White House reportedly picks Kennedy deputy to replace fired CDC chief | Trump administration
The White House reportedly elected a deputy of Robert F Kennedy JR, a decision that emerged as a decision on the ignition of director Susan Monarez, director Susan Monarez.
Washington Post reported On Thursday, two people decided that the White House has chosen Jim O’Neill, Deputy Secretary of the Ministry of Health and Human Services. The decision reported that Kennedy would give a CDC chief that would be with the efforts of overhauling the federal vaccine policy.
According to HHS, Monarez, an infectious disease expert who was approved as the CDC chief just a month ago, was fired on Wednesday.
However, the apparently dismissed director refused to be removed. Although his lawyers say that the White House is not “not compatible with the agenda of the president”, he claims that the president could only reject him.
“He approved the Senate officer as the appointment of the presidency, only the President can expel him,” Monarez’s lawyer Mark Zaid Bluesky said.
“Therefore, we rejected the notification that Dr Monarez was legally insufficient and remained as the CDC Director. We informed the White House lawyer.”
Trump’s spokesman Kush Desai said: “The lawyer’s statement is clearly clearly not compatible with the agenda of the President of the President of Susan Monarez to make America healthy again. Susan refused to resign despite informing HHS leadership, ended the White House and Monarez with the CDC.
In the meantime, the White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told journalists, the press briefing Monarez’in replacing the “very soon” will be announced, he said.
The decision to remove Monarez led to more turmoil in the CDC, resigned from what he condemned for the spread of misinformation under political intervention, budget cuts and Trump administration to other four studies.
The CDC was ultimately audited by US Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy JR, known to have established an anti-pe by group, and reduced financing for medical research in the current role, removed scientific consultants, and restricts the use of Covid vaccines for Americans on Wednesday.
Monarez’s lawyers said, “First, independent advisory committees and career experts. Then the dismissal of experienced scientists. in question In a statement.
“CDC Director Susan Monarez chose to protect the public to present a political agenda when he refused to stigmatize tires of non -scientific, reckless directives and fire.”
According to the New York Times, Monarez and Kennedy clashed on the vaccine policy, while the CDC leaders fired an angry and upset that at the beginning of this month, when a police officer fired the agency’s center in Atlanta, he handled a deadly situation at the beginning of this month.
Four senior officials who resigned from the CDC Debra Houry; Daniel Jernigan, Chief of Vaccine Security; Jennifer Layden, President of the Public Health Data Office; and Demetre Daskalakis, who manages the office that gives vaccination suggestions.
Bernie Sanders, an independent US senator who served as a ranking member of the Social Media, Health, Education, Labor and Pension Committee, said that the attempt to expel Monarez was “ugly ve and demanded a hearing.
“Vaccines save lives. Period” Sanders He said in x.
