Birx hinted she wanted Trump to lose election, new book says

Andy Slavitt writes that White House Covid taskforce coordinator told him I hope the election turns out a certain way', CNN reports

Dr Deborah Birx, then the White House coronavirus taskforce coordinator, hinted to an Obama-era official shortly before the 2020 election she wanted Donald Trump to lose to Joe Biden.

Andy Slavitt, a former acting chief of the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services, writes in a new book, according to CNN, that he spoke to Birx to get a sense for whether, in the event of a strained transition of government, she would help give Biden and his team the best chance to be effective.