Biden announces Rachel Levine as pick for assistant secretary at HHS, would be first transgender Senate-confirmed federal official

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President-elect Joe Biden nominates Dr. Rachel Levine as assistant health secretary. She would be the first out transgender federal official to be confirmed by the Senate.

Levine is currently the Pennsylvania health secretary and a pediatrics and psychiatry professor at Penn State College of Medicine. She served as the state's physician general in 2015 and assistant health secretary in 2017. Levine was confirmed as the state's health secretary in 2018 under Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf's administration. Throughout her career, Levine has written about the opioid crisis, LGBTQ medicine, medicinal marijuana, eating disorders and adolescent medicine.

Rachel Levine will bring the steady leadership and essential expertise we need to get people through this pandemic -- no matter their zip code, race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability -- and meet the public health needs of our country in this critical moment and beyond," Biden said in a statement."She is a historic and deeply qualified choice to help lead our administration's health efforts.

 

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upthepoconos....hey, a good move; old dogs can learn new tricks!

Is it possible to find a good guy on Twitter?

This freakshow is an abomination.This is a MAN!Here we have a DOCTOR who can’t discern the difference between a man & a woman!Hey Doc...u can wear all the pretty pink dresses & heels u want but you’ll always be a MAN.If you’re ever unsure,just look between ur legs!DON’T confirm!

What a joke!!!

This moves America to a stronger position HOW?

Damn dad...!

This world is becoming such a better place!

JeSuis44

Congrats to you

Why do they always look like that?

What's this person's Birth Name ?

That’s a man

He is She....dsc

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I am so looking forward to boring people who I don't need to know the criminal history of. Imagine not knowing a cabinet members name during a trivia night. Imagine having no idea that a scotus nominee wasn't a rapist. That's what I'm looking forward to

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Is it a wise idea to have someone who is clearly obese, in charge of any health & wellness? Something is still eating away at that specimen.

jmugele Why are white guys soooo threatened by trans people?! Don’t flatter yourself that they would want to hit on your hillbilly self. Why do you even care?! Move on with your life, their gender identity does not concern you!

Only because she's trans. What a joke of a man, pulling his mom from the nursing home while at the same time allowing the infected in the same home infecting all the elderly. More pandering to identity politics is all this is. Where's the qualifications?

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That’s Gerry-D!

Absolutely disgusting 🤪

PR much?

She is a Man 🤮

I am so happy for her. Go PA!!!

Sorry but that's a guy in drag. I don't want to take physical or mental health advice from him.

Embarrassing

I foresee a problem here. Please don’t say “people with cervix” for woman. And don’t say people get sex assigned at birth. Then, maybe, we can start with the right foot. sexnotgender waronwomen

Oh my f... goodness

Master troll

As a resident of PA, she is not qualified. Nothing to do with gender

You mean Randy** you misselled HIS name.

If this doesn’t tell you that we’re all screwed I don’t know what does. Looks like the devil has won this round. You should all be horrified.

just sayin

Here comes the comments

Man

Loved him in Independence Day!

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Payback for all the corruption in PA on November 3rd.

I like. ❤️❤️❤️

Why focus on the transgender- why not just focus on the amazing Dr. that she is?

Pre or Post Op? Lord... I hope there is surgery on the horizon to address that, dude?

We all see it . . .

Looks like there is race to be first this or first that 🙄. The position of 1st has now been cheapened by publicity seeking individuals. We are no longer interested 🤷‍♂️

Beetlepimp HowardStern

How's pro baseball contracts work in socialism? We pay all players the same? Now the Rays got a chance to finish and win the whole thing.

So HowardStern is now in charge of health?

Failure in PA, failure for America

What is that?

HEALTH?....doesn't even know what sex HE is!!

Absolutely sickening!!

this is your pick for assistant health secretary? Can she be more unqualified. Didn't she take her mother out of a nursing home, while sending other covid patients INTO nursing homes?!! Stop worrying about checking boxes & pick actual qualified people

Who cares about her personal life. Levine removed her mother from a nursing home and took actions that lead directly to the death of many. I would say she is UNQUALIFIED.

This person isn’t even qualified. What the heck was Biden thinking? It’s so sad and funny at the same time. The end times are near.

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No qualification other than shes a transgender. Way to play to the media joe

Isn't that the dude who thinks he's a woman from Pennsylvania? He kind of fucked this covid thing up from the beginning Joe and didn't look out for the population, only himself and if he wants to be a woman maybe get a more convincing haircut

Bah ha ha ha

That’s a good vibe

Let the competent people work.

So, she is a he?

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Jesus.. Isn't this the same person who moved its ( I don't know what to call her/him) mother out of a nursing home into a hotel and then put Covid patients in the nursing homes? Is this the best America can do? Are we to be treated to 4 years of identity politics?

Make sure you check allboxes joe. Racist joe. Picks people for what they are not what the do.

Are we not looking into Dr Levine’s actions? Or are we just assuming it’s all good? Do I even need to ask these questions? I mean .. we all know what’s going to happen .. and it’s not good.

