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By Dan Desai Martin -
May 21, 2019
He acted like he had never heard of a term that's a basic part of his job.
Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson got tripped up Tuesday afternoon when Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA) asked him about a common foreclosure term and Carson thought she was referring to Oreo cookies.
Porter asked Carson what should have been a simple question for the Cabinet official in charge of housing policy: "Do you know what an REO is?"
The resulting back and forth showed just how out of his depth Carson is in his job.
Porter: Do you know what an REO is?
Carson: An Oreo...
Porter: No, not an Oreo. An REO.
Carson: Real Estate...
Porter: What's the "O" stand for?
Carson: Organization?
Porter: Owned. Real Estate Owned.
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(15,805 posts)Maybe pick out new furniture for his office is a more time consuming project than I thought.
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(3,804 posts)How ignorant can one dumbass be