Housing Secretary Ben Carson exchange with House Democrat Katie Porter in which he appeared to mix up the common foreclosure term"REO" with Oreo cookies prompted so much attention on social media on Tuesday that the cabinet member has offered to send a package of the popular chocolate-cream cookies her way.REO refers to"real estate-owned properties," which are typically homes owned by banks in foreclosure."Real estate?" he asked.
I asked @SecretaryCarson about REOs - a basic term related to foreclosure - at a hearing today. He thought I was referring to a chocolate sandwich cookie. No, really. pic.twitter.com/cYekJAkRag OH, REO! Thanks, @RepKatiePorter. Enjoying a few post-hearing snacks. Sending some your way! pic.twitter.com/q4MMTBWVUI
Rep. Nydia Velazquez, a New York Democrat, called Carson’s proposed budget “shameful” and “immoral” because she said it didn’t include enough money to address the nation’s housing crisis, citing the more than 4 million people waiting for housing assistance.
Hardly surprising.
It was a box of 'Double Stuff Oreos'. Get the story straight. 😂
We need to get rid of this idiot too. All he does is spend taxpayers money.
So you should still own your home after a foreclosure. Makes sense.
I thought a REO was a car or a 80's band
Laughing at yourself = good for mental wellness. Bad for when you’re completely unqualified for your position that effects SO MANY PEOPLE.
Not even funny, just sad!
Does he only lead hud in name? He doesn’t seen privy to anything asked of him.
Because when people go to get lenders the amount/interest of the loan is based on their credit score and pre-tax salary. On paper they 'qualify' for so much and go for it but in reality the payment of the mortgage is far above what they can actually afford after cost of living.
She doesn't need anymore cookies. She'll explode.
He always seems like he just smoked a big hooter, no wonder he's talking oreos!
Ok this wasn’t that big a story to tweet non stop for a day . Good gracious. Report some real news
Corrupt men have for millennia tried to ridicule women to whom they feel inferior.
😂😂😂
This is embarrassing.
She’s racist
This was a bit funny was it pronounced wrong in the beginning or heard wrong
oh boy!
Wrong department, rocket 🚀 scientist should’ve been assigned head of space force
Who needs weed
If he had said Hydrox he might have sounded smarter.
he must be sniffing or ingesting stuff from his locked medications cabinet... he looks stoned
Smh
The SlySloth Benny Carson in da house
What an embarrassment. He also sounds a bit. . .drugged. . .
Petty!
This is what is like when incompetent people are running the country.
morgfair Yay foreclosure is all a joke to him. What a fool.
Is anyone sure this guy is a real surgeon? Or doctor even?
What a joke this guy is...........
morgfair You mean those Oreo cookies made in Mexico?
Is Ben Carson on sedatives or something?
She just learned about them 5 minutes before the hearing- in order for her not to forget the 3 letters- actually had them written on her wrist
He’s dumb but I would conduct myself in the same way. Ben is Lost. Paycheck is still coming Ben is trying to do something he really has no clue about. I’ve been there but not on that level. Lol
Trump puts unqualified people in jobs that they know nothing about. Carson is a surgeon. What does he know about the job he has? NOTHING.
🤦🏽♂️
Idiot
This has to be embarrassing for HUD employees. Carson was smirking his way through the hearing. He did not have the answers to simple questions and he was dismissive and condescending to Committee members. Totally incompetent.
If Katie Porter worked for FHA then why was she asking Ben Carson all the stupid questions I love his payed back attitude. I personally loved it when th said Oreo
She needs to send him a Real Estate book in return...what a brain that got wasted.
Stupid man.
There was no confusion. He’s just grossly incompetent.
This is who trump puts in positions of power: either unqualified or openly hostile to that organization. This is on purpose.
Why would he continue a joke about himself?
What a gd dope
Enough already!!!!
This is just more evidence that the Trump regime has no respect for Congress. Since the Kavanaugh hearings any person now called before the Senate or House either lies,responds in a “snitty” way or just doesn’t show up. Where has our democracy gone?
Oreo's have more intelligence and are far better liked than Katie Porter. 🤣
Does she know what an REO is? Probably not too many in her mostly white jurisdiction.
Man he really is dumb isn’t he?
Maybe Joseph stored Oreo cookies in Egypts pyramids ?
So embarrassing to watch Secretary Carson fumble to say nothing.
Carson makes DeVos look like a mental titan.
Is the Housing Secretary awake? He doesn’t sound that informed or aware of his job.
She's spent 'DECADES' working on the problem yet it still exist.....Typical democrat
These dem women that have been elected recently is some bad ass they always come prepared. Awesome
I'm afraid Mr. Carson knows absolutely nothing about housing and urban development. He's just a figurehead. They should ask him questions about policies & procedures of the dept. that he should know, but I guess his responses would most likely be 'I'll have to get back to you.'
The answer to your question is because you have loans being made to irresponsible adults! When did it become congresses sole responsibility, in hearings, to attempt to make witnesses trip over in consequential facts?
This is the most inept regime from top to bottom in U.S. history.
I am constantly fascinated that he was a brain surgeon. I suppose the molasses slowness works in such a delicate area. Whenever Carson talks I feel like I am watching a slow motion movie. Why he is running that department is just elusive.
If I got down on the weeds I wouldn’t get very far either mr. Carson
This isn’t funny at all - people’s lives are being ruined by his ignorance and access to policy-making. Stop even giving him this attention for joking about it and tell the truth- Ben Carson should be removed from his position immediately
This is a result of hiring 'yes' men and people that are 'likeable' stop the nonsense and hire people with actual skills. How long has he held this position and is still CLUELESS. 🤦🏻♀️
Wow....Mr. Carson sure is a weird person.
