Axios reports that at a pre-committee meeting with Republican Senators' staff members, Weldon was completely unprepared to answer questions and had no real idea of the range of responsibilities the CDC head has. Another source I saw suggested that there were a handful of Republican Senators (ie, >3) that found his anti-science responses in that meeting too extreme.
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Axios reports that at a pre-committee meeting with Republican Senators' staff members, Weldon was completely unprepared to answer questions and had no real idea of the range of responsibilities the CDC head has. Another source I saw suggested that there were a handful of Republican Senators (ie, >3) that found his anti-science responses in that meeting too extreme.