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President Joe Biden has run into a bit of a roadblock in his attempt to clean house: One of Donald Trumps most virulently anti-LGBTQ+ appointees refuses to leave.
Roger Severino, who previously served under Trump at the head of the Department of Health and Human Services, is suing the Biden administration over attempts to replace him with a new appointee, as Newsweek reports. Just before Trump left office, Severino was shuffled from HHS to a group known as the Administrative Conference of the United States, and he now claims that Biden does not have the authority to remove him.
The law governing my appointment says it was for three years and was duly signed by the president when I took the oath of office, he said in an interview with The National Catholic Register. I am well qualified for the position.
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It seems petty and vindictive to try to remove qualified people who care about good governance, he said, neglecting to mention that Trump abruptly fired all remaining members of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS in 2018.
https://www.them.us/story/roger-severino-anti-lgbtq-member-trumps-white-house-wont-leave
CurtEastPoint
(18,613 posts)Pisces
(5,599 posts)Silent3
(15,142 posts)Some cushy assignment at Thule Air Base, perhaps, and a nice title, like Director of Dysentery Studies?
rickyhall
(4,889 posts)Repugs who care about good governance? That's a good one, LOL.
pbmus
(12,422 posts)Last edited Thu Feb 11, 2021, 09:44 PM - Edit history (2)
Didnt come back into existence until 2010 under Barack and Joe ... I think Joe knows something about this agency...
https://www.acus.gov/
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Then reconstitute it with folks picked by President Biden. Roger that, Severino.