2024-11-14T13:07:26-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/149992583/a-hud-official-has-been-fired-for-criticizing-trump Nicholas Korody 2017-02-17T18:13:00-05:00 >2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/sw/sw0suy0n16le686e.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>A top aide to President Trump&rsquo;s housing secretary nominee, Ben Carson, was fired and led out of the department&rsquo;s headquarters by security on Wednesday after writings critical of Mr. Trump surfaced in his vetting, according to two people briefed on the matter. Shermichael Singleton, who was one of the few black conservatives in the Trump administration, had been working at the Department of Housing and Urban Development since Jan. 23 as a senior adviser.</p></em><br /><br /><p>&ldquo;My party in particular has allowed itself to be taken over by someone who claims to be a Republican but doesn&rsquo;t represent any of our values, principles or traditions,&rdquo; wrote Shermichael in <em>The Hill</em> in October of last year.</p> <p></p> <p>^ Take a listen to a recent <a href="http://archinect.com/sessions" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Archinect Sessions</a> episode with our guest Emily Hunt Turner as she talks about her experience working at HUD as a lawyer.&nbsp;</p>