Trump names Caputo to HHS top communications role: report

The Hill ^ | 04 15 2020 | Zack Budryk

[yesthatjallen]

One-time Trump campaign aide Michael Caputo has been named to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) top communications position, Caputo told Politico on Wednesday.

“I am honored to serve the President to the best of my abilities in this time of crisis and, in so doing, the American people,” Caputo, who will join the department as assistant secretary of HHS for public affairs, told the publication.

The hire comes as the White House has grown suspicious of HHS Secretary Alex Azar, believing him to have portrayed himself to the press as attempting in vain in January to sound the alarm within the administration about the coronavirus, according to Politico, citing two officials with knowledge of the situation. He has also feuded with Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services head Seema Verma, a closer Trump ally than Azar.

Trump appeared to push back on such reports in a tweet Sunday, responding to a New York Times story alleging the administration had missed key red flags about the virus by calling it a “Fake” and saying Azar “told me nothing until later.”

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[yesthatjallen]

Caputo has already been run through the ringer by the FBI so he's likely bullet proof.

[CaptainK]

So deserving.

[thinden]

Saw the headline & got weak kneed thinking it was caVuto. lol

[shelterguy]

Same here. Why would Neil Cavuto get the job?

[CaptainK]

Bite your tongue.

[daler]

The ‘Rats will still be “outraged.”

(Yawn)

[Dalberg-Acton]

Me too!

[yesthatjallen]

So deserving.

A loyal soldier. Unlike others Judes' he never turned his back on Trump.

[wjcsux]

The RATS are always outraged.

[Bonemaker]

Phew..at first I thought it was Neil Cavuto!

[The Mayor]

He told me Sunday, I had to keep it quiet until he was sworn in.
He and i have been friends for over a decade, same with Stone.

Good men that have been thru hell and back

[CMailBag]

The Rats are PPO (Perpetually Pi$$ed Off)

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Bump.

[DivineMomentsOfTruth]

We are all relieved it’s not Neil Cavuto!!

[Jane Long]

MORE good news, for today.

[wjcsux]

I would feel better if we could piss on them.

[yesthatjallen]

He told me Sunday, I had to keep it quiet until he was sworn in.

Glad to know there are still people who honor a promise.

[Songcraft]

Well, Caviezel's talents (which are badly needed these days) have been widely on display quite a bit in recent weeks (in many places), so I guess you could say this is not entirely unexpected.

     

(Wait a second...Kaboodle...oh, never mind...)

[tennmountainman]

FIRE Alex Azar.

[The Mayor]

Glad to know there are still people who honor a promise.

There is no other way IMHO.