Mike Huckabee muses on Twitter whether 'Fancy Nancy Pelosi' is 'racist or just dumb'

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) lashed out at House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Monday for criticizing President-elect Donald Trump's choice of retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson for secretary of Housing and Urban Development:
Pelosi wasn't the only Democrat to suggest Carson — who has himself admitted he may not be qualified to lead a government agency — lacks the experience to oversee a Cabinet department with a budget of $47 billion. Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) said Monday that Trump's selection of someone "woefully unqualified" in Carson to head the department suggests he "has no interest in protecting American homeowners from Wall Street abuses." "Mr. Trump said during the campaign he would support working-class Americans, but his appointments make it clear he intends nothing of the sort," Cummings said.
Though Carson has no prior government experience, The New York Times reported he has said he is "prepared to lead the agency because he grew up 'in the inner city' and because as a physician in Baltimore he has 'dealt with a lot of patients from that area.'"
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