Dr. Rachel Levine, born Richard Levine (6) (oh, the irony), was officially confirmed on Wednesday, March 24, 2021, by the United States Senate to the office of the Assistant Secretary of Health at the Department of Health and Human Services.
This is the first time the U.S. has appointed an openly transgender person to a federal office. That is the only reason this is a major headline. And that truly is the only reason we know about this confirmation. What other assistant secretaries of anything in the Federal Government do you know anything about?
During last month’s confirmation hearings Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) did what he really does best, asking Levine tough questions about the legitimacy of transgender “medicine”, especially as it relates to minors. NPR News notes his response:
Levine replied, “Transgender medicine is a very complex and nuanced field with robust research and standards of care that have been developed and, if I am fortunate enough to be confirmed as the assistant secretary of health, I will look forward to working with you and your office and coming to your office and discussing the particulars of the standards of care for transgender medicine.”
NPR News (2)
Basically, Levine didn’t answer Senator Paul’s questions because he has no substantive answer.
Dr. Levine’s post is ridiculous. Levine, a biological man, thinks he is a woman, something that the medical community used to describe as gender dysphoria (a mental condition). And now he is somehow going to help lead our nation in health?
As if that were not enough! This is the same man who served as a “health official” in Pennsylvania during the COVID “pandemic”. He reportedly (7) removed his own mother from a nursing home while at the same ordering nursing homes to accept COVID infected patients who could not return home.
Now that’s health!
Instead of trying this man for negligent homicide, our nation has decided to reward him with a Federal appointment.
References
- Dr. Rachel Levine Becomes First Openly Transgender Federal Official Confirmed By Senate (DailyWire)
- Rachel Levine Makes History As 1st Openly Trans Federal Official Confirmed By Senate (NPR)
- Dr. Rachel Levine becomes first openly transgender person confirmed by Senate to federal post (NBC News)
- Rachel Levine confirmed by Senate, becomes highest ranking openly transgender official (ABC News)
- Dr. Rachel Levine is the new assistant health secretary — and the first openly transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate (CBS News)
- Dr. Rachel Levine Bio, Age, Real Name, Transgender, Wife, Children, PA Secretary of Health
- Pennsylvania health official moved mother from nursing home as deaths skyrocketed (New York Post)