Top Democrat Rep. Elijah Cummings slammed Dr. Ben Carson’s nomination as the next HUD Secretary saying he is “woefully unqualified.”

Cummings released the following statement on Carson’s nomination:

“It is clear President-elect Trump has no interest in protecting American homeowners from Wall Street abuses.  His pick to lead the Treasury Department is a Wall Street hedge fund manager who made millions of dollars putting Americans out of their homes, and he has now selected someone woefully unqualified to run the Department of Housing and Urban Development.  During his time in Baltimore, Dr. Ben Carson was a phenomenal neurosurgeon, but he has no experience developing housing policy affecting tens of millions of households or running a complex federal agency, as his own spokesman admitted just last month.  Mr. Trump said during the campaign he would support working-class Americans, but his appointments make it clear he intends nothing of the sort.”

This comes as House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi called Carson “disturbingly unqualified.”

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Rep. Elijah Cummings Says Ben Carson “Woefully Unqualified” to Lead HUD