Trump virus coordinator Birx seeks role in Biden government

[TexasTowelie]

Source: AP

WASHINGTON (AP) — When Dr. Deborah Birx was brought into President Donald Trump’s orbit to help fight the coronavirus pandemic, she had a sterling reputation as a former U.S. Army physician, a globally recognized AIDS researcher and a rare Obama administration holdover.

Less than 10 months later, as Trump’s time in office nears its end, the White House coronavirus task force coordinator’s reputation is frayed. And after serving every president since Ronald Reagan, her future in the incoming Joe Biden administration is uncertain.

Over the course of the pandemic, Birx drew criticism from public health experts and Democratic lawmakers for not speaking out forcefully against the president when he contradicted advice from medical advisers and scientists about how to fight the virus.

On everything from Trump’s aversion to masks to his dangerous suggestion that ingesting bleach might ward off the virus, critics and backers say Birx stepped carefully to try to maintain her influence in hopes of pushing the president to listen to the scientists.'

Read more: https://dentonrc.com/ap/washington/trump-virus-coordinator-birx-seeks-role-in-biden-government/article_45da3302-6aa0-5c87-a9da-b02dae513634.html

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Link is to the Denton Record-Chronicle.

[RockRaven]

1. She has no credibility with the public. She would do more harm than good in any public role.

Maybe she's got some usefulness out of the public eye. Is she interested in a 0% visibility role, or does she want some glory? The answer to that question answers the question of whether or not she should even be considered for anything.

[BlackOpz]

2. Just Say NO

I think we need Nancy Reagan for this one...

[dhill926]

3. um yeah...no...

[SunSeeker]

4. Lotta nerve. nt

[dawg day]

5. If she's a civil servant...

She can g back to her agency and work anonymously. The idea that she could be trusted in charge now... absurd.

[sdfernando]

40. civil service so likely can't be fired, but....

reassign her to testing lab samples nothing more, nothing less....you get to test the samples and record the results....period!

[dawg day]

44. LOL, and maybe they would say she can't wear scarves over her lab coat!

That would show her.

[Jay25]

6. Uhh, yeah

I have to give that a “no” also. She, like Donald’s other pawns, has destroyed her credibility.

[bdtrppr6]

7. NO

she tied her cart to this horseshit, she can ride it the hell on outta here

[Control-Z]

8. Oh, hell no!

"On everything from Trump’s aversion to masks to his dangerous suggestion that ingesting bleach might ward off the virus, critics and backers say Birx stepped carefully to try to maintain her influence in hopes of pushing the president to listen to the scientists.'"

I'm not buying that as the reason for how she behaved. I think she was just another star-struck trump supporter. I could be wrong. But that still wouldn't change the fact that she put Americans at risk with her silence.

[lastlib]

29. short answer, she was a coward when we needed courage.

she would have to answer for that.

[FarPoint]

9. Absolutely No

[Mike Nelson]

10. Here's the answer...

... she said this about Trump: "He's been so attentive to the scientific literature and the details and the data," Birx said. "I think his ability to analyze and integrate data that comes out of his long history in business has really been a real benefit during these discussions about medical issues."

How has she explained that statement?

[nebby70]

12. absolutely right ...

... she sat/stood mute ...
... when she opted to remain mute when he suggested Clorox: well: that's when she should have positively spoken up ...
... trying to stay so she could influence him ended that moment ...
... remember, 45's only opinion of her was about all the wonderful things she could do with a scarf ...

[sinkingfeeling]

11. No way.

[Cousin Dupree]

13. She allowed trump to dirty her up bad. So NO a thousand times over.

[Hekate]

14. This is so sad. ETTD: Trump is uniquely toxic, and it seems few can resist that toxicity up close.

I feel sorry for Dr Birx, the Scarf Lady.

[denbot]

15. Dereliction of Duty..

She can fucking pound sand.

[Alacritous Crier]

16. In the spirit of compromise...

tell her no, but hire the scarf.

[BlueNProud]

17. Yes friends close enemies closer

[Paper Roses]

18. No!

[hlthe2b]

19. Hell no. Her history is one of back-stabbing self-promotion. She was detested long before COVID

[True Blue American]

20. Hell no is right!

This is Doctor Fauci’s case. He immediately said yes to Joe Biden.

If Birx was an Obama supporter she should have stood solidly behind Fauci. Instead she went along with Trump so the light would shine on her. The bulb burnt out!

[catbyte]

28. I remember her blowing smoke up Trump's ass by raving about how "attentive" he was.

She said in March:

“He’s been so attentive to the scientific literature and the details and the data,” Birx said. “I think his ability to analyze and integrate data that comes out of his long history in business has really been a real benefit during these discussions about medical issues.”

What a load.

[True Blue American]

42. I missed that!

Agree with you,Aack

[gab13by13]

21. Wasn't she part of the deal to move

tracking the virus away from the CDC giving it to Azar and HHS who weren't set up to do the tracking?

[LiberalFighter]

33. Yep! Just came out about a week ago.

So no to her.

[Hekate]

39. This alone disqualifies her

[rurallib]

22. She had a chance and she blew it. Period

[Hugin]

23. I see what they did there with that headline...

and I approve.

"Trump virus"

[Harker]

31. +33

[BlueWavePsych]

24. No effing way.

[still_one]

25. I will rely on Joe Biden and his task force to determine that

[Yeehah]

26. How about free VD clinic sample taker?

Would you be interested in that position, Dr. Birx?

[catbyte]

27. ...

[Miigwech]

30. Put her on the border to care for orphened children

in cages who got COVID. Reports are 1000 got infected on her watch.

[bringthePaine]

32. manifest utter failure as public servant, completely self-disqualified FOREVER

[LiberalFighter]

34. I gave her the benefit of the doubt a few weeks ago leaving it with Dr Fauci.

If he thinks she should stay it would only be under the following conditions:
1) She does not make any public appearances.
2) She retires after the pandemic is over unless it lasts another 18 months then she retires at the end of 18 months.

That was before it came out that she was responsible for redirecting data from the hospitals away from CDC.

Now she should just be gone.

[turbinetree]

35. Maybe she understands the word NO , but fucking NO................

She is a embarrassment to the medical field, she said nothing when the homicidal maniac said to inject and drink fucking bleach or inject the stuff.................resign, you have over 200,000 deaths on your hands lady, think about it, you sat there like a idiot and said nothing, fucking nothing...............and to even ask...............

[seta1950]

36. No way

She just stood there while the orange monster lied incessantly,NO.

[Cozmo]

37. Birx made her bed when she hitched her reputation and credibility to trump

Move on, sister!

[dalton99a]

38. No.

Link to tweet

[deminks]

41. No. She's a plant. Do not trust her.

The orange jesus is dropping his booby-traps all over the government.

[Joinfortmill]

43. I'll trust Joe's decision.

But it might be best if she moves on to the private sector.

[riversedge]

45. Trust has to be earned and I no longer trust her. But Joe Biden will have to decide