Ben Carson Got Stuck In An Elevator in Miami. The Internet Loved It.
President Trump’s HUD secretary had to be saved from a public-housing elevator. His wife and Miami Heat star Alonzo Mourning were with him.
Joe Raedle
Ben Carson, the internet’s favorite neurosurgeon turned politician, got stuck in an elevator today.
President Trump’s Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and his wife, Candy, had to be saved from a Miami public housing building after being trapped in the elevator for about 15 minutes, according to USA Today. Oh, the irony.
To make the story better, former Miami Heat star Alonzo Mourning was trapped along with them. The web speculated about whether they discussed how Carson once called fair housing “Communism” or how slave ships carried “immigrants.”
All the best tweet-shade in one place:
Ben Carson being stuck in an elevator in a public housing building is God reminding us that she always has the last word.
— deray mckesson (@deray) April 12, 2017
Official quote from Ben Carson:
— Matt Fernandez (@FattMernandez) April 12, 2017
"Being stuck in that elevator was the worst thing that has happened since slavery."
Poor Ben Carson—gets more attention for getting stuck in an elevator than for uncovering $500 billion of fraud at HUD. #NeurosurgeonProblems
— J.L. Leioatts (@mywanderingpen) April 12, 2017
Sean Spicer: I'm having a really bad day after my holocaust denial can someone create a distraction?
— J.B. Ware (@jaybeware) April 12, 2017
Ben Carson: Hold my Pepsi pic.twitter.com/Qgd1OCgsmO
If Alonzo Mourning hadn't been there Ben Carson might still be in that elevator
— Tim Murphy (@timothypmurphy) April 12, 2017
Wait, is Ben Carson still trapped in an elevator? I wonder how that happened 🤔 pic.twitter.com/96c8v78Xo6
— Andrew 🐮 (@MarkyCow) April 12, 2017
Ben Carson being stuck in a elevator in Overton might just be the longest time he has spent in the hood in bout 50 years.
— Future Gator Juice (@tallyjuice) April 12, 2017
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