Brett Giroir, Trump's testing czar, was forced out of a job developing vaccine projects.

[Zorro]

Now he’s on the hot seat.

Brett Giroir, the federal official overseeing coronavirus testing efforts, says that his experience working on vaccine development projects at Texas A&M University helped prepare him for this historic moment. He once said that his vaccine effort was so vital that “the fate of 50 million people will rely on us getting this done.”

But after eight years of work on several vaccine projects, Giroir was told in 2015 he had 30 minutes to resign or he would be fired. His annual performance evaluation at Texas A&M, the local newspaper reported, said he was “more interested in promoting yourself” than the health science center where he worked. He got low marks on being a “team player.”

Now President Trump has given Giroir the crucial task of ending the massive shortfall of tests for the novel coronavirus. Some governors have blasted the lack of federal help on testing, which they say is necessary to enact Trump’s plan for reopening the economy.

That criticism has focused attention on Giroir and whether he can deliver results under pressure. His years as director of the Texas vaccine project illustrate his operating style, which includes sweeping statements about the impact of his work, not all of which turned out as some had hoped.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/brett-giroir-trumps-testing-czar-was-forced-out-of-a-job-developing-vaccine-projects-now-hes-on-the-hot-seat/2020/04/19/b061b968-7e89-11ea-8de7-9fdff6d5d83e_story.html

[gibraltar72]

1. Imagine that!

[Laurian]

2. Standard Operating Procedure for the Trump Administration.

With the abundance of intellectual talent in this country, they always choose the losers and grifters.

I guess those are the folks they are comfortable having around, but we all suffer for their ignorance.

[malaise]

3. Which means he is the perfect person for this kkkakistocracy

of incompetence

[SoonerPride]

4. I only hire the worst people. Trust me.

I find the exact worst possible person in the entire country, the person who wants to kill the agency, who knows the least about how it works, and then appoint them.

Putin's goal of destroying America from within is my driving goal. Always.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

5. Trump knows the best people