Late Tuesday night, 11 Senate Democrats joined the Republicans on the banking committee to unanimously approve Ben Carson’s nomination as secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Even darlings of the progressive left like Elizabeth Warren and Sherrod Brown voted yes on Carson.
Many progressives were outraged. Carson has never run a federal agency, seems unaware of basic details on housing policy, and says he wants to weaken laws that combat housing segregation. Judd Legum, editor of the center-left blog ThinkProgress, shared a headline blasting turncoat Democrats titled “WTF” and captioned it in all caps.
But there’s really no great mystery as to why Senate Democrats decided to back Carson: They simply don’t think he’s a particularly devastating choice for HUD — and they think Trump might replace him with someone far worse if Carson were rejected.
8. BUT A SENATE COMMITTEE VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO APPROVE BEN CARSON'S NOMINATION. THIS INCLUDED 11 DEMOCRATS. https://t.co/h22NvDUmBn
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) January 25, 2017
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