April 21 (UPI) -- Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Tuesday that he didn't speak to President Donald Trump about nominating Erica Schwartz to run the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Schwartz was nominated for the position, the president announced in a Truth Social post on April 16.
"She is a STAR!" Trump said.
He also announced other leadership changes at the CDC and HHS, then said, "These Highly Respected Doctors of Medicine have the knowledge, experience, and TOP degrees to restore the GOLD STANDARD OF SCIENCE at the CDC, which was an absolute disaster focused on 'mandates' under Sleepy Joe. Together, they will do a TREMENDOUS job leading the CDC as we continue to MAKE AMERICA HEALTHY AND GREAT AGAIN!"
Kennedy told a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee Tuesday that he had met with Schwartz on "multiple occasions." He said he had discussed her views on vaccinations. But it was HHS chief counselor Chris Klomp who brought up the nomination to Trump.
