Elizabeth Warren reverses stance on Trump pick Ben Carson
US Senator Elizabeth Warren, whose support for President Trump’s choice to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development in an earlier committee vote drew liberal outrage, altered her stance on the floor Thursday and joined other Democrats in opposing Dr. Ben Carson as the agency’s secretary.
Warren’s vote for Carson in a Senate Banking Committee vote in January incited an unusual attack on the liberal favorite from her left flank, which is seething over Trump’s presidency and seeking party purity in opposing him.
At the time, Warren explained her position at length on her Facebook page, saying she had “serious, deep, profound concerns about Dr. Carson’s inexperience” and “adamantly disagree[d] with many of the outrageous things that Dr. Carson said during his presidential campaign.”
But, she said, she had been impressed with promises he made in response to a nine-page letter she sent with “detailed” questions about Housing and Urban Development and to the accountability he vowed during his hearing.
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