Former Trump official says she tried to stop infamous 'bleach' presser, defends Dr. Birx from criticism by the left



Alyssa Farah Griffin, the former White House Communications Director for the Trump administration, said that she had tried to stop the infamous "bleach" media briefing and defended Dr. Deborah Birx from criticism related to her time under Trump.

Griffin tweeted in response to liberal critics claiming that Birx had been far too deferential to former President Donald Trump and should have pushed back when he suggested that disinfectant might be injected into people to combat the coronavirus.

"I tried to stop the famous 'injecting bleach' press conference in the West Wing before it happened. I was worried the former Prez didnt have time to process the study that was going to be briefed to him & may say something dangerous. I was overruled, & the presser happened," Griffin claimed.

I tried to stop the famous "injecting bleach" press conference in the West Wing before it happened. I was worried the former Prez didnt have time to process the study that was going to be briefed to him & may say something dangerous. I was overruled, & the presser happened.
— Alyssa Farah Griffin 🇺🇸🇺🇦 (@Alyssafarah) April 28, 2022

Griffin explained that Birx was a military doctor and a former LT. Colonel in the Army, and as such, she worked in the chain of command without the job protections that other members of the coronavirus task force had.

"She knew one misstep in the eyes of the former President, & she'd could be out," Griffin continued. "To work in the Trump WH is to walk a tight rope of doing what needs to get done, while also trying not to get fired."

Birx was hammered by criticism on the right for being supportive of the pandemic lockdown measures, but she was also heavily criticized on the left for not standing up to the former president as they had hoped she would.

"In private meetings, more than I can count, Dr. Birx gracefully & respectfully pushed back on the former President when it was needed more than any other Doctor I worked with. To portray her as someone afraid to push back & speak up is to not know Deborah Birx," she added.

"We can be extremely reductive in how we view public figures. To chalk up Deborah Birx's entire career into a few bad moments, while under immense pressure - misses decades of service. For example, Birx arguably did more than any living person to combat AIDS & HIV," said Griffin in her final tweet.

"I admire her," she concluded.

Griffin resigned from her position under Trump in Jan. 2020 and has become a CNN contributor where she often criticizes the former president. She later said that her pro-Trump father and stepmother boycotted her wedding because of the comments she made against Trump.

Trump also called her a "nobody" and a "clown" over her comments to CNN.

Here's more about the disinfectant comment:

Deborah Birx looks back on her response to President Trump’s comments about bleachwww.youtube.com

Joy Behar says she doesn't believe homosexuality is mentioned in the Bible: 'That's how much I know about the Bible!'



Joy Behar, talk show host on “The View,” said that she didn't think that the Bible mentions homosexuality.

Behar made the remarks in response to former Vice President Mike Pence discussing his views on biblical marriage.

What are the details?

Behar and her co-hosts discussed Pence's speech at the University of Virginia, in which he discussed the dangers of cancel culture.

The panel cued footage of Pence's speech in which he responded to a question about what he would do if he found out that one of his own children were gay.

"I'd look him in the eye and tell him 'I love you,'" the former vice president said. "I believe marriage was ordained by God and instituted in the law. But we live in a pluralistic society, and the way we go forward and the way we come together as a country united, I believe, is when we respect your right to believe, and my right to believe, what we believe."

Former Pence aide and guest co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin said that she believed Pence's remarks proved that he was evolving in some of his personal beliefs.

Fellow guest co-host Julia Haart added that her daughter — who is in a partnership with another woman — would never have been able to live her life in the way she saw fit if she'd stayed in the her former religion as a Haredi Jew.

“To me, having the right to choose who you want to be, and not made to feel shame, is what democracy is,” Haart said. “Who decided that a traditional marriage is a man and a woman? Who came up with this plan? Everything that exists in nature — right? People say it’s unnatural. Isn’t everything that exists in nature natural?”

Behar interrupted, “Is homosexuality even mentioned in the Bible? I don’t think it is.”

Several others around the table interjected and corrected her, saying, "It is."

Behar joked, "That's how much I know about the Bible."

You can watch the entire exchange in the video below:

PENCE TARGETS CANCEL CULTURE IN SPEECH: Former Vice Pres. Mike Pence made a speech at the University of Virginia discussing \u201chow to save America from the woke left\u201d saying cancel culture is freedom \u2013 #TheView co-hosts and guest co-hosts @Alyssafarah Griffin and @JuliaHaart react.pic.twitter.com/cVwPlnFwMU
— The View (@The View) 1649870139

Trump 'absolutely would' seek to impose some sort of autocracy if he is elected again, former Trump White House comms director claims



Alyssa Farah, who previously served as White House communications director under President Donald Trump, told CNN's Jake Tapper that if Trump wins reelection he would seek to impose some sort of autocracy.

"You think that he will try to impose some form of autocracy?" Tapper said.

"I think that he absolutely would," Farah responded.

"There were things he, he wanted to do when he was in power the first time that were well-beyond the scope of what the U.S. president should be able to do," she said. Farah further claimed that "oftentimes" Trump's desire to secure reelection "kept him from doing things."

"It's very different in a second term. And I think that's what, that's what scares me the most," she said.

When Tapper asked for an example, Farah suggested that Trump could seek to wield the Justice Department as a weapon against political foes: "You know whether it's weaponizing the Justice Department against political opponents, whether it's ... going after the free press."

She also claimed that Trump would be open to making use of the nation's armed forces for political purposes.

Farah, who served as White House communications director during part of 2020, resigned from the post in December.

While many expect Trump to run again during the 2024 presidential contest, he has not made an official announcement about his plans.

"Friendly reminder that Democrats have a remarkably weak bench for 2024. Imagine if we Republicans run a candidate who can appeal to independents & run on issues that actually matter to American families?" Farah tweeted earlier this month. "Like, literally just run a qualified individual who didn't encourage the storming of the Capitol."

Like, literally just run a qualified individual who didn\u2019t encourage the storming of the Capitol

— Alyssa Farah (@Alyssafarah) 1635948782