Trump Gets Thrown Under Bus by His Own Pick at Major Hearing
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An explosive hearing in the United States Senate as Donald Trump's own CDC pick, who Trump fired, Dr. Susan Monterrez, testified against the Trump regime, testified against Donald Trump. testified against RFK Jr. Now, I know a lot of attention has been spent on the hearing of Kash Patel, Trump's FBI director, who failed miserably trying to cover up Donald Trump's dark past. But this was in many ways a more important hearing involving this whistleblower who was Trump's own pick. Her name is Dr. Monterrez. Trump fired her because she was not OK with RFK Jr., arbitrarily and capriciously and maliciously just destroying the vaccine recommendations for Americans, especially children. Let me show you what went down in the United States Senate as Dr. Monteres, the former CDC director,
appointed by Trump, confirmed by the Senate, testified yesterday. So Dr. Monterrez talked about how RFK Jr. had no data, no science to point to when he butchered the vaccine recommendations that scientists and thus doctors and Americans rely on. Watch this.
Secretary Kennedy told the Finance Committee that he did not ask you to pre-approve, but that you're biased against the new ACIP and he just asked you to keep an open mind. Did he cite any data or science as relates to the potential ACIP recommendations to persuade you to support them?
He did not have any data or science to point to. As a matter of fact, we got into an exchange where I had suggested that I would be open to changing childhood vaccine schedules if the evidence or science were supportive. And he responded that there was no science or evidence associated with the childhood vaccine schedule. And he elaborated that CDC had never collected the science or the data to make it available related to the safety and efficacy.
To be clear, he said there was not science or data, but that you still expected you to change the schedule.
Next, I want to show you the top medical officer in the CDC, the chief medical officer, Dr. Auri. She testified how she learned that the Trump regime was going to be getting rid of the vaccine recommendation. She goes, I learned about it via a social media post on X. Here, play this clip.
I first learned that the secretary had changed our CDC COVID vaccine guidance on an X social media post. CDC scientists have still not seen the scientific data or justification for this change. That is not gold standard science. The Secretary's office ordered the removal from our website of the CDC scientific document on thimerosal, an additive to vaccines that science has shown is not linked to autism. while allowing an unvetted presentation on thimerosal to happen at ACIP, containing scientific assertions that were not assessed for data quality and bias. That kind of last minute alteration undermines confidence and the deliberations that follow and is certainly not radical transparency.
Next up, you have Democratic Senator Tammy Baldwin, who just does an incredible job. And she's particularly very powerful when it comes to health care, when it comes to women's reproductive rights issues, when it comes to agriculture. But here she is asking Dr. whether or not she was able to brief the health secretary, RFK Jr. Like, was RFK Jr. taking advice from the chief medical officer of the CDC? And the answer was absolutely no. He didn't want to hear from any scientists at all. Here, play this clip.
Decisions like this must be made in consultation with CDC experts. because otherwise we are left wondering who is advising the Secretary of Health, or if his own conspiracy theories are enough to dictate who can get a vaccine. Dr. Auri, did you ever brief Secretary Kennedy
I never briefed him. I accompanied him on a tour of CDC after the shooting.
Did your center directors ever directly brief Secretary Kennedy? They did not. You were the chief medical officer at the CDC. Would you say that it's harmful to the public if the secretary is not informed by experts like yourself? Very much so. How would you characterize Secretary Kennedy's approach to working with scientific experts at the CDC?
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Ben Meiselas (MeidasTouch host) 8 min
Senator Bill Cassidy / Committee Chair voice (likely Bill Cassidy) 4 min
Dr. Susan Monterrez (former CDC director) [also spelled Moneriz/Monteres in transcript] 4 min
Dr. Auri / Dr. Owry (CDC Chief Medical Officer) [name variants in transcript] 2 min
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Ashley Moody (mentioned/questioning) / (likely Senator or questioner - Unknown) 1 min
Senator Tim Kaine 1 min
Senator Tammy Baldwin 1 min
Senator Alex Padilla? / (Unknown) 1 min