Ben Carson: There Are Many Out There Whose 'Power Base Resides in Poverty'

There are many out there — namely, Democrat leaders — whose power base “resides in poverty,” Dr. Ben Carson — the Agriculture Department’s national adviser for nutrition, health and housing — suggested during an appearance on Breitbart News Daily .

“How frustrating is it when you see these Democrat leaders who don’t want our cities to be safe, who don’t want people to get out of this churn that they and their children and more generations are going to be stuck in?” host Mike Slater asked the former United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.

Carson revealed that when he took his role as HUD Secretary in the first Trump administration, he thought they would easily find things both sides would agree on. However, it did not pan out that way.

“When I became the secretary of