President Trump on Monday announced Dr. Susan Monarez as his nominee to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention less than two weeks after the White House pulled his previous CDC nominee, Dr. David Weldon, over concerns he did not have enough Senate votes (though Weldon later offered his own take on why that was).
“Americans have lost confidence in the CDC due to political bias and disastrous mismanagement,” Trump said on Truth Social. “Dr. Monarez will work closely with our GREAT Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert Kennedy Jr. Together, they will prioritize Accountability, High Standards, and Disease Prevention to finally address the Chronic Disease Epidemic and, MAKE AMERICA HEALTHY AGAIN!”
Trump’s nomination quickly led to some concerns from the MAHA crowd, however, after messages tweeted from a previous CDC director were being circulated claiming they were from Monarez. Here's one example, but there are many.
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. quickly stepped in to set the record straight.
"X posts that erroneously attribute Biden-era tweets supporting masks, lockdowns, vaccine mandates, etc. to my @CDCgov Director nominee, Susan Monarez, have understandably provoked agita within the MAHA movement," he wrote on X. "I handpicked Susan for this job because she is a longtime champion of MAHA values, and a caring, compassionate and brilliant microbiologist and a tech wizard who will reorient CDC toward public health and gold-standard science. I’m so grateful to President Trump for making this appointment."
X posts that erroneously attribute Biden-era tweets supporting masks, lockdowns, vaccine mandates, etc. to my @CDCgov Director nominee, Susan Monarez, have understandably provoked agita within the MAHA movement. I handpicked Susan for this job because she is a longtime champion…
— Secretary Kennedy (@SecKennedy) March 25, 2025
Since the confusion, the bio on the CDC's official X account now explains "posts prior to 1/20/25 were from former CDC directors."
Still, that hasn't been enough to assuage a multitude of concerns over Monarez.
The amount of disdain for the @CDCDirector Susan Monarez on this platform is palpable.
— Bryce Lipscomb 🇺🇸 (@BryceMLipscomb) March 25, 2025
People aren’t happy with the nominee to run @CDCgov. A former Obama/Biden pick and a staunch leftist, she has people up in arms.
Her push for AI healthcare has many worried about her…
Literally ZERO support for Susan Monarez for CDC Director across the 300 million daily active users on X right now... except for people who work for the biowarfare industrial complex.
— Toby Rogers (@uTobian) March 24, 2025
Meanwhile there are thousands of posts in support of Dr. Joseph Ladapo (@FLSurgeonGen).
But Dr. Robert Malone believes she will be easily confirmed.
I predict that she will garner bipartisan, overwhelming support from the Senate and her nomination will be smooth sailing. Remember, she first worked for Obama and Biden, so the Democrats and the administrative state love her. There is a lot of speculation that she has strong ties to intelligence, and she worked in biodefense, so the Warhawks will adore her. As I wrote above, I predict support for her - will be overwhelming from both sides of the aisle.
She was selected to head the CDC because of her work with AI. The use of AI applied to VAERS and MMWR will be critical in overhauling the adverse events reporting system. I speculate that Sec. Robert Kennedy Jr. went along because she has the skill set to apply a team of AI experts to MMWR and VAERS and is already working with DOGE. The recent cabinet meeting most likely included thoughts on her nomination. Frankly, this is a candidate that Musk would support. [...]Postscript- quite literally, immediately after I pushed the button to publish this, Secretary Kennedy called me. The interpretation above is correct. Susan Monarez is apparently a dynamo, is working closely with DOGE, and is doing great work as acting director. She has strong support from Bobby. Apparently, there is a lot of resistance to change at the CDC, and Monarez is taking on and overcoming all resistance. I am shocked, shocked that there is so much resistance to oversight and reform <sarcasm>. In any case, don’t judge a book by its cover. The energetic Susan Monarez may be just what the doctor (or perhaps surgeon would be a better metaphor) ordered for treating a very sick CDC.
The MAGA Choice for CDC Director
— Robert W Malone, MD (@RWMaloneMD) March 25, 2025
MAHA social media is blowing up over this. What could team MAGA be thinking?
essay link here -> https://t.co/fMcB7h6btR
Quite literally, immediately after I pushed the button to publish this, Secretary Kennedy called me. The interpretation above…
