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-Short Attention Span Theater-

'He hasn't been paying attention': Kaleigh McEnany slams whistleblower claims on coronavirus response

2020-05-15

Whistleblower Dr Bright has Debra Katz representing him, the same lawyer Blasey Ford had

I Smell A Rat!
[WashingtonExaminer] White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany argued that the former top vaccine official who filed a whistleblower complaint against the Trump administration "hasn't been paying much attention" to the White House's coronavirus response.

Dr. Rick Bright, who was dismissed as director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority last month, testified Thursday during a House hearing on the coronavirus response that the United States could face the “darkest winter in modern history” without a coordinated national effort to combat the pandemic.

"He predicted unprecedented ‘illnesses and fatalities,’” Fox News’s Ed Henry said during a segment featuring McEnany. “He had a chance to lay out his concerns. Let's get you to react to anything there but specifically when he says, 'The pandemic playbook was ignored.' Your response?"

McEnany pushed back on his comments, claiming multiple times that Bright “hasn’t been paying much attention at all.”

“It sounds like he hasn't been paying attention when he talked about building up a stockpile and equipment. Perhaps he's unaware of the 90 million N95 respirators the president's delivered — three times what the healthcare industry consumes in an average year. The billion gloves that we've delivered, the many more pieces of PPE," she said. "It sounds like this is someone who is reacting and making suggestions that have long been put into play."

Bright was ousted from his position in April and was transferred to a lower-ranking job at the National Institutes of Health. He filed a whistleblower complaint to the U.S. Office of Special Counsel after his removal. His lawyers claim that he was demoted after pushing back on the president's touting of hydroxychloroquine as a possible treatment for the coronavirus.

“On the notion we are not letting scientists speak, maybe he's not aware that on every Sunday morning, you hear oftentimes from Dr. Fauci and Dr. Birx. They're consistently out on the airways. Maybe he's missed those appearances,” McEnany said.

President Trump also took aim at Bright, tweeting before the hearing, “I don’t know the so-called Whistleblower Rick Bright."

"Never met him or even heard of him, but to me, he is a disgruntled employee, not liked or respected by people I spoke to and who, with his attitude, should no longer be working for our government!" he added.

Posted by:Jan

#5 Townhall:

Rep. Richard Hudson (R-NC) said he believes whistleblowers should be respected and heard, but he perceived Thursday's hearing as an attempt to undermine the Trump administration. When Oklahoma congressman Markwayne Mullin got the mic, he turned the hearing into a discussion about Bright's paycheck. Dr. Bright, who recently got a job at the National Institutes of Health, is currently on sick leave for hypertension. He explained that it's been a "stressful" transition having been removed from his role without explanation.

Yet, as Rep. Mullin pointed out, Bright is still getting paid by the NIH. Rep. Mulllin wondered why he was here testifying before Congress if he was dealing with the ailment?

"I guess I'm kind of confused because you say you have hypertension but yet you were able to do these interviews, you're able to make the report, and you're able to prepare for this hearing," Mullin noted. "Yet you're too sick to go into work but you're well enough to come here while you're still getting paid from the U.S. government."

Posted by: trailing wife 2020-05-15 14:06

#4 I should say Nora O'Donnell. Forgive me if I don't think enough about her to get her name right. I watched her last night for just long enough to see her talk about this new whistleblower and then I took my beverage out to the patio.

Posted by: Abu Uluque 2020-05-15 12:16

#3 Deep State mole stayed undercover all this time until his masters activated him.

This was the lead story on CBS Evening News last night. Nora Roberts was breathless about how this weasel's testimony was so "explosive" in Congress. But it's really just another bombshell that fizzled.

Posted by: Abu Uluque 2020-05-15 12:14

#2 Bright's complaint at Scribd: He checked the first two boxes: (1) Prohibited personnel practice such as retaliation, discrimination, illegal hiring decisions and (2) Disclosure about gross mismanagement or waste, a violation of law, rule or regulation, abuse of authority, a danger(s) to public health or safety, or censorship related to scientific research.

I've had plenty of complaints about govmint mismanagement. Do you have to work for the govmint to complain and get heard?

ScienceFare used to go after Trump...again? This DS $hit is getting tiresome.

Posted by: JohnQC 2020-05-15 10:08

#1 Democrats Decline to Put ‘Whistleblower’ Dr. Rick Bright Under Oath

Now why would they do that?

Posted by: Frank G 2020-05-15 09:40

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