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Former Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra blasted the Trump administration\u2019s handling of public health since taking office, warning that its actions are a precursor of \u201chow public health collapses.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Writing on the social media platform X, Becerra, who\u2019s running for California governor, said, \u201cI\u2019ve held back. Gave this administration a chance to settle in. But after this MAHA report fiasco, the vaccine rollbacks, and the silencing of public health experts\u2014I\u2019m done holding back. We have an obligation to speak up. And I will.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He cited the death of two children this year from measles, the \u201cMake America Healthy Again\u201d (MAHA) report\u2019s citation of nonexistent studies and the \u201cgutting [of] public health\u201d as examples of how the Trump administration has failed to ensure public health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is bigger than one bad report. They\u2019re muzzling researchers. Laying off experts. Erasing science. And telling pregnant women and parents that vaccines don\u2019t matter. This is how public health collapses,\u201d wrote Becerra.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe owe it to the people we serve\u2014Democrat or Republican, urban or rural\u2014to fight back with facts and protect the systems that keep our families safe,\u201d he added. \u201cSilence isn\u2019t neutrality. It\u2019s surrender.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Since leaving HHS, Becerra hasn\u2019t been entirely silent in his criticisms of the Trump administration\u2019s actions. When HHS announced it would be cutting nearly a quarter of its staff, Becerra said, \u201cIt\u2019s hard to make sense of the HHS cuts.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWho\u2019s going to inspect our nursing homes? Who\u2019s going to inspect for lead [in] those imported toys that our kids put in their mouths?\u201d he said at the time, adding it had \u201cthe makings of a man-made disaster.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Apart from health policy, Becerra also went after President Trump following the release of his budget proposal, which would cut the planned National Museum of the American Latino.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI first introduced legislation to create the National Museum of the American Latino over 20 years ago \u2014 because our stories matter,\u201d Becerra said this week. \u201cNow Trump wants to kill it before it even has a building. You don\u2019t honor history by erasing it. You build it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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