{"id":1259575,"date":"2022-01-31T20:24:54","date_gmt":"2022-02-01T01:24:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1259575"},"modified":"2022-01-31T20:25:01","modified_gmt":"2022-02-01T01:25:01","slug":"officials-complain-hhs-secretary-xavier-becerra-too-passive-as-approval-of-joe-bidens-handling-of-pandemic-plunges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/officials-complain-hhs-secretary-xavier-becerra-too-passive-as-approval-of-joe-bidens-handling-of-pandemic-plunges\/","title":{"rendered":"Officials Complain HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra &#039;Too Passive&#039; as Approval of Joe Biden&#039;s Handling of Pandemic Plunges"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fofficials-complain-hhs-secretary-xavier-becerra-too-passive-as-approval-of-joe-bidens-handling-of-pandemic-plunges%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1259575&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Becerra-1-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Health and Human Services Secretary&nbsp;Xavier Becerra is under fire for his tepid response to the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report.<\/p>\n<p>The health secretary \u201cis taking too passive a role in what may be the most defining challenge to the administration,\u201d one senior administration official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2022\/01\/31\/becerra-hhs-pandemic-response-leadership\/?utm_campaign=wp_the_daily_202&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=newsletter&amp;wpisrc=nl_daily202\">said<\/a> anonymously to <em>The Washington Post.<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>As Breitbart News has reported, Becerra is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/01\/14\/hhs-secretary-xavier-becerra-absent-as-joe-biden-struggles-with-coronavirus-response\">markedly<\/a> absent for Biden\u2019s coronavirus events and only travels to the White House to appear at events unrelated to the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, the Biden effort in the coronavirus fight is led by White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator Jeffrey Zients with Dr. Anthony Fauci and Centers for Disease Control Director Rochelle Walensky.<\/p>\n<p>Becerra sometimes plays the role of a cheerleader for Walensky, even though the CDC falls under his purview.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Earlier in January, Becerra <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beckershospitalreview.com\/hospital-management-administration\/hhs-head-defends-cdc-director-she-doesn-t-have-a-degree-in-marketing.html\">defended<\/a> Walensky as an \u201cinfectious disease expert\u201d who \u201cbased her words on the science\u201d in reaction to criticism of her leadership.<\/p>\n<p>But those critics might be seeking to pin more blame on Becerra, as Biden\u2019s approval rating on handling the coronavirus pandemic continues to fall.<\/p>\n<p>A FiveThirtyEight tracker shows that only 44.3 percent approve of Biden\u2019s handling of the pandemic and 50 percent disapprove.<\/p>\n<p>An Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/coronavirus-pandemic-joe-biden-business-health-inflation-6b6b0abfef867fc405e9f358ce2c3a09\">showed<\/a> that only 45 percent said they approve of Biden\u2019s handling of the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Washington Post<\/em> reported that Zients has criticized Becerra for not doing enough to communicate with his team.<\/p>\n<p>HHS spokeswoman Sarah Lovenheim defended Becerra\u2019s role in the pandemic response, promoting his communication skills.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs the Secretary has often said, the quarterback on covid strategy is in the White House,\u201d Lovenheim said in a statement to <em>The Washington Post.<\/em> \u201cThe Secretary and the HHS team working on covid engage in constant communication.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Health and Human Services Secretary\u00a0Xavier Becerra is under fire for his tepid response to the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report. 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