Times reports: Ben Carson, the head of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, faced an intense backlash on Wednesday for calling poverty “a state of mind.” Mr. Carson, who oversees a department that handles housing for millions of low-income Americans, made the comments during a radio interview on Tuesday with Armstrong Williams, a friend and conservative …

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HUNGARY: HUD Secretary Ben Carson To Speak At International Convention Of Anti-LGBT Hate Groups

The SPLC reports today that HUD Secretary Ben Carson will this week deliver a presentation at the Budapest convention for the viciously anti-LGBT World Congress of Families, which works to enact and strengthen anti-LGBT laws around the globe. From the SPLC’s report: Each year, anti-LGBT hate group World Congress of Families holds a major annual summit, in addition to smaller …

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Ben Carson: True Compassion Means Not Making Public Housing Comfortable Enough So People Want To Stay

The New York Times reports: Ben Carson does not like the creature comforts, at least not for low-income Americans reliant on the government for a helping hand. As he toured facilities for the poor in Ohio last week, Mr. Carson, the neurosurgeon-turned-housing secretary, joked that a relatively well-appointed apartment complex for veterans lacked “only pool tables.” He inquired at one …

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Ben Carson Doubles-Down On “Immigrant” Slaves

The Hill reports: Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson doubled-down Monday on his description of slaves as immigrants, arguing that the label fits anyone who comes into a country from the outside – even “involuntary immigrants.” “I think people need to actually look up the word immigrant,” Carson said. “Whether you’re voluntary or involuntary, if you come from the …

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Senate Confirms Dr. Stabby As HUD Secretary

The Washington Post reports: Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson was confirmed Thursday as secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, bringing into President Trump’s cabinet a Washington outsider with no prior government experience and a staunchly conservative view of public assistance. Support for Carson’s confirmation came down largely along party lines, highlighting the intense partisan and ideological conflicts …

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Ben Carson Vows “No Extra Rights” For LGBT Americans During HUD Secretary Confirmation Hearing [VIDEO]

The Hill reports: Trump Cabinet pick Ben Carson reiterated his belief Thursday that LGBT Americans don’t deserve “extra rights.” During Carson’s confirmation hearing, Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) pressed the Housing and Urban Development nominee about whether he would enforce LGBT protections in the public housing sector. “Of course, I would enforce all the laws of the land,” Carson responded. “Of …

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Pat Robertson: Dr. Stabby Is More Qualified To Run HUD Than Obama Or That “Bum” Bernie Sanders [VIDEO]

Brian Tashman reports at Right Wing Watch: Responding to a statement on Carson’s nomination from incoming Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, Robertson said that Obama was unqualified to be president since he “never held a job in the private sector,” “learned his organizing skills from a well-known radical who had a handbook for revolutionaries,” and “did next to nothing” in …

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Trump’s Stooges Rip Into “Racist Political Hack” Nancy Pelosi Over Objections To Dr. Stabby’s Nomination

Via press release from House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi: “Dr. Ben Carson is a disconcerting and disturbingly unqualified choice to lead a department as complex and consequential as Housing and Urban Development. Our country deserves a HUD Secretary with the relevant experience to protect the rights of homeowners and renters, particularly in low income and minority communities, and to ensure …

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UNQUALIFIED: That Time HUD Nominee Ben Carson Said It’s Communistic To Fight Housing Discrimination

Brian Tashman lays it out at Right Wing Watch: In November, Carson’s spokesman said that the former neurosurgeon and Republican presidential candidate didn’t want to pursue a role in the Trump administration because he has no relevant experience in managing a federal agency and the “last thing he would want to do was take a position that could cripple the …

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“Pathological” Ben Carson Tapped For HUD Secretary

NBC News reports: President-elect Donald Trump will nominate “tough” former Republican primary rival Ben Carson as Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the transition team announced Monday. A statement described Carson as a “distinguished national leader who overcame his troubled youth in the inner city of Detroit to become a renowned neurosurgeon.” In the statement, Trump said …

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SECRETARY STABBY: Trump Says He Is “Seriously Considering” Ben Carson To Head Housing Department

