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A senior adviser to Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson was suddenly fired Wednesday, apparently because the White House discovered he had criticized President Donald Trump.
Shermichael Singleton, 26, had worked on Carsons own presidential bid in 2016 before joining the administration. In the closing weeks of the election, Singleton wrote an op-ed critical of Trump in which he blasted the then-nominees rhetoric toward black voters as a coded message from an era in our history that should stay in the past.
Singleton had already answered a number of questions regarding the article and expressed remorse for the piece and support for Mr. Trump prior to assuming his HUD position in January, the New York Times reports. But administration staff hadnt finished his background check and this week, Mr. Trumps advisers turned up the op-ed and some related tweets, according to the Times.
Singleton, who the Huffington Post notes is one of the few black Republicans in the Trump administration, told the Times he could not discuss the circumstances of his abrupt firing.
https://thinkprogress.org/one-of-the-only-black-people-in-trumps-team-has-been-fired-for-criticizing-trump-5748f2d6f247#.tbcdri2tt
gopiscrap
(23,726 posts)why would you want to work for that orange shit gibbon?
Doreen
(11,686 posts)My boyfriend and I agree that at some point the women will disappear also.
starshine00
(531 posts)Also it is so racist to put Ben Carson in charge of HUD, why on earth, he's a doctor, what about surgeon general, it makes zero sense
Ilsa
(61,690 posts)I heard that on the Stephanie Miller Show. Probably FrAngela. It might be true.
uponit7771
(90,301 posts)Ilsa
(61,690 posts)Phoenix61
(16,993 posts)Doesn't want to discuss before talking to an attorney about the possibility of suing on the grounds of wrongful termination.
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Ms. Toad
(33,992 posts)Unless it looks like a race-based firing.
NCjack
(10,279 posts)KeepItReal
(7,769 posts)Escorted out the building.
A new Black History Moment - Trump style.
NCjack
(10,279 posts)KeepItReal
(7,769 posts)Neither will probably happen.
He's going to Armstrong Williams' shop next.
logosoco
(3,208 posts)Just a simple search shows that Carson also criticized him as well. From the article, April 2016 He has some major defects, theres no question about it