On #FaceTheNation, @ScottGottliebMD says this is the "wrong move at the wrong time" for #HHS & could be perceived as bullying #FDA & eroding its independence in midst of #COVID19#pandemic.
It could call into question all rules signed off by lower-level people at FDA/HHS.
Also today #MTP when @chucktodd asked @SecAzar about why he hired someone without any health care/scientific experience whatsoever, Todd let Azar off the hook completely with his response that "I'm not going to get into personnel matters."
What CEO would get away with that?
Reminder: @SecAzar is accountable to the American people.
Americans deserve to know why Azar hired someone with no health care/scientific experience, particularly when that someone has been reportedly intimidating #CDC#FDA#NIH.
.@WHCOVIDResponse briefing coming up at 10:30amET with someone different today: #HHS@SecBecerra, who's joining @CDCDirector Walensky, #NIH Fauci, Jeff Zients to discuss a roadmap to enable US to move forward safely & sustain/build on progress #COVID19😷
"Throughout our history we’ve learned this lesson – when dictators do not pay a price for their aggression, they cause more chaos. They keep moving. And, the costs & threats to America & the world keep rising.
"#Putin’s war was premeditated & unprovoked. He rejected efforts at diplomacy. He thought the West & @NATO wouldn’t respond. And, he thought he could divide us here at home.
Putin was wrong. We were ready."
.@VP@KamalaHarris: For the last year we've had people in positions of incredible power scapegoating Asian-Americans. People with the biggest pulpits spreading this kind of hate.
.@VP@KamalaHarris: A harm against any one of us is a harm against all of us.
The president and I will not be silent. We will not stand by. We will always speak out against violence, hate crimes & discrimination, wherever and whenever it occurs.