House Speaker Nancy Pelosi reportedly blasted Dr. Deborah Birx on Thursday night during a private meeting with White House officials, going so far as to call the coronavirus task force coordinator "Horrible" and "The worst."
Pelosi complained about Birx to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Chief of Staff Mark Meadows during negotiations about more aid for COVID-19, according to Politico.
"Deborah Birx is the worst. Wow, what horrible hands you're in," Pelosi said as she accused the doctor of spreading false information about the pandemic.
White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany fired back at the Times by defending Birx as an "Extraordinary doctor," calling the report an "Appalling" story.
"I have not seen anyone poring over data the way Dr. Birx has and the attack on her was frankly appalling and egregious and The New York Times should be very ashamed of themselves," McEnany said.
Birx was the Unites States' global AIDS coordinator under Presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump, and she was tapped to join the coronavirus task force back in February with Dr. Fauci, who was her mentor.
Hours before Pelosi attacked her, Birx called for officials to put a mask mandate in place.
Pelosi complained about Birx to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Chief of Staff Mark Meadows during negotiations about more aid for COVID-19, according to Politico.
"Deborah Birx is the worst. Wow, what horrible hands you're in," Pelosi said as she accused the doctor of spreading false information about the pandemic.
White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany fired back at the Times by defending Birx as an "Extraordinary doctor," calling the report an "Appalling" story.
"I have not seen anyone poring over data the way Dr. Birx has and the attack on her was frankly appalling and egregious and The New York Times should be very ashamed of themselves," McEnany said.
Birx was the Unites States' global AIDS coordinator under Presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump, and she was tapped to join the coronavirus task force back in February with Dr. Fauci, who was her mentor.
Hours before Pelosi attacked her, Birx called for officials to put a mask mandate in place.
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