Senator Rand Paul, a Republican from Kentucky, said that a gay CDC leader who has extensive experience in the public health field had “no business being in government” because of his “lifestyle.”
Paul made the remarks about Dr. Demetre Daskalakis on Tuesday, The Hill reports. Daskalakis led the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases at the CDC until last week, when he and three other top CDC leaders resigned, citing changes under Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