If you think that confused Carson, imagine how confused he was when he found out he wasn’t white.
Hey ABC... do you have any real Bankers review your posts...yep he’s lost but if you bread this you will be smarter
Ben Carson is in a 'Sunken Place.'
I love seeing how well prepared our politicians are! 🤦🏻♀️ anywayyyyy.. it gaves us a good laugh!
REO is clearly a speedwagon
Love her!
He needs to stick with brain surgery, or maybe just retire.
OMG ! This is hysterical and pathetic at the same time !! I bet Oreo sales go up today !
He should have been fired....house pet
Maybe we should be sending Carson some Oreos instead.
Wow!
Nobody listens to Ben
I'll take some
It looks to me like she has already had a couple of bags of cookies. :-)
If Carson gets any more laid back he’ll fall asleep.
Has been working on this since 2007 but doesn’t know what the problem is...stop letting people borrow that can not afford to pay back same with student loans...problem solved
A box of Oreos has a higher intelligence than Ben Carson.
Well done realDonaldTrump, another one of your 'best people' showing how qualified they are at their jobs.
Could you phrase your personal attacks in the form of a question?
Mr Carson looks less than interested in what is going on.
I think BenCarson should reconsider his offer to send KatiePorter a box of Oreo - send a salad instead!
Trump picks all the best people 🙄
Worse- he can’t help guide his agency. I’m available.
One he doesn’t know anything about HUD so forget about FSA, ORE, FHA, or GSE. realDonaldTrump hires the best. Here is the proof that he does. Ben Carson knows nothing! Embarrassing!
Poor thing doesn’t have a clue
What an embarrassment. Carson has no idea what his job is.
“Dear Katie, here’s a reminder of that stupid thing I said”
Would anyone actually let this guy operate on your brain?
Sad this is sad.
Unbelievable!
I think Ben went to the NyQuil to early in the day.
He's laughing because he thinks Congress is so stupid and the joke's are on them. He may be right.
When a US Congresswoman has to physically slow down her speech, backtrack in her explanation and say the words, 'let me make sure you understand ..... so ...' to the head of a government agency we have a problem.
Carson: Who you calling an OREO?
Funny... because losing your home to foreclose is hilarious.
He sounds like he is drunk
Seems like the news media ought to take serious things more seriously. This story is not a feature; it’s about struggling AMERICAN families & an incompetent cabinet secretary.
OREO is a real finance term. It actually relates to foreclosures on a banking institution’s books. It’s a very reasonable point of confusion. ABC would know this is they got their head out of their ass and stopped printing fake news.
0bama’s previous career was shaking down banks to make stupid loans to minorities who couldn’t afford them, he even taught a course on it.
Didn’t embarrass himself enough yet, I guess
Cookie monster who will throw children out on the street has a 31,000 dollar table to eat his cookies.
Ankle deep in the incompetence swamp.
Not. A. Good. Idea. Ben.
Do they have an oreo flavor with Uncle Tom filling?
He needs to resign
Dr. Ben Carson
KatieClai Watch this.
I mean. This is by far the worst cabinet in history of a United States President
He wasn’t confused. We wasn’t paying attention. Condescending representatives babbling for hours will do that.
She’s so stupid for trying to make him seem like the enemy. He gave several opportunities for her to agree and she doesn’t.
Thank God for Dr Carson who does not want to break the law!!!!
Damn, is he medicated? It's like watching a teacher break down a lesson for a stoner kid.
He really doesn’t give a damn. If someone asks you if you know how to do your job you don’t say, “Well I really don’t want to get in the weeds.” While people are loosing their homes!
She's worked 'decades on this problem' and hasn't yet solved it?
He should not have taken this job! That job is a smack in the face for him. Why wasn’t he offered Surgeon General with his credentials?
No. It’s so much more fun to kick American citizen children out of public housing and make them homeless
Katie Porter looks like she never met an Oreo she didn’t like. Rude
Honest Question: Don’t FHA’s foreclose more often because they are given to people with lower incomes/lower credit scores? What else would you expect? That’s why FHA borrowers have to pay extra insurance because it’s a high risk pool.
He's a surgeon! How he got this job in the first place is still an unanswered question...
I have your answer. People don’t pay their bills 🤷🏻♀️ and live beyond their means
I wonder if .RepKatiePorter profited from the 2007-2009 bank era of mass foreclosure & shortsales ? .SecretaryCarson
Maybe he should buy a clue instead.
Can somebody in the Administration provide some reassurance we have the smartest and brightest looking out for all Americans? I wish I was still in school writing papers and having discussions about the “shit hole” our country seems to becoming. 2020 is time to right the ship
Can you really blame the poor guy?
Something very wrong with him.
What the what?! 😉 Dr. Carson says, 'woman, that's what you're here for. Get to work.'
Hire the best.
Carson has more CLASS, wit and intelligence in one of his nose hairs than Katie Porter will EVER have in entire her Oreo double stuffed body.
Carson ought to be ashamed of himself, especially since he accepted a position he doesn't care to know anything about.
😡😠
I will put the best people in.
So now...who believes me when I say, Washington has become a ..over glorified, government- assisted ,nursing home?
Is he high?
The whole thing is odd. Bad questions to play politics and bad answers to questions. And I like Ben Carson. What a political mess we have as it is a circus and all parties are responsible
...Another 'stable genius'? 🙄
Here’s a better idea: He should resign.
Oreo cookie. Black on outside and white in the middle. I would say he is an oreo cookie but he has nothing. He is just empty shell of nothingness.
His church is vehemently opposed to his actions
Ben Carson,is this the best you got
I think dr. Carson did surgery to remove his own brain. TheDevilsRejects
nice
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