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skip fox

(19,359 posts)
Wed May 22, 2019, 10:40 AM May 2019

"I eat the filling first!" . . . Please come CAPTION HUD Secretary Ben Carson!




Ben (Capt. Crunch) Carson is saying: "Frankly, Representative Porter I'm shocked and offended. . . . I've been call an 'Oreo' for as long as I can remember, but to hear someone in Congress calling me that, well that's the very worst."


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Above CAPTION based on this spud's exchange with Rep. Katie Porter before the Financial Services Committee 5.21.19 as covered by VOX:


https://www.vox.com/2019/5/21/18634580/ben-carson-oreo-hearing-disaster
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"I eat the filling first!" . . . Please come CAPTION HUD Secretary Ben Carson! (Original Post) skip fox May 2019 OP
I'm sorry, was I supposed to be awake for this? underpants May 2019 #1
Who You callin' BillyBobBrilliant May 2019 #2
Can I get a shout out for Hydrox! Johonny May 2019 #3
I know I am, but what are you? TheBlackAdder May 2019 #4
B.C. is saying: skip fox May 2019 #5
Amway and Oreos? superpatriotman May 2019 #6

underpants

(182,828 posts)
1. I'm sorry, was I supposed to be awake for this?
Wed May 22, 2019, 10:51 AM
May 2019

Well at least he actually topped Mnuchin’s horrific appearance. Which is nice.

skip fox

(19,359 posts)
5. B.C. is saying:
Wed May 22, 2019, 04:14 PM
May 2019

"What does H.U.D. stand for? . . . Surely you're kidding. . . Everybody knows that. It's even spelled out on our building. . . . And after my signature on letters. And I remember them saying it at my swearing in. . . . Geez, everybody knows that!"

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