BREAKING: Meet the Trump cabinet member who COULDN’T ANSWER the most basic questions about the agency he leads. With the abundance of wildly incompetent people filling major roles in the Trump administration — some of whom, like RFK Jr., Kash Patel, and Pete Hegseth, dominate the media regularly — it’s often easy to forget how even the less visible members of Trump’s cabinet are remarkably unqualified for their positions. Take Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Scott Turner, for instance. Turner appeared before the House Appropriations Committee today and demonstrated, in excruciating detail, that he does not know the basic numbers behind his own department's budget proposal. Rep. Rosa DeLauro asked Scott Turner how many beds of permanent supportive housing are funded by the Continuum of Care program. Turner thanked her for the question and launched into talking points about the "failed Housing First model." DeLauro cut him off: "I need a number." Turner had no number. DeLauro provided it: 170,000 beds. She asked how many of those beds would be eliminated under his proposed budget. Turner said they'd "be able to serve more people." DeLauro provided the answer again: 170,000 beds eliminated, affecting an estimated 217,000 people — including children — who currently rely on that housing. She asked what the fastest-growing population among people experiencing homelessness is. Turner said he was "here to listen." DeLauro answered: 146,000 seniors. Forty percent of people in permanent supportive housing are older adults who have finally achieved stability after homelessness. She asked which communities would suffer most from eliminating the program. Turner pivoted to talking points. DeLauro answered: rural and suburban communities. Oklahoma: 100% of permanent supportive housing beds funded by federal dollars. Arizona: 98%. Montana: 98%. Kentucky and Indiana: 82%. The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development apparently did not know any of this, or if he did, he did not care to share that information that so undermined his talking points. Then Rep. James Clyburn of South Carolina asked the simplest possible question: "How do you house people when you take all the money away?" Turner's answer: "Housing First is a failed model." Clyburn's response was perfect: "I'm not a sloganeer. I'm not dealing with sloganeering here. How do you house people when you take the money away?" Turner had no answer. Clyburn yielded back. This is the man proposing to eliminate housing for 217,000 Americans — including 40 percent who are elderly, including children, including people in rural red states where 100 percent of supportive housing beds are federally funded — and he cannot answer a single factual question about what he's proposing to do. "What I can say is that we'll be able to serve more people." 217,000 people losing their housing disagree. Perhaps the people Turner proposes to serve are the billionaire donors to the Republican Party and the Wall Street hedge funds who are buying up the nation’s housing stock to reap massive profits from. One thing is certain, it’s time to have the Housing and Urban Development run by someone who actually knows what they’re talking about. Please like and share this if you think the HUD Secretary should know how many people his budget will make homeless.