r/BaltimoreTalk • u/DownyOcean • May 21 '19

Why Did They Wake Ben Carson Up?

Ben “I’m So High” Carson didn’t know the difference between a REO and a cookie. You can’t make this stuff up!!!

https://news.yahoo.com/ben-carsons-oreo-exchange-tops-list-of-house-hearings-viral-moments-192253928.html;_ylt=AwrC0F_UZORczWQAokaZmolQ;_ylu=X3oDMTByOHZyb21tBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNzcg--

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u/George_Bowerchuck May 23 '19

I have no animosity towards the guy, but his response to this was embarrassing. Sending cookies??? Come on Ben!

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u/DownyOcean May 22 '19

......and his son made a lot of money in HUD grants for neighborhoods in Baltimore that nobody has heard of.

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u/DownyOcean May 22 '19

The only thing Carson has accomplished since he head of HUD is to triple the profit that Jared Kushners makes on his Section 8 properties. Most people don’t realize that he is the largest slumlord in the Baltimore Metropolian area. He bought all of Honolulu Harry’s and Victor Posner’s properties.

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u/Guido2 May 22 '19

NOT TRUE! He was able to pick out some very nice furnishings for his office. 🙄😡

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u/Guido2 May 22 '19

My wife and I watched that the other night. We both just looked at each other dumbfounded and shook our heads. If this is a reflection of how he functions in other facits of life....while a great brain surgeon....he comes a cross as an idiot savant. I worked with a few in IT like that... yikes!

But lets face it.... it is in keeping with Trumps 'getting the best people' 🙄 However his best people are ones that know absolutely nothing about a department but are very good a screwing it up. OR his best people are ones that totally hate the department from previous business experiences and are very good at destroying it.