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Noted expert on the inner city, Dr. Ben Carson - who previously said he wasn't qualified to be on the Cabinet - gets Trump's nod for HUD.

Trump taps Ben Carson for HUD secretary - CNNPolitics.com

 

Professional protesters, you say?

 

Despite no evidence...

 

No, his biggest early victory was cutting a deal with the Iranians to hold off on releasing the hostages until he put his hand on the Bible.

Ronnie was good at cutting deals with the Iranians, as we'd learn later.

 

"WUSA reported that they found two women, who declined to give their names, banging on the patio at the pizza place in late November. The women were looking for the alleged tunnels used to traffic children."

That's one way to look. I guess.

 

Despite no evidence...

 

Oh, we need to run his words through the Trump Straight Shooter Interpretation app?

Should we run the claims of the Ohio State attacker through it too?

 

Where's the evidence that it's true?

He could just be trolling. Might be trolling just to prove a point.

 

Same applies to the Ohio State attacker, right?

 

What was the justification for giving Julián Castro the HUD job? Housing experience? Experience running a complex and consequential organization?

Nope. Just his personal narrative, and the desire to groom a Latino for higher office.

Today, in the White House State Dining Room, President Obama nominated San Antonio Mayor Julián Castro as the next Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), and current HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan to serve as the Director of the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB).

Mayor Castro will be an invaluable member of the Obama Administration. In five short years, Mayor Castro has made significant progress in San Antonio and put the city and its citizens on a new trajectory. He has been a leader among mayors in implementing housing and economic development programs that have tremendously benefitted the people of San Antonio. He has also built good relationships with other mayors and key partners in the Administration’s Promise Zones initiative, which spotlights San Antonio as a shining example of a city that has been revitalized over the past few years due in large part to Mayor Castro’s leadership.

We look forward to Mayor Castro bringing his practical, on-the-ground success to scale at the federal level at HUD.

At today’s nomination, the President also highlighted Mayor Castro’s story and how he exemplifies the American Dream:

Julián’s grandmother came to this country from Mexico. She worked as a maid, worked as a cook, worked as a babysitter -- whatever she had to do to keep a roof over her family’s head. And that’s because for her, and generations of Americans like her, a home is more than just a house. A home is a source of pride and security. It’s a place to raise a family and put down roots and build up savings for college or a business or retirement, or write a lifetime of memories. And maybe one day the kid grows up in that home and is able to go on to get a great education and become the Mayor of San Antonio, and become a member of the President’s Cabinet.

Julián ha vivido el Sueño Americano. And it’s precisely because he’s lived out the American Dream that he’ll work his tail off to make sure more people can travel that same path and earn their own dreams as well.