CNN reports: President-elect Donald Trump says he’s “seriously considering” Dr. Ben Carson for housing secretary. In a tweet on Tuesday afternoon, Trump called Carson, a retired neurosurgeon and former rival for the Republican presidential nomination, “a greatly talented person who loves people!” The secretary of housing and urban development oversees federal public housing programs and helps formulate policy on homelessness …

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Dr. Stabby To Have Role In Obamacare Repeal Plan

Politico reports: Ben Carson says he’s still ironing out his role in the incoming administration of President-elect Donald Trump, but one thing’s certain: He’ll have a role in helping craft the replacement plan for Obamacare. “I think the replacement obviously must come first and it must be something that is very appealing and easy to understand. And then, only then, …

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MELTDOWN: Ben Carson Demands That Host’s Mic Be Turned Off, Asks If Others Can “Plug” Her Mouth

Unreal. Via Mediaite: This was probably not the interview that former Republican candidate and current Trump pal Ben Carson had in mind. The famed neurosurgeon appeared Friday morning on MSNBC’s Morning Joe and he got brutally raked over the coals by cohost Joe Scarborough and Katty Kay, who he immediately began fighting with from the opening minutes of his hit. …

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Ben Carson On #Pussygate: All Men Talk Like That And If You Don’t Know It, That’s Your Problem [VIDEO]

CNN reports: Ben Carson said Tuesday “of course” he’s heard similar language from other people along the lines of the recently surfaced lewd and sexually aggressive comments from Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. “I’ve heard people talking like that. Of course. Are you kidding me?” the former Republican presidential candidate told CNN’s Brianna Keilar. “As I was growing up, people …

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Ben Carson: Gay Marriage Will Bring “Mass Killings”

On Friday the American Family Association cosponsored an event called the Pensmore National Symposium on Religious Liberty. In the audience was Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar and headlining the event was Dr. Stabby, who had some typically insane things to say. The Springfield News-Leader reports: Outside the college were the letters “RLM” and a cross covered with American flags. The …

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ARIZONA: Dr. Stabby Endorses Homocon Paul Babeu

Back in August 2015, homocon Sheriff Paul Babeu toured then-presidential candidate Ben Carson around the Mexico border to boast about his plan to stop his former boyfriends from getting back into the country. The event was widely mocked because Babeu’s county is 70 miles from the border. Today Babeu gets Carson’s endorsement: “Sheriff Paul Babeu is a man of incredible …

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OH, MY LUGGAGE!: Ben Carson Bolts On Live CNN Interview In Detroit To Go Find His Luggage [VIDEO]

Via Mediaite: In the middle of a CNN interview in Detroit talking about the black community and Donald Trump, Ben Carson realized he didn’t know where his luggage was. So in kind of a hilarious moment, Carson cried “Oh, my luggage!” and walked off-camera. CNN’s Jeremy Diamond filled time by just recapping what’s been going on before Carson walked back. …

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Dr. Stabby: “Elderly” Candidates Like Trump And Hillary Should Always Release Their Medical Records [VIDEO]

And this guy supports Trump. Via Politico: Not only should Hillary Clinton release a new health report confirming her fitness to be commander in chief, so should Donald Trump, Ben Carson said Wednesday. Carson, a retired world-renowned neurosurgeon who supports Trump, called it “common sense” for those running for the White House to “disclose their medical history,” “particularly if they’re …

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AGAIN: Totally Not Gay Advisor To Dr. Stabby Sued For Alleged Sexual Harassment Of Male Former Staffer

As I mentioned once or twice during the primary season, Ben Carson’s chief campaign advisor, Armstrong Williams, settled out of court in 1997 after a gym trainer sued him for sexual harassment. Carson’s many insane anti-gay statements during the campaign prompted porn magnate Larry Flynt to offer up to a one million dollar reward for proof that Williams was continuing …

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Dr. Stabby: Hillary Will Bring Carnage & Death [VIDEO]

Via Mediaite: Carson was on Fox’s Fox & Friends this morning to share an analogy he came up with. He said that America is like a cruise ship that is almost about to topple over the edge of Niagara Falls. America, the ship, needs to turn around. Clinton would destroy the very nature of the country if she were allowed …

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