Awesome

Honestly this is such farce.

Omg help us

Honest question, why does Biden only have one transgender woman in his cabin? He should have at least 40% from the LBGTQ community. I'm starting to get concerned that Biden hassle negative views of the LBGTQ community.

She helped the citizens of Pennsylvania including me during the early days. She will assist the nation to educate and do what is necessary in this current situation and any situation that may come. God bless and Godspeed

OMG NOW THIS IS SCARY

OMG !!!

Most boring new president will miss Trump tweeter please let him have his say he has gone.

This dude was the guy that enforced those terrible nursing home policies that killed thousands

Even before taking office President Biden is breaking down barriers.

Whatever it’s role may be, that is a man and will always be a man! A man can’t become a woman. Maybe in their head, but that’s it. This person looks like it needs some mental health before giving it to others. Gross! Here we go!

Esto es un disparate!

2021 is SO refreshing!! I'm so thankful to have an administration that values science and human rights. These last four years have been torture.

Here we go

She's not the best looking woman in the white house.

It's fucking disgusting!

Good luck Dr. Levine!

Omg

What about the science? Your male or female!

joe the perv would be glad to have this around him to snif and scratch

Right wingers crying cause they ain't getting their way. A beautiful sight.

I don’t live in Pa. but watched her press conferences on social media and I thought she was very good in explaining Covid-19 and mask wearing.

Do extremists have a point? Are they truly forgotten and unfairly mocked by elites? This thread provides the answer. Hell no. Bigots hate for no reason.

Looks healthy like the rest

If she is qualified then why is this news? Let's focus on her qualifications instead of something that doesn't affect how she does her job.

I’ve been in PA and watching her reporting. She’s awesome! Lurve this 🙏🏾🙌🏾❤️ Congratulations

The journey has just began....God please save us all from them.

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He looks just like Biden.

Waoo 🙁 Dios nos ampare.

This woman pulled her mother out of a nursing home while recommending positive patients go in to kill thousand of other people's parents. Very telling. Identity politics seen to be VERY important to the new admin...at our expense.

This is the leader Black Americans threw themselves behind. CLOWNS !

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JoeBiden really, you aren't even In yet and you choose Mrs Doubtfire (RachelLevine )

Time for a makeover. 😬 is this only news because ....assistant shouldnt get press

Wonderful. Just make sure everyone is qualified for their cabinet position.

She should be very helpful with the transition period

Really leftist anarchy starts

Congratulation Dr Levine!

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Is he selecting qualified individuals or just looking for women and those or various orientations? If she’s qualified then I’m all for it

Finally an actual person with proper medical background not someone’s cousin uncle brother sister friend

That’s wonderful if she is truly the best person for the job. But, as we have seen already it’s not about having the best people in place it’s about the most diverse picks in history. Everyone should be picked on merit not what you look like or how you live!

Won’t it be great when we and the media do not feel like the gender of a person has to be mentioned all

This is wat will bring the down fall of USA, wen transgender and homosexuality is a norm.... God wrath will come upon USA

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Another unwanted freak in government!

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Congratulations to her. She’s done a good job in PA.

The very idea of her seemed to drive Trumpkins and anti-maskers – both garbage in my view - crazy in Pennsylvania. This should be entertaining.

My god that's hideous

Just look at that dude. 😄

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Congrats & Welcome to Dr. Levine.

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That’s cool and all but uh..... I KNOW, I’m not the only one that thinks that’s the creepiest smile ever 👀 I feel like we need to say 7 Hail Marys and a few Our Fathers before it’s official

Hmmm. Someone with a clear mental illness for Health Secretary.. makes sense

good for her

Sniff and blow and don't know

Why is it that many transgender women look like men dressed as women?

I don’t have anything against transgender, but apparently she was a disaster in PA

All of you with the hateful comments need to get a clue ..... I know it’s hard when you see the way you were brought up going the way of the dodo 🦤 but get over it ..... we need a more diverse America where anyone and everyone can thrive .... ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

This is bad news . She is not competent

I'm not sure what this is, but it's not evolution. Another person to confuse already confused children. The person also put out guidelines to host orgies in his state should tell you were his head is at. Btw... Heshe's a pediatrician

I thought I just saw that Phil Spector died. 🧐

Didn't this person send COVID positive patients back nursing homes? The gender of the individual has nothing to do with the failure of their policies...

Disgusting to have a deviant in office. DISGUSTING

Then he selected her for political reason so what’s strange in this news

Are we picking firsts or best?

Man, this shit has to be a reality show for Aliens.

OMG THE END IS NIGH

Excellent! A person with mental disorder for AHS... who’s next in line for the identity politics selection

Good one

You can really see Trump doing that can’t you. Biden is doing what he said he would this far.

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this is amazing

Good for you

She sounds very qualified! I look forward to it!!

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Selecting someone because of their race, gender, or sexual orientation seems racist to me.

It's a man dressed up as a woman? How on earth is this allowed in government.

