Trump admin yanks CDC nomination for vaccine skeptic Dave Weldon

The White House has withdrawn the nomination of vaccine skeptic and former Republican Congressman Dave Weldon to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), hours before he was set to testify before a Senate committee.

Weldon, 71, was slated to answer questions before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee on Thursday — but a White House spokesperson confirmed to The Post that the CDC pick was no longer under consideration.

The reversal came after Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. confided that Weldon wasn’t ready for the position, according to Axios, which first reported on the nominee’s withdrawal.

Weldon, however, claimed he did have Kennedy’s backing, claiming the HHS head was “very upset” about the decision to pull his nomination. 

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