Trump Officials Stole $300,000,000 From The CDC To Fund Propaganda

$300,000,000 of OUR tax dollars have been stolen from the Center for Disease Control in the midst of a horrific pandemic to aid Trump's reelection.

The health department is moving quickly on a highly unusual advertising campaign to "defeat despair" about the coronavirus, a $300 million-plus effort that was shaped by a political appointee close to Trump and executed in part by close allies of the official, using taxpayer funds.

The ad blitz... lean heavily on video interviews between administration officials and celebrities, who will discuss aspects of the coronavirus outbreak and address the Trump administration's response to the crisis....

It's near impossible to be surprised anymore, but using a government department for a political ad campaign using our tax dollars? I can't fathom this. Stealing taxpayer money from the CDC to fund propaganda about Trump doing a great job battling COVID.  WTF.

Ten current and former health officials told POLITICO that they have concerns about the campaign's scope, goals and even how it has been funded — by pulling money out of health agencies like the Centers for Disease Control that are in the midst of fighting the pandemic...

The campaign is under investigation by Democrats, who have charged that the massive ad blitz is an attempt to boost Trump's standing on Covid-19 before the election and have unsuccessfully called on HHS to halt the contract.

"CDC hasn’t yet done an awareness campaign about Covid guidelines — but they are going to pay for a campaign about how to get rid of our despair? Run by political appointees in the press shop? Right before an election?" said Josh Peck, a former HHS official who oversaw the Obama administration's advertising campaign for HealthCare.gov.  "It’s like every red flag I could dream of," Peck added.

Source: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/25/trump-hhs-ads-coronavirus-421957