"Former Trump Director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases Dr. Demetre Daskalakis hit back at White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on CNN, and proudly defended his use of the term pregnant people and preferred pronouns. Dr. Daskalakis is among a raft of senior officials who resigned in the wake of President Donald Trump's attempted firing of CDC Director Dr. Susan Monarez, and was criticized by Leavitt at Thursday's White House briefing over his use of inclusive language."
"Yes. No I think that, I well, first I want to say one thing, in response to something Dan said. So, I think that another an important thing to ask the Secretary is, has he been ever briefed by a CDC expert on anything, specifically measles, COVID-19, flu? I think that people should ask him that in that hearing. That's number one. So"
Dr. Demetre Daskalakis defended his use of the phrase "pregnant people" and preferred pronouns after criticism from White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt. Daskalakis resigned among several senior officials following an attempted firing of CDC Director Dr. Susan Monarez. The criticism occurred during a White House briefing and was raised again during a CNN interview on The Source with Kaitlan Collins. Daskalakis emphasized that no one from his center has ever briefed the Secretary on measles, COVID-19, or influenza and urged that question be raised in a hearing.
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