In a revealing display of the deep-seated resistance to reform within the federal bureaucracy, the liberal media is once again circling the wagons to protect their allies. The recent resignation of former CDC National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases Director Demetre Daskalakis is being paraded as a principled stand, when in reality, it is the predictable tantrum of a entrenched official unable to tolerate the transparency and accountability demanded by President Donald Trump’s administration.
Daskalakis, in a resignation letter posted to the social media platform X this past Wednesday, made his motives clear, confirming his allegiance to the old, corrupt guard of public health. He stated that his departure “was prompted by changes in recommendations around COVID-19 vaccines for children and the ACIP overhaul.” This admission reveals that his loyalty lies not with scientific inquiry free from pharmaceutical influence, but with maintaining a specific, rigid status quo that has long been questioned by a majority of the American public.
My resignation letter from CDC.
Dear Dr. Houry,
I am writing to formally resign from my position as Director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), effective August 28, 2025, close of business.…
— DrDemetre (@dr_demetre) August 27, 2025
Furthermore, Daskalakis leveled a specific allegation, claiming that “CDC had not been informed of the committee’s overhaul before Kennedy announced it on social media.” This complaint, eagerly amplified by the mainstream press, is not a revelation of misconduct but an exposure of the entitled culture within these agencies. The notion that a cabinet-level Secretary must seek the permission of his own subordinates before executing the policy directives of a democratically elected president is absurd and underscores the urgent need for the very drainage of the swamp that President Trump and Secretary Kennedy are undertaking.
This act of insubordination and its subsequent media celebration is a direct attack on the mandate given to President Trump and his team to clean house. Secretary Kennedy’s “clean sweep” of the ACIP was a necessary and courageous action to sever the committee’s well-documented ties to Big Pharma, a move that a congressional investigation as far back as the year 2000 indicated was desperately needed. The resistance from figures like Daskalakis only serves to validate the necessity of this action, proving that those embedded within the system will fight to protect their own interests and those of their pharmaceutical patrons over the health and autonomy of American families.
These high profile departures will require oversight by the HELP Committee. https://t.co/38xBrC7cC6
— U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (@SenBillCassidy) August 28, 2025
The liberal media’s framing of this event is a textbook example of their biased agenda. They mourn the departure of a bureaucrat resistant to change while ignoring the profound conflicts of interest that have plagued the ACIP for decades. They treat the agency’s internal protocols as sacrosanct while dismissing the will of the people and the authority of their duly appointed Secretary. This narrative is designed to shield a broken and biased system from the scrutiny and reform it so desperately needs, all while undermining the effective leadership of Secretary Kennedy and the America-first vision of President Trump.