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#RFKJr skipped meeting where ofcls planned fight against a future #pandemic
The session between #Trump & #Biden admin ofcls is required of transitions & other Trump Cabinet nominees attended
As Biden ofcls packed up & their Trump counterparts prepared to move in, leaders in both admins met in the Eisenhower Exec Office Building to game out how the new gov would respond to an emergency, like a new pandemic.
#USpol #PublicHealth #government #WhatAreWePayingYouFor?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/01/24/rfk-jr-trump-biden-pandemic/
For 2 hrs, incoming Secy of #State #MarcoRubio, Gov #KristiNoem & other intended #Trump’s cabinet members hashed out roles & responsibilities in event of a #crisis — splitting time between a hypothetical #BirdFlu outbreak & a hypothetical #terrorist attack in NOLA—as outgoing #Biden ldrs shared lessons & guidance from real experience. #NationalSecurity ofcls…characterized the exercise,…a required part of presidential transition, as essential prep to ensure govt is ready for an #emergency Day 1.
But a top official was notably absent: #RFKJr, #Trump’s pick to lead the Department of #Health & Human Services [#HHS], the pivotal agency when a #pandemic strikes. “The one guy who should’ve been there wasn’t there,” said one attendee, who, like several others [#cowards], spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe a private session led by the #NationalSecurity Council [#NSC]. Most of those attendees said they were mystified by Kennedy’s absence & wondered where he was.
[was he out abducting a dead bear cub? chainsawing the head off a whale? contracting a brain-eating worm? drinking raw milk contaminated with bird flu?]
#RFKJr was 2 miles away, on Capitol Hill, seeking to sway senators skeptical of his candidacy to serve as the nation’s top #health ofcl…. Rather than convince lawmakers of his own readiness to face an emergency, RFKJr left some of them deeply rattled by sharing debunked #ConspiracyTheories about #vaccines & making other questionable assertions.
@Nonilex Maybe busy shining trumpo’s golf clubs….it may come as a shock to the capable serious people still working hard for Americans that expecting same of any trumpy nominees & appointees will lead to disappointment…& quite often, such as this example, can lead to widespread harm & death for citizens. The people coming into leadership have no interest in or mandate to help & work for America. They only serve the vile directives of trumpo. Should not be a surprise….see FEMA, etc..