Trump's Kooky Surgeon General Nominee Withers Under Senate Scrutiny
Health influencer Casey Means, President Donald Trump’s nominee for surgeon general, brought her inactive medical license to a Senate hearing Wednesday, where she promoted the feel-good propaganda about proactive health over reactive medicine—while dodging questions about science, medicine, and her habit of boosting treatments that coincidentally align with her brand and bank account.
Democratic Sen. Ed Markey of Massachusetts pressed Means on the Trump administration’s decision to expand production of glyphosate, a herbicide suspected of causing cancer. Means, like many “Make America Healthy Again” hypocrites, has been suspiciously silent about the corrupt big-business move despite having previously criticized the chemical’s use.
“Do you think President Trump's executive order promoting the production of glyphosate, which you yourself have said likely causes cancer, will put American families' health at risk?” Markey asked.
After hemming and hawing about the “complex” issue, Means admitted, “I am very gravely concerned about the health impacts of these chemicals.”
“I understand that,” Markey responded. “Doctor, I'm just trying to help you to agree with yourself.”
“Sen. Kaine, as I've said, I believe vaccines save lives and are an important part of our—” Means said.
“I'm not asking about the general,” Kaine interrupted. “[Kennedy’s] statement is ‘There is no evidence that the flu vaccine’—and I wanna be scrupulous about this—’prevents serious disease or that it prevents hospitalization or death in children.’ You're an MD.”
Kaine continued to press Means as she squirmed to avoid answering directly. It was pretty striking.
Democratic Sen. Angela Alsobrooks of Maryland questioned Means on her history of promoting dubious supplements, leaving Means silent.
Even the world’s wishiest-washiest Republican senator, Maine's Susan Collins, asked Means about her experimentation with psychedelics, which Means has promoted as a health treatment.
“What did you mean by saying that you heard an internal voice whispering to you, saying, 'It's time to prepare'?” Collins asked.
“In my meditations and prayers at that time, I had a sense something ominous was coming,” Means responded.
Ominous indeed.
