The Breakfast Club - Donkey Of The Day: Secretary Of Housing Ben Carson Mistakes REO Housing For OREO Cookies

Episode Date: May 22, 2019

Secretary Of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson is today's Donkey of the Day after accidentally confusing the term 'REO Housing' with Oreo cookie. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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I was born a donkey. It's the donkey of the day. Look at these donkeys. Bunch of jackass. Put a donkey in a day. That's pretty funny. Charlamagne the devil? Possibly. Yes, donkey of the day for Wednesday, May 22nd, goes to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Dr. Ben Carson. Now, I don't know why I thought Dr. Ben Carson stepped down from this position,

but he didn't. Well, right? No, he's leaving after Trump's first term. Yes no he's leaving after trump's first term yes he's leaving after trump's first term uh well hopefully his only term now yesterday dr ben carson testified before queen maxine waters financial services committee for the first time since maxine became the chair in january if it is true that you never get a second chance to make a first impression well dr ben carson blew it all right now quick backstory on dr ben for those who don't know he's a former brain surgeon and

republican presidential candidate who our celebrity in chief donald j trump nominated as his hutch secretary in 2017 despite him having zero relevant experience now dr ben was trying to defend a budget proposal that would cut 16.4 percent from HUD's budget. He was also questioned about a plan HUD announced last year to impose rent increases of as much as 150% on people who lived in subsidized housing. Now, if you thought Dr. Ben Carson had no idea what he was doing as Secretary of HUD, well, this exchange confirms it, okay? Because there's a basic housing terminology. I know a little basic housing terminology.

Like, Envy, I know you know some basic housing terminology, right? Correct. You know, affordable housing is for the most part mixed use housing. We know what opportunity zones are. We know what AMIs are. Right. PMVs, American medium income, present market value. We all know some basic housing terminology. Well, we might know more basic terms about housing than the Secretary of HUD, Dr. Ben Carson, because Representative Katie Porter asked Dr. Ben about a common acronym used to describe foreclosed properties.

She asked him about REOs. REOs. That's an R, an E, and an O. Okay, would you like to hear what Dr. Ben Carson thought she was talking about? Let's listen. I'd also like you to get back to me if you don't mind to explain the disparity in REO rates. Do you know what an REO is?

An Oreo? R, not an Oreo. An R-E-O. R-E-O. Real estate? What's the O stand for? E-organization? Owned. Real estate owned. That's what happens when a property goes to foreclosure. We call it an REO. Okay.

She had to explain it to him. Was this at any seminar? If he was at my seminar, he would have learned. When you're talking foreclosed properties, an REO stands for real estate owned. Okay. If you want a snack with some warm milk, if it's Christmas and you're trying to leave Santa something to snack on, an Oreo is a chocolate sandwich cookie.

Now let me tell you something. Dr. Ben was doing something called psychological projection with that statement. I'm no neurosurgeon. I didn't even go to college. I graduated from night school in 1998 and my graduating class was supposed to be 1996 so that tells you all you need to know about me. Alright? But psychological projection is a defense mechanism in which the human ego defends itself against unconscious impulses or qualities.

So I think Dr. Ben has an unconscious impulse to defend himself when he hears the word Oreo, because he has been called one so much in his life. Okay? And Oreo is a black person who acts white. You know, black on the outside, white on the inside. Now I don't like that term because black people are not monolithic and there's no way to act black and there's no way to act white. All right. Just because Dr. Ben Carson is a well-educated neurosurgeon who doesn't speak fluent nigga doesn't mean he's acting white. Okay. So I don't agree with calling people Oreos, but I can see why you would call

Dr. Ben Carson one. And I truly believe truly believe you know he's been called one his whole life that it was a psychological projection okay he feels like milk's favorite cookie so when he heard that he just got defensive all right he was ready to prove that he did not consist of two chocolate wafers and he was not full of sweet cream filling all right if katie porter had really called dr ben carson an oreo he was ready to reply, you don't know me. I am Big B from the D. And you will put some respect on me. Y'all don't know Big B from the D.

