Political Quotes

“I wish to express my opposition to the nomination of Vivek Murthy to be Surgeon General. While Dr. Murthy may have future promise as both a physician and public health expert, I have serious concerns about his current qualifications, as well as his choices regarding public health advocacy. One former Surgeon General, Dr. Richard Carmona, shared a letter with the Senate highlighting his opposition to the nomination. In his words, ``The nominee, Dr. Vivek Murthy is a physician very early in his career with great promise but no formal public health education training, leadership or management experience.'' He goes on to say, ``His partisanship and lack of qualifications for the job of Surgeon General give this nomination the scent of political patronage.'' This insight, from someone who served in that position, is concerning. Dr. Murthy's main public policy and public health activity to date has been to use the group he founded, Doctors for America, to promote President Obama's campaign to advocate for expansive gun control, going so far as to even recommend that doctors counsel their patients about gun ownership. He is entitled to his opinion, but the opinion of the Surgeon General becomes something much more significant.…”