Posted on 01/12/2017 12:12:00 PM PST by SeekAndFind
During his confirmation hearing Thursday, Ben Carson repeatedly refused to guarantee that money from the Department of Housing and Urban Development would not go to benefit President-elect Donald Trump or his family.
“Among the billions of dollars that you will be handing out in grants and loans, can you just assure us that not one dollar will go to benefit either the president-elect or his family?” Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) asked.
“I can assure you that the things that I do are driven by a sense of morals and values,” Carson responded. “And therefore I will absolutely not play favorites for anyone.”
Carson is Trump’s nominee to run HUD, an anti-poverty agency charged with federal affordable housing efforts.
When Warren pressed him again, Carson again insisted on his own personal neutrality, instead of agreeing to avoid sending money to the president and his family. “It will not be my intention to do anything to benefit any American, particularly, it’s for all Americans, everything that we do,” Carson said.
“If there happens to be an extraordinarily good program that works for millions of people and it turns out that someone that you’re targeting is going to make $10 from it,” Carson added, he wouldn’t make a big fuss over the $10.
“The problem is that you can’t assure us that HUD money ― not of $10 varieties but of multimillion-dollar varieties ― will not end up in the president-elect’s pockets,” Warren responded. “And the reason you can’t assure us of that is because the president-elect is hiding his family’s business interests from you, from me, from the rest of America. And this just highlights the absurdity and the danger of the president-elect’s refusal to put his assets in a true blind trust.”
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Fake News headline.
Warren is projecting precisely the tactics of Feinstein, Pelosi, and so many more of the Democrats that make their fortunes from being in government, and sidetracking taxpayer dollars to themselves via various public assignments.
I wouldn’t doubt (total speculation) Warren benefits from such tactics herself.
Warren is just a shill for the teepee industry!
“Among the billions of dollars that you will be handing out in grants and loans, can you just assure us that not one dollar will go to benefit either the president-elect or his family?” Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) asked.
REPLY:“I can assure you that the things that I do are driven by a sense of morals and values,” Carson responded. “And therefore I will absolutely not play favorites for anyone.”
Of course he refused the question itself is IDIOTIC and does NOT deserve an answer!!! I can’t believe the STUPIDITY of the left, this man has EARNED more money in business and hard work than fauxcahontis could EVER DREAM about!!! YET Trump wants to STEAL MONEY from HUD........these IDIOTS are such a JOKE, the GREAT part of all of this is that even AFTER they got their asses handed to them this election they CONTINUE to behave this way the gift that WILL keep GIVING until 2018, WHEN, they WILL CONTINUE to lose MORE seats and states!!!! I am LOVING their STUPIDITY on FULL DISPLAY!!!!
Huffington Post = Fake News
It would have been better if he had said he would make sure most of it went to the Clinton Foundation if she approved of that.
I guess she’s worried about all that Section 8 housing in Trump Tower and other luxury developments around the country.
Yes because everyone knows that Trump would build opulent houses for those in inner cities. They will all have gold leaf and crystal chandeliers
Do they require IQs below room temperature in order to be a dem senator?
I don’t blame Carson for refusing to play along. Trump doesn’t do subsidized housing or anything close to it. Warren is just looking for a headline.
“A fake minority lectures a real minority.”
Apparently, she’s special needs, being a full retard.
So she’s a protected class, too.
#27 What he should have said, “I assure you Senator, I plan on doing a full audit of the HUD Budget and If I find any funds that have been funneled to the Clinton Foundation I will demand that Hillary and Bill Clinton be held accountable.
Oooh, I like it.
Hati
Warren confirmed she is a loon thru and thru.. a loon obsessed with leveling the playing field by blowing it up.
Princess Gasbag.
“Among the billions of dollars that you will be handing out in grants and loans, can you just assure us that not one dollar will go to benefit either the president-elect or his family?”
What a crock. Those loans and grants are intended to encourage developers to build and manage more affordable housing. So by not giving the grants to Trump’s companies, Warren is basically saying she doesn’t want to encourage Trump’s companies to provide more affordable housing. The only ones losing are the poor people Warren pretends to care so much about.
Yep, we should encourage the left in their support of Warren, because she’s a guaranteed loser in a national election.
let me correct you.” the woman who accepted $450,000 bribe by teaching a single class at Harvard is worried about accountability of money??
there I think that is what you were trying to say.
we have to stop letting the left control the narrative.
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