Murkowski Dooms Casey Means’s Surgeon General Nomination
TL;DR
Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski's 'no' effectively sank Casey Means's bid to be surgeon general, with Means withdrawing after a Monday call with Murkowski and Collins failed to bridge concerns over vaccine views; the setback hampers Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Make America Healthy Again agenda, and the White House quickly tapped Nicole Saphier as Means's replacement.
- Casey Means: Murkowski sank my nomination Politico
- Trump pulls controversial surgeon general pick and makes third nomination for the role CNN
- Trump Withdraws Nomination of Casey Means for Surgeon General The New York Times
- Trump drops MAHA favorite for surgeon general pick who has critiqued RFK Jr. The Washington Post
- Trump withdraws nomination of Casey Means for US surgeon general The Guardian
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