Biden Response to Texas Shooting Typical of  ‘Lifetime Politician,’ Ben Carson Says

President Joe Biden’s immediate response to the school shooting in Texas is typical of “someone who’s been a lifetime politician,” former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson says.   “Rather than emphasizing the terrible tragedy, what’s happened to those families, what’s happened to that whole community, how this is going to impact the lives of those children for the rest of their lives, you turn it into a political thing,” said Carson, an acclaimed neurosurgeon and 2016 presidential candidate, referring to the president’s speech hours after the shooting Tuesday in Uvalde, Texas. …

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The typical US Congress member is 12 times richer than the typical American household – Quartz

Quartz The typical US Congress member is 12 times richer than the typical American householdQuartzEvery year, members of US Congress are required to report on the value of their households' income and assets. The data reveal that the lawmakers, who just passed a massive tax cut, are a very rich bunch. In 2015, the most recent year for which Quartz … us congress – Google News

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