Trump said he would be nominating Dr. Nicole Saphier, a radiologist and Fox News contributor, to the position.
He called Saphier “a STAR physician who has spent her career guiding women facing breast cancer.”
Trump slammed Cassidy, who faces a tough primary election, for being ” a very disloyal person” in a series of Truth Social Posts on Thursday afternoon announcing the change. The president added that Cassidy “stood in the way of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Nominee, Casey Means, for the important position of U.S. Surgeon General.”
Means, the sister of senior White House health policy adviser Calley Means, was initially nominated for surgeon general last year. Her confirmation hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, which Cassidy chairs, took place several months ago.
The president thanked Means for her service to the country and said she “will continue to fight for MAHA on the many
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