Last but not least: If Pelosi’s so eager to talk about HUD secretary “qualifications,” lets

**Written by Doug Powers

If the party designations were reversed, the MSM lede here might be “wealthy white career politician who knew enough about health care to spearhead disastrous system overhaul calls black neurosurgeon raised in housing projects incapable of handling HUD”:

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., warned Monday that Ben Carson isn’t qualified to run the Department of Housing and Development.

“Dr. Ben Carson is a disconcerting and disturbingly unqualified choice to lead a department as complex and consequential as Housing and Urban Development,” Pelosi said in a statement.

“Our country deserves a HUD Secretary with the relevant experience to protect the rights of homeowners and renters, particularly in low income and minority communities, and to ensure that everyone in our country can have access to safe and affordable housing without facing discrimination or homelessness,” she added.

Arguments about who is and isn’t “qualified” for high political office can be valid and compelling… until I remember where the “qualified” people have brought us:

Last but not least: If Pelosi’s so eager to talk about HUD secretary “qualifications,” lets start with the current one:

“Qualifications” of Obama’s last HUD secretary:
Misusing HUD funds.https://t.co/aJinyLnphi

— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) December 5, 2016

**Written by Doug Powers

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