The conservative leaders of the Conservative Action Project have issued a “Memo to the Movement” encouraging conservatives to demand the resignation of Dr. Rochelle Walensky,
Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Instead of standing behind the objective data which shows minimal transfer of COVID19 in schools, Dr. Walensky followed the political agenda of the American Federation of Teachers - a political ally of Joe Biden’s in their quest to get paid for not working. To that end Walensky deferred both science and the welfare of America’s public school children in the pursuit of a Far Left partisan goal.
The text of the letter and list of signers follows:
May 7, 2021
Washington, DC
Conservatives call on Dr. Rochelle Walensky, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to resign immediately for allowing special interests to influence the CDC’s guidance with regard to the re-opening of schools.
According to information obtained in a Freedom of Information Act request, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) actively lobbied the CDC as the agency was shaping their guidance. In what should have been a process exclusively influenced by public health data, the CDC was found to have, in at least two instances, copied verbatim the changes sought by the union.
Under the Biden administration, Americans have been told the CDC is the impartial agency of scientific expertise to whom they should look for guidance. It comes as a nasty shock that the agency appears to have been overtly politicized by special interests. This is particularly egregious considering that the AFT has been outspoken in its unscientific belief that it is too dangerous for teachers to return to the classroom, leaving millions of American children stranded in remote learning environments.
Instead of standing behind the objective data which shows minimal transfer of COVID19 in schools, Dr. Walensky followed a political agenda to assist a political ally, one that deferred both science and the welfare of America’s public school children to the pursuit of an overtly partisan goal.
Our public servants must be held to a standard of impartiality and excellence. This is especially true of our public health officials. Dr. Walensky has failed this test. She must resign, and Congress must investigate.
The Honorable Edwin Meese III
Attorney General
President Ronald Reagan (1985-1988)
Alfred S. Regnery
Chairman, Conservative Action Project
President, Republic Book Publishers
The Honorable David McIntosh
President
Club for Growth
Kevin Roberts
Chief Executive Officer
Texas Public Policy Foundation
Kelly J. Shackelford, Esq.
Chairman, CNP Action, Inc.
President and CEO, First Liberty Institute
Penny Y. Nance
President & CEO
Concerned Women for America
Lori Roman
President, American Constitutional Rights Union (ACRU)
William L. Walton
President
Council for National Policy
The Honorable Jim DeMint
Chairman, Conservative Partnership Institute
Member, US Senate (SC 2005-2013)
The Honorable Tony Perkins
President
Family Research Council
Jenny Beth Martin
Chairman
Tea Party Patriots Citizen Fund
The Honorable J. Kenneth Blackwell
Chairman
Constitutional Congress, Inc.
Lt. Gen. William G. Boykin (Ret.)
Executive Vice President
Family Research Council
The Honorable Donald Paul Hodel
U.S. Secretary of Energy (1982-1985)
U.S. Secretary of Interior (1985-1989)
Phil Kerpen
President
American Commitment
Mark Mix
President
National Right to Work Committee
The Honorable Ken Cuccinelli II
Former Assistant Deputy Secretary, DHS
Former Virginia Attorney General
Craig Shirley
Reagan Biographer
Presidential Historian
Martha Boneta
President
Vote America First
Judson Phillips
Founder
Tea Party Nation
Chad Connelly
President
Faith Wins
Seton Motley
President
Less Government
E.C. Sykes
General Partner
Aslan Ventures
Sal Russo
Co-Founder and Chief Strategist
Tea Party Express
Willes K. Lee
President, National Federation of Republican Assemblies
The Honorable George K. Rasley Jr.
Managing Editor
ConservativeHQ.com
Dr. Rick Scarborough
President
Recover America Now
Amy Kremer
Chairwoman
Women for America First
Tom DeWeese
President
American Policy Center
Khadine Ritter
Chairman
Eagle Forum of Ohio
Ben Case
Andresen Blom
President
Hawaiian Values
Darrell Henry
Executive Director
Western Caucus Foundation
Ralph A. Rebandt, II
Candidate for Michigan Governor 2022
Ralph Rebandt for Governor Committee
Amapola Hansberger
President
Legal Immigrants for America
The Honorable Terrence Scanlon
Retired Chairman '85-89 and Commissioner '83-89, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
Saulius "Saul" Anuzis
President
60 Plus Association
The Honorable Mike Hill
Former Member
Florida State House
Penna Dexter
Co-host
Point of View Radio
Mario Navarro da Costa
Director, Washington Bureau
Tradition, Family, Property
Dr. Allen Unruh
Founder
National Abstinence Clearinghouse
William W. Pascoe, III
Our Man in Washington
Tea Party Patriots Action
Kylie Jane Kremer
Executive Director
Women for America First
Scott T. Parkinson
VP for Government Affairs
Club for Growth
Mary Vought
Executive Director
Senate Conservatives Fund
The Honorable Morton C. Blackwell
President
The Leadership Institute
Thomas E. McClusky
President
March for Life Action
The Honorable T. Kenneth Cribb, Jr.
Chief Domestic Advisor
President Ronald Reagan (1987-1988)
Terry Schilling
Executive Director
American Principles Project
Ed Corrigan
Vice Chairman, Conservative Action Project and President & CEO, Conservative Partnership Institute
The Honorable Russ Vought
Director, Office of Management and Budget (2020-2021)
Cleta Mitchell, Esq.
The Honorable Becky Norton Dunlop
White House Advisor
President Ronald Reagan (1981-1985)
The Honorable Bob McEwen
U.S. House of Representatives
Former Member, Ohio
The Honorable Gary L. Bauer
President
American Values
Grover Glenn Norquist
President
Americans for Tax Reform
Mike Davis
Founder and President
Article III Project (A3P)
The Honorable Scott Walker
President
Young America’s Foundation
Eunie Smith
President Emeritus
Eagle Forum
Lee Beaman
CEO
Beaman Ventures
Ron Pearson
Executive Director
Conservative Victory Fund
Floyd G. Brown
Founder
The Western Journal
Kevin Freeman
Founder
NSIC Institute
Jack Park
Conservative Activist and Donor
Law Offices of Jack Park
Jason Jones
President
Movie to Movement
Kay R. Daly
President
Coalition for a Fair Judiciary
Tim LeFever
Chairman
Capitol Resource Institute
Richard Manning
President
Americans for Limited Government
The Honorable Peter Thomas
Chairman
The Conservative Caucus
E.W. Jackson Sr.
President
STAND Foundation, Inc.
Rob Chambers
Vice President
AFA Action
Karen England
Executive Director, Capitol Resource Institute & Nevada Family Alliance
Kielle C. Horton
President
The Lindsey Foundation
William Shaker
CEO
Washington Marketing Group
Robert Keith Fischer
Meeting Coordinator
Conservatives of Faith
Dr. Richard Rounsavelle
Trustee
MRC
Joan Holt Lindsey
President
Lindsey Communications
Elaine Donnelly
President
Center for Military Readiness
James L. Martin
Founder/Chairman
60 Plus Association
Paavo Ensio
Chairman
Universal Minerals Group
Richard Norman
Founder and President
The Richard Norman Company
Rod Vandenbos
CEO
R2
Brandon McCrary
Owner
Insurance One
Ambassador Henry F. Cooper
President Reagan's Defense and Space Negotiator & Former SDI Director
CDC
CDC Director
Dr Rochelle Walensky
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
COVID 19
Reopening schools
American Federation of Teachers
Remote learning
COVID scientific data