Republican cowards will back Trump. I would rather listen to Redfield. Trump is a liar.
President Trump’s congressional allies and White House aides backed his rebuke of CDC Director Robert Redfield on Thursday, insisting they trusted the president over the nation’s top public health official on matters of face masks and vaccine development https://t.co/6pK0R4wPk2
— POLITICO (@politico) September 17, 2020
This morning WH Chief of staff Mark Meadows said Redfield is not tuned into what those “closest to the process” know about when the public will have access to a vaccine.
— Weijia Jiang (@weijia) September 17, 2020
Redfield is the director of the @CDCgov, which wrote the playbook outlining vaccine distribution. https://t.co/O4irTObBj9
WH Chief of Staff Mark Meadows on Fox re: COVID-19 vaccine timeline
— Karen Travers (@karentravers) September 17, 2020
“I'm not sure where Dr. Redfield got his particular timetable, but it's not based on those that are closest to the process,”
Redfield is the @CDCDirector-he's not "closest to the process" ? (h/t @JordynPhelps)
One way to know Redfield didn't "misunderstand" the questions about masks or vaccine timeframe:
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) September 16, 2020
They were generating explosive headlines all day and the CDC didn't attempt to correct or walk back anything he said.
This seems like a big moment in the campaign. Trump explicitly told the nation that he should be trusted over his own CDC on the vaccine. That's headline news. It unequivocally confirms what critics — including scientists inside the administration — have warned of.
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) September 16, 2020
Watching the CDC Director get repeatedly, publicly taken apart by the President for his congressional testimony is quite something
— Phil Mattingly (@Phil_Mattingly) September 16, 2020
Trump saying the CDC director “misunderstood the questions” has echoes of his reaction to seeing intelligence officials like Dan Coats testifying on Capitol Hill about Russia, North Korea, etc. He watched highlights then & exploded over their response.
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) September 16, 2020
“Face masks are the most important powerful public health tool we have,” Dr. Robert Redfield testified to Congress on Wednesday. “We have clear scientific evidence they work, and they are our best defense.”
— The New York Times (@nytimes) September 16, 2020
The latest: https://t.co/XcGJYlkTBu pic.twitter.com/o3iXhQ6nKa
Asked about Redfield’s testimony strongly urging everyone to wear masks, even saying that could be more effective than a vaccine, Trump says that’s wrong too, he called Redfield about that as well.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) September 16, 2020
CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield testified that mask-wearing may be a more effective protection against coronavirus than a vaccine, adding that the American public has not yet embraced the use of masks to a level that could effectively control the outbreak https://t.co/q9KiaKxCLm
— CNN (@CNN) September 16, 2020
NEW: @CDCDirector issues this statement in response to the President contradicting him twice, saying he was “confused” about a vaccine timeline and “wrong” about masks offering more protection anyway. Redfield made the statements under oath.
— Weijia Jiang (@weijia) September 16, 2020
He does not say he misspoke. pic.twitter.com/vwWty8jKeO
Sad! 