White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows addressed President Donald Trump’s accusations about vaccine development delays on Sunday, expanding his claims regarding the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to include “a number” of government officials, Newsweek reported.
“What the President is specifically addressing is….a real frustration with some of the bureaucrats who think that they can just do this the way they normally do it,” Meadows told Fox News Sunday’s Chris Wallace, responding to a question about Trump’s Saturday tweet claiming the FDA is stalling distribution of COVID-19 vaccines and therapeutics for political purposes.
“Sometimes you have to make them feel the heat if they don’t see the light,” Meadows said, adding: “I applaud the president for putting out the tweet.”
Trump targeted the FDA’s vaccine development efforts on Saturday morning, shortly after federal officials said they intend to begin vaccine distribution starting November 1.
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