Trump's head of CDC resigns over tobacco stocks.

[ralphc1]

CDC head Brenda Fitzgerald resigns amid tobacco stock controversy 1 Hour Ago | 00:30

The head of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention resigned Wednesday on the heels of a bombshell report that she had purchased stock in a tobacco company soon after taking her job, which oversees smoking-cessation programs.

Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald, who is an ob-gyn, also had owned stock in other tobacco companies prior to assuming her post almost six months ago as one of the nation's top health officials.

A lengthy delay in Fitzgerald's divestment of her stock holdings, which included shares in health-care companies, was cited by the Trump administration Wednesday morning as the reason for her resignation.

News of her tobacco holdings was broken by Politico in a story Tuesday night, shortly before President Donald Trump, who nominated Fitzgerald for her job, gave his State of the Union address. Politico noted in a story two weeks ago that Fitzgerald had repeatedly been unable to testify before Congress because of financial conflicts that were still unresolved.

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/31/dr-...r-disease-control-and-prevention-resigns.html

 

[zebby23]

Only the best

 

[44nutman]

#DraintheSwamp

 

[Joe]

ah the weekly trump official resigns news

 

[Teppodama]

Guess we better start on anyone at the CDC that has liquor company stock then cause that cirrhosis ain't no joke.

 

[Big Nasty Edison]

What's the count up to now?

 

[zebby23]

What's the count up to now?

18 if you include everyone

I think 13 of those are directly from Trumps cabinet

Flynn
Spicer
Bannon
Price
Preibus
Walsh
Short
Gorka
Dubke
Scaramucci
Schaub
Fitzgerald
Bharara
McCabe
Harvey
Comey
McCabe
Yates

 

[uptheirons!]

"Only the best people"

The fool is surrounded by criminals.

 

[JosephDredd]

"Only the best people"

The criminal is surrounded by fools.

I agree.

 

[uptheirons!]

I agree.

Potato potatoe.

 

[waiguoren]

Seems like some bullshit. She had less than $15,000 in Japan Tobacco as part of a portfolio put together by her financial advisor, and sold all the shares on October 26. I know $15k seems like a lot to Sherdog basement dwellers but it's pennies to real earners.

I think Trump should have kept her. The guy is too sensitive to media criticism.

 

[Prutfis]

The bigliest bestest people. Lol. At least he is the bestest at putting together a shitshow admin for the ages.

 

[Mark Hunts FIST]

Dumbass.... although now I want to get tobacco stock.

There's absolutely no way that Philip Morris will not invest heavily in the marijuana

Hmmmmm

 

[HockeyBjj]

ah the weekly trump official resigns news

I will accept my mocking for actually believing the line about hiring excellent people since he was inexperienced in politics when he was campaigning in the primary

I figured a business tycoon would know how to get people capable enough to delegate comfortably too

 

[Gregolian]

"Only the best people"

The fool is surrounded by criminals.

Mattis isn't.

Frankly, Mattis is the only appointee I was happy about.

 

[uptheirons!]

Mattis isn't.

Frankly, Mattis is the only appointee I was happy about.

He's by far the most sane and relatively pragmatic person in the cabinet, which is probably why he's the least influential.

 

[ookii]

Seems like some bullshit. She had less than $15,000 in Japan Tobacco as part of a portfolio put together by her financial advisor, and sold all the shares on October 26. I know $15k seems like a lot to Sherdog basement dwellers but it's pennies to real earners.

I think Trump should have kept her. The guy is too sensitive to media criticism.

You don't see how bad it looks when a public of disease control and prevention puts profit above ethics in a product that causes harm no matter how much shares shes got. Its not only because of her shares in Tobacco but she has shares from other big name drug companies.

 

[Fawlty]

Seems like some bullshit. She had less than $15,000 in Japan Tobacco as part of a portfolio put together by her financial advisor, and sold all the shares on October 26. I know $15k seems like a lot to Sherdog basement dwellers but it's pennies to real earners.

I think Trump should have kept her. The guy is too sensitive to media criticism.

She had months to divest and wouldn't do it. And that's according to the administration.

 

[KONG-D'SNT-TAP]

18 if you include everyone

I think 13 of those are directly from Trumps cabinet

Flynn
Spicer
Bannon
Price
Preibus
Walsh
Short
Gorka
Dubke
Scaramucci
Schaub
Fitzgerald
Bharara
McCabe
Harvey
Comey
McCabe
Yates

This is normal in the eyes of trump voters.

 

[Gregolian]

He's by far the most sane and relatively pragmatic person in the cabinet, which is probably why he's the least influential.

I also have a suspicion the rest of the cabinet just kinda lets Mattis do Mattis things.