The Trump administration is not having a good week. First, Sean Spicer sparked social media outrage after he made several Holocaust gaffes in Tuesday’s press briefing. Now, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson got stuck in an elevator in Miami.
According to CNN, Carson, who has since been rescued, was stuck in an affordable housing complex elevator while former Miami Heat and NBA star Alonzo Mourning waited for the fire department to arrive. Rene Rodriguez of The Miami Herald reported that Carson was freed after 20 minutes.
Firefighters just freed Sec. Ben Carson and his wife from a stuck elevator in #Miami @nbc6 pic.twitter.com/prSioKDyEs
— Julia Bagg (@JuliaNBC6) April 12, 2017
Carson later tweeted about the meeting with Mourning, writing, “Great meeting w/ Alonzo Mourning who is doing great work with low income housing & thanks to the hard working @miamipd and @cityofmiamifire.”
Mourning broke ground on the affordable housing project Courtside Family Apartments in 2015. According to a report from The Miami Herald, “A family of four would have to make less than $40,600 to qualify.”
Great meeting w/ Alonzo Mourning who is doing great work with low income housing & thanks to the hard working @miamipd and @cityofmiamifire pic.twitter.com/tl5UtFUpXU
— Ben Carson (@SecretaryCarson) April 12, 2017
Carson was confirmed as HUD secretary last month.
Take a look at how social media reacted to Ben Carson’s embarrassing elevator error below:
Social Media Reacts to Ben Carson Getting Stuck in Elevator
Ben Carson being stuck in an elevator in a public housing building is God reminding us that she always has the last word.
— deray (@deray) April 12, 2017
BREAKING: Ben Carson gets stuck in an elevator. When asked for comment, Carson said, "Even Hitler didn't get stuck in an elevator."
— OverUnderWonder (@OverUnderWonder) April 12, 2017
Ben Carson: …but I have some place to be!
God: pic.twitter.com/IoEcDF7aGH— huey lewis and the nudes (@ariel_comedy) April 12, 2017
Right now, Ben Carson is holding the "door close" button and whispering "Help"
— Totally fake tw1tter name (@WBlizters) April 12, 2017
Everything else going on in the news is just there to distract us from the fact that this morning Ben Carson got stuck in an elevator
— Samantha Ruddy (@samlymatters) April 12, 2017
Statistically, "Ben Carson got stuck in an elevator" is the best answer to "guess what happened?"
— Jake (@dubiousrhetoric) April 12, 2017
Tillerson: I don't know what Syria is
Sean Spicer: I don't know what the Holocaust is
Ben Carson: I'm stuck in an elevator in the projects.— Palmer Report (@PalmerReport) April 12, 2017
I wanted Ben Carson stuck in an elevator to be an all day thing we could enjoy together as a nation.
— Morgan Murphy (@morgan_murphy) April 12, 2017
Ben Carson stuck in the projects!!! pic.twitter.com/I0uiZ5ky4w
— Snoop Bogg (@EmoNegro1) April 12, 2017
Ben Carson getting stuck in a public housing elevator. SNL writers must be loving the headlines this week!
— Mr. Davis (@_A_D__) April 12, 2017
Now we know why Ben Carson was stuck in an elevator in a housing development.#BenCarson pic.twitter.com/YWBJpoO8Rm
— Red T Raccoon (@RedTRaccoon) April 12, 2017
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