After Boasting About Lowering Black Unemployment, Trump Undermines the Federal Unit Defending Against Housing Discrimination
βOn Tuesday night, he stood before the nation and boasted about the lowest unemployment rate on record for African Americans. But just hours before his State of the Union address, his lieutenant and hand-picked head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Mick Mulvaney, told staff in an email that he was seizing control of the unit responsible for policing anti-lending-discrimination laws.β