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    Amanda Terkel‏Verified account @aterkel Mar 8

    Ben Carson backpedals on removing anti-discrimination language from HUD mission statement. Emails staff and says he’s still committed to inclusivityhttp://bit.ly/2HiYYJJ 

    12:39 PM - 8 Mar 2018
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    • colleen perron Kathy Sandoval Phebe Quattrucci The Horseface Whisperer Independence Now Inc Willow Lung-Amam Michael Rittenhouse keke laura kay
    18 replies 96 retweets 129 likes
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      2. Snarky Duck‏ @thesnarkenator Mar 8
        Replying to @aterkel

        And when some other corrupt cabinet member takes our attention from this, he'll silently do what he wanted to and move on hoping we didn't notice.

        1 reply 1 retweet 16 likes
      3. Snarky Duck‏ @thesnarkenator Mar 8
        Replying to @thesnarkenator @aterkel

        ...cue Zinke's $139,000 DOOR. I rest my case.

        0 replies 0 retweets 8 likes
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      1. Colleen wilhelm‏ @cllnwlhlm Mar 8
        Replying to @aterkel @MEPFuller

        Putz

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      1. Anonymous Aaron‏ @AnonymousAaron Mar 8
        Replying to @aterkel

        Nothing to see here folks!

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      2. Vote Nov 6-Vote Blue‏ @noybsk2017 Mar 8
        Replying to @aterkel

        blah blah blah #Racist #Corrupt Trump Administration #VoteGOPOut

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. Anarchist‏ @Maimonidies Mar 8
        Replying to @noybsk2017 @aterkel

        Are you a racist? Why do you hate black people so much?

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      1. richard j. brenner‏ @rjb14 Mar 8
        Replying to @aterkel

        This administration is a never-ending joke, but it's not funny and it has no sense of humor.@rjb14 #A Hot Mess

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      1. Truth Hurts‏ @TruthHurts_s Mar 8
        Replying to @aterkel

        He's unqualified for the job. All of them. Corruption and incompetence are the glue that holds Trump administration together

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      2. Jacqueline Sanders‏ @jasanders1975 Mar 8
        Replying to @aterkel @HuffPostPol

        Flip flops more than a trout out of water.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. Anarchist‏ @Maimonidies Mar 8
        Replying to @jasanders1975 @aterkel @HuffPostPol

        Why do you hate black people so much?

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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      1. FormerPolemicist‏ @Rando83886360 Mar 8
        Replying to @aterkel

        I ask you: would you let this man near your brain with a drill and scalpel?

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      1. T‏ @resistanceT10 Mar 8
        Replying to @aterkel

        But he’s a big liar and no one at hud believes him. #FireBenCarson #FireCarson f*ck you @SecretaryCarson

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      2. Pat Wallenborn‏ @pwally Mar 8
        Replying to @aterkel

        Another freakin Dotard. 🤮

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      3. Anarchist‏ @Maimonidies Mar 8
        Replying to @pwally @aterkel

        Why do you hate black people so much?

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      1.  🌹Subcomandante Transdimensional Rick  🇮🇪‏ @chupacabrito Mar 8
        Replying to @aterkel

        In Bird culture, this is known as a Dick Move.pic.twitter.com/A2iD75GHqq

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      1. Cheryl B‏ @Cheryl707 Mar 8
        Replying to @aterkel @elisefoley

        The word “all” is inclusive. This is much ado anout nothing. The old statement is too wordy and specific for a mission statement, which is supposed to be broad. Those items that eere removed would better fit a statement of objectives.

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      1. Jamal Barry‏ @Jamal_Barry Mar 8
        Replying to @aterkel @MEPFuller

        Carson has, once and for all, discredited the phrase 'smart as a brain surgeon'

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      1. benweiss‏ @benweiss Mar 8
        Replying to @aterkel

        These flip floppers are crazy

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