We live in strange times.
Karoline Leavitt on resigned CDC workers:
“One of those individuals wrote in his departure statement that he identifies pregnant women as pregnant people. That’s not someone who we want in this administration anyway.”
Daskalakis answered criticism of his use of the term “pregnant people” and pronouns in an appearance on CNN’s The Source with Kaitlin Collins:
Daskalakis: I very specifically use the term pregnant people, and very specifically added my pronouns at the end of my resignation letter to make the point that I am defying this terrible strategy at trying to erase people and not allowing them to express their identities. So I accept the note from the press secretary and counter that with I don’t care.
So who is Daskalakis?
Dr. Demetre Daskalakis / Instagram
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