At a Senate hearing, Sen. Blumenthal says President Trump fired the CDC director barely a month after the Senate confirmed her. He says it was because she refused Secretary Kennedy's demands to change vaccination policy, and that the administration listens only to people who tell it what it wants to hear.
The receipt
- Who
- Sen. Blumenthal
- Where
- hearing - Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, 'How the Corruption o
- Original footage
- The Economic Times · watch the full video from this moment
- Length
- 38 seconds, unedited within the cut
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- 172 on Instagram
Read the transcript
Less than two weeks ago, President Trump fired CDC Director Susan Maras, barely a month after she was confirmed by this body, the United States Senate, because she refused to go along with Secretary Kennedy's demands about changing vaccination policy. This administration not only wants to consult people who will tell it what it wants to hear, but it denies others who have accurate, fact -based words that should be heard.
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