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HUD Secretary Ben Carson Defends Trump's Racist Comments

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Aug 05, 2019
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Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson defended President Donald Trump’s racist remarks against the city of Baltimore, where Carson worked for years as a neurosurgeon at Johns Hopkins University.

While visiting “Charm City,” Carson acknowledged that Baltimore had made progress in recent years, but noted “there are problems and we can’t sweep …

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