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It looks like @RepMarciaFudge is chosen as the new @HUDgov Secretary. Very interesting choice by the Biden-Harris team. We don't know much about what Rep. Fudge thinks on housing, but we think her other positions like support for M4A and Green New Deal are good signs!
HUD right now needs someone who is a fighter. Our early ask to @RepMarciaFudge will be to support a homesguarantee ( http://homesguarantee.com ) and start rebuilding the agency to meet that need. She has many committed directly impacted peoples to help her if she chooses.
. @RepMarciaFudge will have her work cut out for her, perhaps more than any @HUDgov secretary in history as we're still on the front end of the biggest housing crisis we've ever seen. We're hopeful she'll roll up her sleeves and get to work, and we're ready to push!
Representative Fudge aside, one can't help but critique the Biden-Harris team for this selection. Rep. Fudge is an agriculture expert who publicly lobbied for that job and was supported by many. Sec of Agriculture will assumedly now go to Tom Vilsack.
The @HUDgov job seems to have been given to Representative Fudge as a consolation prize. This is not only an insult to @RepMarciaFudge's expertise and relevant experience in agriculture, but also does a disservice to @HUDgov which needs to be rebuilt entirely.
Racial Justice is not simply just the # of Black people you put into the cabinet. It's insulting to move Black ppl around like Chess pieces between the agencies that you think they are qualified for. Even @RepMarciaFudge said this recently! https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/08/biden-to-tap-marcia-fudge-to-lead-housing-agency-443767
This antiquated notion of equity - which is encouraged by leadership of @TheBlackCaucus - must end. @RepMarciaFudge is qualified and has the experience to lead the Department of Agriculture and there are hundreds of Black people qualified with the experience to lead @HUDgov.
Representative Fudge's appointment makes the appointments under her crucially important. We hope those selections draw from a qualified bench of People of color ready to push towards rebuilding @HUDgov to support a #homesguarantee
And as always, we know the real work is in the streets all around this country. We'll see you there.
one last not so manicured tweet:
This is a fucked up reversion to 1980s version of racial equity politics. Vilsack is an asshole and should never be let anywhere near Ag ever again. Let alone bump a qualified Black woman from a job. Slap in the face all around. Fuck this.
This is a fucked up reversion to 1980s version of racial equity politics. Vilsack is an asshole and should never be let anywhere near Ag ever again. Let alone bump a qualified Black woman from a job. Slap in the face all around. Fuck this.
