And then he mocks Trump and July Fourth. Oy!
Given it a bit more thought, however, it might help him at least make some more pocket change from admiring democrats in the know. Being democrats they would have to appreciate his ability to carry off the reallocation of taxpayers money under faux pressure.
…Also revealed in discovery: In 2013, a top HUD career official sent a back-channel message to lawyers for two real estate developers whose complaints had spurred the federal investigation, warning them of intense pressure within HUD to kill the Dallas action.
And that’s exactly what happened shortly after Donovan left HUD and Castro was sworn in as Obama’s new secretary in July 2014. Castro tossed the entire four-year work product, dismissing the investigation as ill-advised and poorly executed. He later authorized a face-saving wrist-slap for Dallas that kept federal funds flowing and imposed no hard requirements on the city to mend its ways. Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings, a Democrat, publicly thanked Castro for coming to the city’s rescue.
Then there’s this…
…For example, in the FY16 Enacted Congressional Appropriation, Congress allotted $47 million for the HUD Housing Counseling, but the Citi and Bank of America settlements shipped in an additional $30 million in funding…
Politico was questioning him when he was still a Mayor about housing funds. You don’t think it’s because they think he looks a little like Mitch McConnell’s BIL, do you? https://www.politico.com/story/2014/05/julian-castro-san-antonio-hud-money-106848
San Antonio failed to properly spend funds approved by Congress to combat the housing crisis while President Barack Obama’s expected nominee to run the Housing and Urban Development Department was mayor of the city, according to a 2012 report from the agency’s inspector general.
The report could be a blemish on the record of San Antonio Mayor Julián Castro, a rising star in the Democratic party whose consideration for a spot in the cabinet is seen as a way to burnish his national political profile…
No, I think https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gop-wants-to-eliminate-shadowy-doj-slush-fund-bankrolling-leftist-groups is the story that the democrats will admire the most because…
The Obama administration funneled billions of dollars to activist organizations through a Department of Justice slush fund scheme, according to congressional investigators.
“It’s clear partisan politics played a role in the illicit actions that were made,” Rep. John Ratcliffe, R-Texas, told Fox News. “The DOJ is the last place this should have occurred.”…
and as
…Judicial Watch’s Tom Fitton told Fox News. “It’s a shakedown. It’s corrupt, pure and simple.”
Democrats can live with that.
Corruption… it’s a pillar of their democratzy.