White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt defended President Donald Trump’s Wednesday decision to fire Dr. Susan Monarez, the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention .

Trump’s move followed days of fighting between Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Monarez, who was just confirmed in July. Reports indicate that Monarez objected to Kennedy’s views on vaccines, specifically his recent deployment of HHS resources to seek links between vaccines and autism that the medical community says have been debunked.

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