President Trump announced Thursday he was pulling the nomination of Casey Means for surgeon general, attacking Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) for blocking the pick from going through.
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In place of Means, Trump announced he would nominate Dr. Nicole Saphier for surgeon general — his third choice for the prestigious position after neither of the previous two even advanced to Senate votes.
In the first of a series of Truth Social posts, Trump said Cassidy, the chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee “has stood in the way of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Nominee, Casey Means, for the important position of U.S. Surgeon General.”
The president went on to call for Louisiana voters to boot Cassidy out of office in next month’s Senate primary.