Two Trump health nominees crash and burn in tense Senate hearing
Summary
Two nominees for important health positions under President Trump faced difficult questioning during a Senate hearing. Erica Schwartz, nominated for CDC director, and Sean Kaufman, nominated for assistant secretary for preparedness, both struggled to satisfy senators with their answers and views on vaccines.Key Facts
- Erica Schwartz is nominated to be director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
- Sean Kaufman is nominated for Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR).
- Schwartz has strong medical and public health credentials and military experience.
- Schwartz supports vaccines and evidence-based medicine, unlike Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who opposes vaccines.
- Kaufman has experience in outbreak response but has expressed anti-vaccine views, including false claims about vaccines causing autism.
- Kaufman opposed vaccine mandates and criticized advocates of the hepatitis B vaccine birth dose.
- Senators questioned Schwartz’s knowledge of CDC operations and her willingness to stand up to political interference.
- Senators challenged Kaufman to clarify his controversial vaccine views during the hearing.
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