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   Xavier Becerra has been 'like a ghost' in dealing with pandemic,   
   COVID analyst says   
      
   The White House wants to replace Secretary of Health and Human   
   Services Xavier Becerra over his poor handling of the   
   coronavirus pandemic but is afraid of political and racial   
   backlash, according to the Washington Post.   
      
   Senior Biden administration officials are blaming Becerra and   
   other health officials for providing "confusing and sometimes   
   conflicting messages," particularly on COVID-19 booster shots   
   and quarantine guidelines. Becerra's "low profile," especially   
   in light of official statements that have "blindsided the   
   president and bewildered the public," is "confounding," the Post   
   reported based on interviews with 28 officials and advisers.   
      
   Removing the health secretary, however, would jeopardize   
   President Joe Biden's relationship with the Congressional   
   Hispanic Caucus and other Hispanic groups, the officials say.   
      
   Before he took office, Biden pledged in December 2020 to   
   nominate a Cabinet that "looks like America," announcing 100   
   "diverse" appointments to "lead to better outcomes and more   
   effective solutions to address the urgent crises facing our   
   nation." During his campaign, Biden picked then-California   
   senator Kamala Harris as his running mate after he promised a   
   "woman of color" as his vice president. Becerra, the former   
   attorney general of California, is one of four Latino members of   
   the president's Cabinet.   
      
   Becerra faced an uphill battle during his confirmation hearings.   
   Only one Republican senator, Susan Collins (Maine), supported   
   his confirmation. Many opposed his record on religious liberty   
   issues. During his time as attorney general, he aggressively   
   litigated against an order of Catholic nuns who opposed the   
   Affordable Care Act's birth control coverage mandate.   
      
   Officials said the president is unlikely to replace Becerra,   
   especially considering the evenly divided Senate and Supreme   
   Court justice Stephen Breyer's announcement last week that he   
   would retire at the end of his term in June, allowing Biden to   
   pick a successor.   
      
   One COVID analyst the Post interviewed went as far as to say the   
   health secretary has been "like a ghost" during the pandemic.   
      
   "He hasn't shown up," Eric Topol, director of the Scripps   
   Research Translational Institute, told the Post. "An HHS   
   secretary has so much authority and power to help. And we have   
   no evidence that any of it is being exerted." In a January   
   editorial for Science magazine, Topol argued Becerra must "step   
   up or step aside."   
      
   Published under: Biden Administration, Health and Human   
   Services, Xavier Becerra   
      
   https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/white-house-afraid-   
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   Biden is unfit to hold public office.   
      
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