With information from NBC News and
The White House withdrew on Wednesday the candidacy of Dr. Janette Nesheiwat to occupy the position of general surgeon of the United States, days after the provocative of the extreme right Laura Loure Loomer accused the candidate of having previously defended the vaccine against COVID-19 and to promote “initiatives focused on diversity, equity and inclusion.”
Instead, Trump elected Casey Means, a doctor influencer in the field of well -being with close links with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., as a candidate for office.
Trump said in a publication in social networks this Wednesday that Means has “impeccable maha credentials”, in reference to the slogan “Make America Healthy Again” (let’s make the United States healthy again), and that he will work to eradicate chronic diseases and improve the health and well -being of Americans.
“His academic achievements, together with the work of his whole life, are absolutely exceptional,” Trump said. “Dr. Casey Means has the potential to become one of the best general surgeons in the history of the United States.”
The withdrawal of the candidacy of Nesheiwat The position is at least the second person related to the area of health whose nomination is withdrawn.
On Sunday, Loomer shared an extensive publication in which he accused Nesheiwat of being “Wrapped in an intricate litigation by medical negligence” and highlighted his support in the past to the vaccine against COVID-19. While working as a Fox News collaborator, Nesheiwat encouraged the use of the vaccine and reinforcement doses.
“There are many vaccines that treat various diseases that do not endanger life, but having a Covid vaccine, that is, a Pfizer or modern HRNA that really saves us from death, is a gift from God,” Nesheiwat wrote in an opinion article published in Fox News.
Nesheiwat is a medical director of an urgent medical care company in New York and has regularly appeared in Fox News to offer its experience and medical knowledge. She is a firm defender of Trump and shares photos of both on social networks. Nesheiwat She is also sister -in -law of Mike Waltzwho was Trump’s national security advisor until a security protocol failure scandal led Trump to remove him from his position and nomine him as an ambassador to the UN.
Lomer, who has influenced the dismissal of several Trump advisors, said that Nesheiwat’s support for vaccines against COVID-19 “makes her inadequate for the position of United States general surgeon, and the US Senate should not confirm her appointment.”
Nesheiwat did not respond immediately to a comment request this Wednesday.
The general surgeon supervises the Commissioner of the United States Public Health Service, A group of more than 6000 uniformed officers Public Health Professionals, according to the Department of Health and Human Services.
With information from NBC News and
