The departure of the administration’s top health spokesperson would be a major blow to Trump’s messaging strategy on coronavirus.
The health department’s top spokesperson Michael Caputo called an emergency staff meeting on Tuesday to apologize for drawing negative attention to the Trump administration’s health care strategy and signaled that he might be soon departing his role, according to five people with knowledge of the meeting.
The departure of Caputo, who has closely controlled the health agencies’ dissemination of information about coronavirus, would be a blow to the Trump administration’s efforts to promote a possible vaccine, if one is approved in the fall.
Caputo told staffers that his series of false accusations on Facebook Live this weekend — which included unfounded allegations that the Centers for Disease Control was harboring a “resistance unit” — reflected poorly on HHS’ communications office. He blamed his recent behavior on a combination of physical health issues and the toll of fielding death threats against his family. Caputo also acknowledged that he had never read one of the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports, despite his team’s ongoing efforts to try to edit those documents.
Caputo told staff that he is scheduled to meet with HHS Secretary Alex Azar later Tuesday, the people with knowledge of the meeting said.
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Top HHS spokesperson Michael Caputo called an emergency staff meeting on Tuesday to apologize for leveling a series of false accusations on Facebook Live over the weekend https://t.co/zpLYnsCpFb
— POLITICO (@politico) September 15, 2020
I think that what has sent him “over the edge” is that he is scared that he is getting caught now that the dems are investigating his shenanigans with the CDC. Yep, he’ll be asking for medical leave to go into rehab or something. Like a mental hospital.
So damning: "Caputo also acknowledged that he had never read one of the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports, despite his team's ongoing efforts to try to edit those documents."https://t.co/xHyJ7Sqa1Q
— Josh Kraushaar (@HotlineJosh) September 15, 2020
Unless it's to resign, this isn't an interesting story. https://t.co/vDfQwTd9MV
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) September 15, 2020
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