Mar. 24, 2022 — President Joe Biden has eliminated two Trump-appointed members of the President’s Council on Sports activities, Diet and Health: daytime tv host Mehmet Oz, MD, and former soccer star Herschel Walker.
Each Oz and Walker have introduced their bids for the U.S. Senate, which the White Home stated precludes them from serving on boards. The letter from the White Home Workplace of Presidential Personnel requested them to resign Wednesday or be eliminated by the top of the day.
Nevertheless, the 2 took to social media with claims that the requested resignation was political. Each males are Republicans.
“I acquired this letter on behalf of @POTUS requesting I resign from the President’s Council on Sports activities, Health & Diet,” Oz tweeted. “It’s unhappy that he would politicize such an vital difficulty like well being. The physician he ought to ask to resign is Dr. Fauci, for a mess of apparent causes.”
“President Biden is so scared about us beating Raphael Warnock that he has requested me to resign from my unpaid place on the President’s Council on Sports activities, Health, and Diet,” Walker Tweeted, referring to his Democratic Senate opponent. “I’m not a quitter so you’ll have to fireside me.”
The White Home introduced appointees to interchange Oz and Walker: chef and humanitarian José Andrés, and WBNA star Elena Delle Donne, who based the Elena Delle Donne Charitable Basis to boost cash for Lyme Illness analysis and particular wants applications.
Each males face Could primaries. Walker introduced his candidacy in Georgia on Aug. 25 and Oz introduced his candidacy in Pennsylvania on Nov. 30.