‘Science Is Back’: Biden Appears To Take Swipe at Trump During Visit To CDC
President Joe Biden appeared to take a swipe at former President Donald Trump during his first visit to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters since taking office. “Science is back. All…
President Joe Biden appeared to take a swipe at former President Donald Trump during his first visit to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters since taking office.
“Science is back. All kidding aside, think about it. For the longest time, not just as it relates to the CDC, but science… science was used as sort of an appendage to anything else we were talking about but it’s back,” Biden said on Friday.
He added, “The public is thankful to you because it’s about science. That’s what they understand. They understand. And we’re not going back to the old days, even if tomorrow the whole administration changed. I think you’ve changed things. You’ve changed them in a way that are going to make everybody healthier in this country.”
Biden suggested the CDC is “prepared to meet” a crisis because “you speak truth and science to power.”
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His comments were seemingly referring to the former president’s failure to listen to public health officials’ warnings amid the raging COVID-19 pandemic.
Dr. Deborah Birx recently reflected on the moment Trump suggested potentially using disinfectant to treat COVID-19, as IJR reported.
“Frankly, I didn’t know how to handle that episode,” Birx said during ABC’s “The Breakdown” Monday. “I still think about it every day.”