Dr. Ben Carson is reportedly considering
accepting an offer to serve as Department of Housing and Urban
Development secretary in President-elect Donald Trump’s administration. The retired
Neurosurgeon who previously reportedly rejected an offer from Donald Trump due
to his 'lack of political experience', said Wednesday night in an interview
with Fox News, that “the offer is on the table” and that he is seriously considering
it because he grew up in Detroit and knows that the inner cities are in
shamble and need to be taken care of.
“We did in fact have
a discussion of what things need to be done in the country and what the options
were,” he said.
Ben Carson's spokesman Armstrong
Williams had said last week, that Carson wouldn't accept any government
position. He said that in an effort to quash speculation that Carson would
accept a Trump administration Cabinet role “or any position in the
administration.” But Carson told Fox News on Wednesday that Williams was
“talking off the cuff.”
Trump tweeted on Tuesday morning that he was considering Carson to lead the HUD. He tweeted:
Trump tweeted on Tuesday morning that he was considering Carson to lead the HUD. He tweeted:
As secretary, Carson would lead the office that
oversees affordable housing, fair housing laws, funding for development
projects, initiatives to address homelessness and other related
programs. He doesn’t have any experience with housing policy or
development but in an interview with Fox News Tuesday, he cited
growing up in Detroit as a qualification for the HUD secretary role.
“I grew up in the
inner city and have spent a lot of time there, and have dealt with a lot of
patients from that area and recognize that we cannot have a strong nation if we
have weak inner cities,” he said.
Ben Carson said there are other
positions that have been offered to him and he will consider them and see what
position he will be more effective in serving in. He added that
his decision could be expected “in the next few days.”
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