That’s terrible.....

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A man has a job this is gender equality

Beautiful

It's like Sodom and Gomorrah in there.

I see the far-right gammonflakes are blowing a gasket over this.

Why doesn’t anyone on the health department look healthy?

Son of bitch Xi JinPing is the top criminal for this virus. We must do everything we can to hold Xi JinPing accountable.

Qualifications are what count. Why do you have to label gay, transgender, black, white, female etc.?

Yes!

We must not forget to hold Chinese communist party accountable. CCP is the most evils and dangerous terrorist organization. We must do everything we can destroy CCP. Begin simple thing,stop doing business with communist companies, stop buy made in China, stop investment in China

so, the official who put covid patients into nursing homes while (s)he moved her Mother out of one.....is the one who is to be trusted? seriously?

The picture of mental/physical health....

I dont care do your job well or get out the way.

What a PR work... who gives a shit to this creatures gender ? What kind of news is this? What gender is going to get the work done?

She’s a fucking pediatric psychiatrist so she should know better than anybody else what stringent lockdowns do to people. But instead she’s enabling crooked Gov. Wolf to constantly shut things down.

Making choices to prove points. This person based on actions in not qualified regardless of their education. You don’t have to make outrageous decisions to fix the previous administration’s mistake. This is a mistake.

Where else could she have sent the Covid positive nursing home residents? Hospitals are full, should she have dumped them on the street? They had to go somewhere. And good for her for having the means to pull her own mother out. What’s the issue with that?

Redone headline: mass murder who pulled mother from nursing home and sent covid patients in nominated for assistant health secretary.

I'm not sure what this is, but it's not evolution. Another person to confuse already confused children.

Yuck! 🤮

She’s is the best!!! She spoke at my niece’s college graduation and was phenomenal! Great choice! I’m so looking forward to the new administration. I can honestly say tomorrow I will let out a huge sigh of relief!

LOL

a giant step forward for equal rights for ALL human beings. We tell kids, 'you can be anything you want.' We don't say except gay, transgender, bisexual, or too brown.

Olé su polla.

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Doctor Death

I'd pick Schwoz then

It murdered by dresses if not thousands of people how sad.

SCIENCE

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Ok Joe we get it 😀

Murderer

How do you ask the population to take care of their mental health when you are a man who thinks he is a woman? 😏

EWWW

I am a Biden supporter as well as a life long resident of PA and I do not believe she is qualified. Our state is a mess because of her

She/he/it looks quite ........ missing the right words !

As a black person, I want the world to be accepting and loving towards my ppl. So I know I should be accepting and loving towards this person. But c'mon man... That's a dude in a dress. He at least gotta try harder than that. At least make it believable. That's a dude in dress.

We were told by CNN for 4 years that Trump and his minions were deranged weirdos who should be shunned.

I live in pa and her and the governor are useless

It seems more discriminatory to chose someone for a job based on them being part of a minority group. How does help ensure they are the best fit for the job rather than a prop?

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Looks like a 19th Century portrait of Matt Lucas

No se parece a Jorge de los Morancos?

Finally. You wouldn’t leave this job for a woman during a pandemic.

Biden and his social service . you don't have to show people how diversified you are with your picks , but you can show by your actions . stop doing show off ...

Thank you for posting a nice, formal image of her instead of the mid-talking, open-mouth image other news outlets are going with. Congrats to Dr. Levine!

Enhorabuena J_Cadaval !!!

She’s done a terrible job in PA, can’t wait to see how she handles the national stage.

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Omg 😳 I can’t stop laughing!!!

Inclusion is a beautiful thing. 🌈🌈🌈

It looks familiar, but where? Hmmm

Grinning like a rotten egg.

Ah, well it’s nice to see Bruce Villanch is still getting work.

Lol just read the first line of this and flick my eyes down to the picture and I was a good Lord that lady looks like a man and lo and behold it once was

Man who thinks he's female implements health policy for Americans. Crazy

Who cares,as long as her credentials are up to the task.

Eeeewww barf

Transgender?

Crazy

This is the beginning of the end of the Usa. A nation needs testosterone, not people with a confused brain.

Probably need help as well

Oh fucking a

Ole Rick Levine... assistant to the assistant secretary. Good for him.

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America will fall under Biden

Discussing..give me a break

Hmmm such awkward choice. Oh God help us. The end of the world is fast approaching. Christians wake up!!!

A wonderful selection. But I'm not sure we need to label people who are transgender as out?

He'll be great!

Hopefully she was nominated bc she was a professional and not only a transgender with the suitable education

Woe Widen

A mass murderer of the elderly in PA’s nursing homes 😂

The American “patriots” is not going to like this at all 😂🤣😂

Is this making her better at the job? If so, fine, if not, I could not care less

Hoy, en parecidos razonables... J_Cadaval LosMorancos

WTF!!!!!!

the lady that forced covid 19 patients into nursing homes after only evacuating her family from said nursing homes.

Isn't that the dude that killed the old people in penn?

Man

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