I ain't the Big B from the D from the streets. Let's hear Big B talk that talk. As a teenager, I would go after people with rocks and bricks and baseball bats and hammers. Carson describes punching a classmate with a lock in his hand. At age 14, another teenager angered me and Iers. That's right. Carson describes punching a classmate with a lock in his hand. At age 14, another teenager angered me, and I had a large camping knife.

Ooh! And I tried to stab him in the abdomen. Whoa! And fortunately, under his clothing, he had on a large metal belt buckle. And a knife blade struck with such force that it broke. Ooh, big B from the D. Dropping a clues bomb for Big B from the D. Oreo?

He's no damn Oreo. That's Big B from the D. How dare you call him an Oreo? Now, Big B from the D decided to play along, and he got on Twitter and posted a picture of him holding a pack of family-sized Oreos. Now, I am a stern believer of living your truth. It's the Eminem and 8-Mod theory. I wrote about it in my first book, Black Privilege. And I guess since Big B from the D is from Detroit,

he decided to take a page out of B-Rabbit's book and say everything about himself that any hater could possibly say. So he held up that pack of Oreos. Well, it worked for B-Rabbit. It don't work for Dr. Ben Carson. Because even though I don't agree with the term Oreo, I can see why they call him that, right? You can't take a picture with a pack of Oreos

just like R. Kelly can't take a picture in front of a high school, all right? OJ can't pretend to be Jason Voorhees for Halloween. It's just some things that should not be done, and an Oreo holding a pack of Oreos is one of them. Look, if you don't know something, don't pretend to, okay? I'm not an expert at anything. I just have some experiences, and when you don't know, like Dr. Ben Ben Carson or have any experiences in a certain field like dr Ben Carson and you end up mistaken reos for cookies I'm smart enough to know I'm dumb. Okay, you have to be smart enough to know you're not very smart All you can be like dr. Ben Carson and not be smart enough to know everything but be dumb enough to try anything

Including being the secretary ofud when you have no idea what the hell you are doing please let remi ma give dr ben carson the biggest hee-haw hee-haw hee-haw you stupid mother are you dumb so there was no job requirements or anything clearly not not at all clearly not i mean i can see where you can get some acronyms messed up like if somebody came to me and said NBA right now, I'd probably think young boy, you know, before anything. You know what I'm saying? If you came to me and said PSA, I'd think of Jay-Z and just Blade.

It'd allow me to reintroduce myself. You know what I'm saying? But I would get back focused in two seconds. All right, Charlamagne, thank you for that donkey today. Yes, sir. All right, when we come back, we got your positive note. Don't move. It's the Breakfast Club.

Good morning. Had enough of this country? Ever dreamt about starting your own? I planted the flag. This is mine. I own this. It's surprisingly easy. There are 55 gallons of water, 500 pounds of concrete. Or maybe not. No country willingly gives up their territory.

Oh, my God. What is that? Bullets. Listen to Escape from Zakistan. We need help! That's Escape from Z-A-Q-A-Stan on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or, entrepreneurs, and more. After those runs, the conversations keep going. That's what my podcast Post Run High is all about. It's a chance to sit down with my guests and dive even deeper into their stories, their journeys, and the thoughts that arise once

we've hit the pavement together. Listen to Post Run High on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hello, my undeadly darlings. It's Teresa, your resident ghost host. And do I have a treat for you. Haunting is crawling out from the shadows, and it's going to be devilishly good. We've got chills, thrills, and stories that'll make you wish the lights stayed on. So join me, won't you? Let's dive into the eerie unknown together. Sleep tight, if you can. Listen to Haunting on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Daphne Caruana Galizia was a Maltese investigative journalist who, on October 16, 2017, or wherever you get your podcasts. into a mafia state. Listen to Crooks Everywhere on the iHeartRadio app,

Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Hey, what's up? This is Ramses Jha. And I go by the name Q Ward. And we'd like you to join us each week for our show Civic Cipher. That's right.

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