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elleng

(130,863 posts)
Wed Sep 23, 2020, 03:42 PM Sep 2020

'nightmarish.' A 'distressed' Birx questions how long she can remain

on White House task force, sources say.

'Once a fixture at the administration's coronavirus briefings, Dr. Deborah Birx has confided to aides and friends that she has become so unhappy with what she sees as her diminished role as coordinator of the White House coronavirus task force that she is not certain how much longer she can serve in her position, sources familiar with her thinking tell CNN.

Birx has told people around her that she is "distressed" with the direction of the task force, describing the situation inside the nation's response to the coronavirus as nightmarish.

According to people familiar with her thinking, Birx views Dr. Scott Atlas, a recent addition to the task force, as an unhealthy influence on President Donald Trump's thinking when it comes to the virus.

"The President has found somebody who matches what he wants to believe," a source close to Birx said of her view of Atlas's relationship with Trump. "There is no doubt that she feels that her role has been diminished."'>>>

https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/23/politics/deborah-birx-white-house-task-force/index.html?

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'nightmarish.' A 'distressed' Birx questions how long she can remain (Original Post) elleng Sep 2020 OP
E Jean Carroll: Dr. Birx is the Susan Collins of the Covid Task Force. soothsayer Sep 2020 #1
200,000 dead is somewhat concerning. Mystery sage Sep 2020 #3
Agreed TEB Sep 2020 #7
Yikes! Mike Nelson Sep 2020 #2
"The President has found somebody who matches what he wants to believe..." dixiechiken1 Sep 2020 #4
Eat shit. You sold your soul... not even for money, ret5hd Sep 2020 #5
She aided and abetted, and now it's bitten her hopeforchange2008 Sep 2020 #6
Oh, so NOW she's distressed. bamagal62 Sep 2020 #8
A lot of people are saying Dr. Birx is disgruntled! Shermann Sep 2020 #9
Your window of opportunity is fading Dr. kacekwl Sep 2020 #10
That's nice . . . hatrack Sep 2020 #11

Mike Nelson

(9,951 posts)
2. Yikes!
Wed Sep 23, 2020, 03:46 PM
Sep 2020

... I've never been to a meeting of this "task force" but I figured this out long ago... Dr. Birx is short a few screws!

ret5hd

(20,489 posts)
5. Eat shit. You sold your soul... not even for money,
Wed Sep 23, 2020, 03:53 PM
Sep 2020

but only to feel important, asked to sit at the cool kids lunch table...

And now you feel cheap and used, shunted aside, laughed at by all those you were trying to impress.

Too bad, so sad.

Shermann

(7,411 posts)
9. A lot of people are saying Dr. Birx is disgruntled!
Wed Sep 23, 2020, 05:03 PM
Sep 2020

Give me a break. If she has something important to say, get out on the new media circuit with it.

hatrack

(59,583 posts)
11. That's nice . . .
Wed Sep 23, 2020, 08:41 PM
Sep 2020

She can resign now and tell the truth on camera to the nation.

Or she can shut the fuck up and go service the Maroon Baboon some more.

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