Anti-Trump Message Written On Ben Carson's Vienna Home

VIENNA, VA—The Vienna home of Ben Carson, the sole African-American on President Trump's Cabinet, was vandalized with an anti-Trump message and expletive, NBC Washington reports.

Carson, secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, tells the news station the home was vandalized when he was away.

"We were out of town and our house was toilet papered," Carson told NBC Washington. "They had painted 'F Trump' on it as well."

He said neighbors cleaned up, and he doesn't want to hold any ill will. "You can't necessarily control the animosity and the hatred of someone else, but you can control how you react," he told the news station.

Regarding the violence in Charlottesville, he declined to criticize President Trump's response. He said that it's up to the American people, not Trump, to unify the country.

Carson first shared the news of the vandalism via a Facebook post.

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