How to weaponize your victimhood:
The chief adviser to Operation Warp Speed, the Trump administration’s program investing billions of dollars into discovering a coronavirus vaccine, says media scrutiny of his stock ownership may delay a vaccine or make its discovery less likely because it is distracting him from his work.
Moncef Slaoui made the remarks on the official Health and Human Services podcast, released Friday, while being interviewed by Michael Caputo, HHS assistant secretary of public affairs. The interview quickly descended into a lengthy rant about the media.
“The American people need to understand that the media often times are lying to them because they don’t want a vaccine, in order to defeat Donald Trump,” Caputo said at one point. [BuzzFeedNews]
In other words, the guy who isn’t doing the lab work, who’s merely providing guidance as chief adviser, is so restive under examination that he will threaten to delay the successful conveyance of an effective vaccine to the public if the press continues to fulfill its duty of investigating possible illegalities.
Dude, too many press inquiries? Pass them on to your staff of assistants and QUIT THE WHINING. It makes you look second-rate, and Caputo becomes your effing handler. Sheesh.
