Ben Carson Addresses Baltimore Living Conditions During Visit After Trump Highlights Problems in City

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson answers questions from the press after delivering remarks at the Innovative Housing Showcase on the National Mall in Washington on June 1, 2019. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times

Dr. Ben Carson, the head of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), said on July 31 that Americans need to put down their differences, stop fighting, and work together to improve living conditions in Baltimore, Maryland.

Carson made the remarks during a visit to the city on July 31 following President Donald Trump’s criticism of Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) that underscored problems like squalid conditions and crime in the city.