Biden Names Health Secretary COVID Czar Other Key Members to Health Team
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We ran the numbers: There are 2822 news articles covering this topic. 37% (1042) are left leaning, 46% (1308) are center, and 17% (472) are right leaning.
On Monday, president-elect Joe Biden announced the team he would like to lead the nation’s COVID crisis, which includes nominating California attorney general Xavier Becerra to lead the Health and Human Services Department. While left-leaning articles highlight that Becerra created an environmental justice bureau in 2018 which focuses on the unequal effect pollution has on the health of those who live in the most vulnerable communities, right-leaning articles highlight that Republicans slammed Biden after he announced his choice of Becerra.
A left-leaning article by The New York Times highlights that Becerra created an environmental justice bureau in 2018 which focuses on the unequal effect pollution and other forms of environmental damage have on the health of those who live in the most vulnerable communities. Becerra and other Democratic attorneys general have filed more than a hundred lawsuits to stop the Trump administration’s rollbacks of environmental regulations.
NPR published a centrist article reporting that Biden also said he would nominate Dr. Rochelle Walensky as the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Jeff Zients as the White House coordinator of the coronavirus response. Biden said he would nominate Dr. Vivek Murthy as surgeon general, although Murthy faced pushback when Obama nominated him for the job after the National Rifle Association raised alarms about his support for banning assault weapons.
A right-leaning article by Fox News highlights that Republicans slammed Biden after he announced his choice of Becerra for Secretary of Health and Human Services, as they criticized Becerra’s record on abortion and other issues. Southern Baptist Theological Seminary president Al Mohler concurred that choosing Biden shows a Biden administration will be anything but “moderate.”