Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis desires President Donald Trump to faucet Sunshine State Surgeon Common Dr. Joseph Ladapo as Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention (CDC) director.
DeSantis contends that the general public well being official may do extra for the state on the CDC than he can now.
“Overhauling the CDC would be beneficial to FL. Joe could do more for FL as CDC Director than as FL Surgeon General,” the governor mentioned in a submit on X.
DESANTIS PROPOSES SOLUTION AS TRUMP’S AGENDA IS STYMIED BY JUDGES
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, left, is pushing Florida Surgeon Common Dr. Joseph Ladapo for CDC director. (Paul Hennessy/SOPA Pictures/LightRocket through Getty Pictures | Joe Raedle/Getty Pictures)
DeSantis agreed with somebody who instructed that Ladapo “as CDC Director is the right pick, the transformative pick, the history making pick, the pick that would save the Republic.”
“Dr. Joe Ladapo is all of those things and has the courage and determination to do what’s right when it’s not easy,” the governor declared in a tweet. “Lapado as CDC Director means that MAHA [Make America Healthy Again] is not just an empty slogan.”
President Donald Trump introduced that he was tapping former U.S. Rep. Dr. Dave Weldon for the position final 12 months, however earlier this month, the White Home pulled his nomination, so the president now must faucet another person for the submit.
“Twelve hours before my scheduled confirmation hearing in The Senate, I received a phone call from an assistant at the White House informing me that my nomination to be Director of CDC was being withdrawn because there were not enough votes to get me confirmed,” Weldon mentioned in an announcement that has been posted on-line by the New York Instances and Washington Submit.
“I then spoke to HHS Secretary Bobbie Kennedy who was very upset. He was told the same thing and that he had been looking forward to working with me at CDC. He said I was the perfect person for the job.”
Final 12 months, DeSantis floated Ladapo for secretary of the Division of Well being and Human Providers earlier than Trump introduced Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for that position.
DESANTIS FLOATS FLORIDA SURGEON GENERAL DR. JOSEPH LADAPO AS CANDIDATE FOR TRUMP’S HHS SECRETARY
Florida Surgeon Common Dr. Joseph Ladapo delivers remarks throughout a bill-signing ceremony with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on April 8, 2024, in Sanford, Florida. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel/Tribune Information Service through Getty Pictures)
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“Retweet if you’d like to see this man — Dr. Joseph Ladapo — serve as the Secretary of HHS in the new Trump administration,” DeSantis tweeted in November, sharing Ladapo’s picture within the submit.
