A while back, Rose and I went on the FreeThinking Podcast to discuss Trump’s Cabinet picks. I was especially negative about the nominations for Secretary of Labor and Surgeon General. Well, the leftist Secretary of Labor got through her nomination, but enough was discovered on the Surgeon General nominee for her nomination to be pulled. So who is the replacement?
First, here is the previous nominee, Janette Nesheiwat, who is very attractive, just like many of Trump’s other bad nominees:
Donald Trump’s nominee for Surgeon General is facing backlash from some of his fiercest MAGA supporters for backing some strict COVID restrictions and masking mandates.
[…]Nesheiwat, a medical director for CityMD in New York, frequently spoke about the coronavirus pandemic and offered hardline advice about how citizens should behave.
[…]’Dr. Janette Nesheiwat supported masking kids in school. Dealbreaker,’ wrote podcast host Liz Wheeler on social media when the pick was announced.
[…]Another video making the rounds on social media featured Nesheiwat praising Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg for censoring and banning so-called ‘misinformation’ about vaccines on Facebook and Instagram.
[…]Nesheiwat signaled her support for other social media platforms to follow Zuckerberg’s example and also censor vaccine skeptics.
[…]Nesheiwat also promoted the idea of making sure children were getting their COVID-19 vaccines.
Below, I link to a Daily Signal article that talks about her replacement. That article adds that “Nesheiwat has also been criticized by conservatives for touting the idea that children can identity as a gender that differs from their biological sex.” Just a total trash pick by Trump, not conservative at all. But she’s hot.
Here is the story from Daily Signal:
The Trump administration pulled the nomination of Dr. Janette Nesheiwat to be surgeon general following reports that she inflated her credentials, Bloomberg reported.
President Donald Trump instead nominated Dr. Casey Means on Wednesday… Means attended Stanford Medical School, then she pursued a surgical residency at Oregon Health & Science University. Before completing the program, she dropped out to start her own functional medicine practice and founded the company Levels, which offers consumers continuous glucose monitors and an app to track their blood sugar.
Means’ brother, Calley Means, is a prominent advisor to Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
I’m not impressed with this new pick, but she does have a record of promoting individual autonomy and choice in health care. She also has a record of opposing woke content in medical school curriculums.
The better pick would have been Florida’s Surgeon General, who has a record of opposing Big Government Health Care.
Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo has taken several anti-establishment actions, including:
- Opposing Water Fluoridation: Advocated for removing fluoride from drinking water, citing health risks.
- Challenging Vaccine Mandates: Opposed COVID-19 vaccine mandates, questioned vaccine efficacy, and pushed for legislation against discrimination based on vaccination status.
- Contradicting Federal Health Guidance: Issued guidance against federal recommendations on COVID-19 vaccines and measles outbreak managemen.
Trump is definitely a mixed bag for conservatives. Mostly good, but a lot bad, too. I’m still seething with Trump for handing the Canadian socialist party a victory with his clowning about “51st state”. Having a socialist country to the north is only going to hurt us in the future.
