Shermichael Singleton was the top aide for Ben Carson, the Housing and Urban Development (HUD) secretary nominee. But Singleton, a 26-year-old conservative Republican, lost his job assenior advisor at HUDlast week for criticizing President Donald Trump’s rhetoric about the Black community during his presidential campaign.
During his vetting process to work with the Trump administration,an op-ed Singleton wrote for The Hill surfaced andhe was fired. Singleton was escorted out of the department’s headquarters on February 15.He had held the position since January 23.
In an interview Tuesday on “CNN Tonight,” Singleton told host Don Lemon that he does not take the firing personally and it has “nothing to do with race,” but he was disappointed.
