Former presidential hopeful and current Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson said Wednesday that people who thought his past as a neurosurgeon did not qualify him for his HUD position are “stupid.”
While speaking at the Hill’s Newsmaker Series event, Carson took a shot at his critics who thought he may not have been qualified to run the department, the Hill reported.
“What were some of the obstacles that you saw,” the off-camera interviewer asked. “Was it maybe not thinking outside the box, that idea that you just raised. Have you changed the mindset at HUD?”
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