'What Specifically Did She Do?': Karoline Leavitt Grilled On Trump Firing CDC Director

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During a White House press briefing on Thursday, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt was asked about the removal of Susan Monarez from her position as director of the CDC.

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00:00Thank you so much.

00:01First, on the firing of the CDC director.

00:04First, we'll replace her.

00:05And then also, overnight, the White House said

00:07that she did not align with the President's agenda.

00:11Dr. Marnarez's attorney say that she refused

00:13to rubber stamp unscientific, reckless directives

00:16and fired dedicated health experts.

00:18What specifically did she do?

00:20Look, what I will say about this individual

00:22is that her lawyer's statement made it abundantly clear themselves

00:26that she was not aligned with the President's mission

00:28to make America healthy again.

00:30And the Secretary asked her to resign.

00:33She said she would, and then she said she wouldn't.

00:34So the President fired her, which he has every right to do.

00:38It was President Trump who was overwhelmingly re-elected on November 5th.

00:42This woman has never received a vote in her life,

00:44and the President has the authority to fire those

00:46who are not aligned with his mission.

00:48A new replacement will be announced by either the President

00:50or the Secretary very soon.

00:52And the President and Secretary Kennedy are committed

00:54to restoring trust and transparency and credibility to the CDC

00:58by ensuring their leadership and their decisions

01:00are more public-facing, more accountable,

01:03strengthening our public health system,

01:05and restoring it to its core mission of protecting Americans

01:09from communicable diseases,

01:11investing in innovation to prevent, detect,

01:13and respond to future threats.

01:14That's the mission of the CDC,

01:16and we're going to make sure that folks

01:18that are in positions of leadership there

01:20are aligned with that mission.

01:21And briefly on another topic.

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