RINO Attacks Trump Over Latest Firing
The Trump administration’s decision to fire Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Susan Monarez has ignited a political firestorm in Washington — and even Republican Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) is speaking out.
Monarez refused to resign when first asked but was ultimately removed by the White House. Her ouster triggered the resignations of four senior CDC officials, raising new questions about the agency’s direction under President Trump.
“I am extremely alarmed at the firing of the CDC director,” Collins told reporters after appearing with the Maine Sheriffs Association. “I know her, I’ve met with her several times, and I see no basis for her firing.”
Her remarks quickly fueled Democrat attacks. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) is demanding a bipartisan investigation, while former Biden HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra warned that Trump’s actions will “increase death tolls from infectious disease.”
Monarez’s attorneys, Abbe Lowell and Mark Zaid, accused the administration of targeting her for refusing to “rubber-stamp unscientific directives.” They praised her as “a person of integrity and devoted to science.”
But current HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — a Trump appointee — defended the shake-up. “It’s going to require getting rid of some people over the long term in order for us to change the institutional culture,” Kennedy said Thursday.
For many conservatives, the clash is proof of why President Trump was elected to drain the swamp. Supporters argue the CDC became politicized during the pandemic and needs a total overhaul. Critics, meanwhile, are accusing the White House of “playing politics with public health.”
With Trump doubling down on reform and entrenched officials pushing back, the fight over the CDC may become a defining battle in his second term.
