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'He hasn't been paying attention': Kaleigh McEnany slams whistleblower claims on coronavirus response
Whistleblower Dr Bright has Debra Katz representing him, the same lawyer Blasey Ford hadI Smell A Rat! [WashingtonExaminer] White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany argued that the former top vaccine official who filed a whistleblower complaint against the Trump administration "hasn't been paying much attention" to the White House's coronavirus response. Dr. Rick Bright, who was dismissed as director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority last month, testified Thursday during a House hearing on the coronavirus response that the United States could face the “darkest winter in modern history” without a coordinated national effort to combat the pandemic. "He predicted unprecedented ‘illnesses and fatalities,’” Fox News’s Ed Henry said during a segment featuring McEnany. “He had a chance to lay out his concerns. Let's get you to react to anything there but specifically when he says, 'The pandemic playbook was ignored.' Your response?" McEnany pushed back on his comments, claiming multiple times that Bright “hasn’t been paying much attention at all.” “It sounds like he hasn't been paying attention when he talked about building up a stockpile and equipment. Perhaps he's unaware of the 90 million N95 respirators the president's delivered — three times what the healthcare industry consumes in an average year. The billion gloves that we've delivered, the many more pieces of PPE," she said. "It sounds like this is someone who is reacting and making suggestions that have long been put into play." Bright was ousted from his position in April and was transferred to a lower-ranking job at the National Institutes of Health. He filed a whistleblower complaint to the U.S. Office of Special Counsel after his removal. His lawyers claim that he was demoted after pushing back on the president's touting of hydroxychloroquine as a possible treatment for the coronavirus. “On the notion we are not letting scientists speak, maybe he's not aware that on every Sunday morning, you hear oftentimes from Dr. Fauci and Dr. Birx. They're consistently out on the airways. Maybe he's missed those appearances,” McEnany said. President Trump also took aim at Bright, tweeting before the hearing, “I don’t know the so-called Whistleblower Rick Bright." "Never met him or even heard of him, but to me, he is a disgruntled employee, not liked or respected by people I spoke to and who, with his attitude, should no longer be working for our government!" he added. Related: Kayleigh McEnany: 2020-05-09 Kayleigh McEnany Pivots From Briefing Question To Full-On Attack On CNN Kayleigh McEnany: 2020-05-08 WH Press Sec Kayleigh McEnany enrages reporters when she beats them brutally at their own game Kayleigh McEnany: 2019-10-20 One in Five Dallas Trump Rally Registrants Was Democrat, Campaign Chair Says Related: Rick Bright: 2020-05-08 Ousted whistleblower: Top US health official downplayed coronavirus threat Rick Bright: 2020-04-24 Fake News: Trump Didn't Fire Vaccine Chief for Questioning Hydroxychloroquine Related: Debra Katz: 2020-04-24 Fake News: Trump Didn't Fire Vaccine Chief for Questioning Hydroxychloroquine Debra Katz: 2019-09-06 Sen. Thom Tillis: Investigation into Blasey Ford's attorney possible after Kavanaugh remarks Debra Katz: 2019-09-04 Christine Blasey Ford's Attorney Said She Was Partly Motivated By Desire To Defend Roe V Wade Posted by: Jan 2020-05-15 |
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