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Dr. Stephen M. Hahn, who became commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration just weeks before the coronavirus pandemic began, resigned on Jan 20 as part of the routine departure of senior political appointees that happens when a new administration takes office.
Dr. Hahn was about to resign right after Jan 7th in shock at the Trump inspired attack on the capital the previous day.
Dr. Janet Woodcock, the longtime head of the F.D.A.’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Review, has been serving as acting commissioner. Due to he excellent qualifications, she was being considered for the post of commissioner.
The agency has always had an excellent acting commissioner under Biden.
That republicans can still vote for Trump is embarrassing.
Trump’s governing style was that he loved acting commissioners because he did not need senate approval and he could fire them whenever he felt they weren’t sufficient sycophants to him. He did this numerous times with numerous agencies.
Trump won’t even be nominated.