The accounting of baffling Biden Administration nominations and appointments to key positions within the government were not limited to the highest profile positions within the Department of Defense or the Department of Justice. Rather in the Departments of Health and Human Services and Energy we find easily the most troubling examples of Democrats’ nakedly political, not-merit driven selections that even more disturbingly, so-called Republicans went along with.
The most egregious examples of this phenomenon were Assistant Deputy Secretary of Health Dr. Richard “Rachel” Levine, ex officio appointed Admiral of the uniformed Public Health Service making him the first “openly transgender” flag officer in American military history; Biden’s Transportation Secretary, the openly homosexual former Mayor of South Bend, IN, Pete Buttigieg; and the appointed, not confirmed so-called ‘genderfluid’ ex-Deputy Assistant Secretary of Spent Fuel and Waste Disposition in the Office of Nuclear Energy Sam Brinton who resigned in disgrace after being charged in a series of luggage thefts.
All three officials were placed in their roles explicitly due to their sexual orientation or gender ideology, and their appointments were even officially praised by the Biden White House as such, often by Press Secretary Karrine Jean Pierre, who was likewise appointed primarily based upon her race, gender and sexual orientation.
In a moment of clarity satirists at The Babylon Bee observed that the Biden Administration has declared President-Elect Trump’s cabinet nominees “unqualified,” while appropriately sharing images of Levine, Buttigieg, Jean Pierre and Brinton.
In a moment of clarity satirists at The Babylon Bee observed that the Biden Administration has declared President-Elect Trump’s cabinet nominees “unqualified,” while appropriately sharing images of Levine, Buttigieg, Jean Pierre and Brinton.
In the case of Dr. Levine, the Pennsylvania pediatrician was confirmed by a razor-thin margin of 52-48 through the defection of Republican Senators Suzanne Collins (R-ME) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK). As noted by Libby Emmons writing for The Federalist, Levine previously held the top Health Department post in Pennsylvania where he controversially removed his own mother from a nursing facility while forcing them to accept COVID-positive patients. The decision reportedly led to the deaths of over 10,000 elderly patients.
As reported by NBC News Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra said in a statement following Levine’s appointment, "Admiral Levine’s historic appointment as the first openly transgender four-star officer is a giant step forward towards equality as a nation.”
Emmons, a Senior Contributor to The Federalist and Senior Editor for The Post Millennial wrote, “Levine’s ‘transness’ means the Biden appointee publicly levels up and is given opportunities based on concepts of equity that result merely in yet another white male running things. Only now, it’s a white male with obvious delusions as opposed to one whose head is screwed on straight. Levine, who blathers on about being a woman, clearly doesn’t.”
Levine has strongly advocated for so-called ‘gender-affirming care’ insistently claiming that a medical consensus exists that "gender-affirming care is medically necessary, safe, and effective."
In a post to X he wrote, “Accredited medical professional groups agree that gender-affirming care is medically necessary, safe, and effective for trans and non-binary youth. States should translate this knowledge into more compassionate policies that protect rather than undermine youth mental health.”
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, in a far more worrisome vote was confirmed by an overwhelming bipartisan margin that saw all but thirteen Republican Senators align with the Democrats to place the then 38-year-old ex-Mayor in charge of one of the most massive logistical problems in the history of humanity: the decaying post-war and post-Cold War infrastructure of the United States. The 86-13 vote would see Senators like Barrasso, Blunt, Boozman, Braun, Burr, and Capito join Collins and Murkowski along with Cornyn, and even John Kennedy, Mike Lee and Rand Paul siding with the likes of Mitt Romney to usher him into office.
Buttigieg’s tenure has been punctuated by bizarre claims of racial impact and bias in the transportation system of the nation. In a 2021 interview with The Grio he infamously claimed “There is racism physically built into some of our highways.”
The White House’s proposed $1.9 trillion in infrastructure spending, including $20 billion for an initiative that would "reconnect neighborhoods cut off by historic investments," and was derided by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) as “not about rebuilding America’s backbone," explaining, "Less than 6% of this massive proposal goes to roads and bridges.”
Early in the administration the devastating chemical train derailment in East Palestine, OH and Buttigieg’s public lack-of-a-response drew a massive wave of criticism toward the Secretary, only to be highlighted in subsequent disasters such as the Baltimore shipping collision which destroyed the Francis Scott Key Bridge.
Brinton held a position with the Department of Energy that required no confirmation, however, his fall from his lofty perch was no less noteworthy and indicative of the staffing priorities of the Biden Administration, based almost purely upon identity politics rather than on occupational merit or strength of character.
Brinton would plead “no contest” to misdemeanor charges related to a luggage theft at the Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas after facing a felony charge that was later pleaded down with $3,500 of restitution and a suspended sentence of 180-days. He was later implicated in stealing a woman's baggage from Minneapolis-St. Paul airport and another allegation of stolen property in luggage from Reagan National Airport in 2023 according to The Daily Wire.
All the while, Press Secretary Karrine Jean-Pierre’s incapacity to smooth over these among all of the Biden administration’s other shortcomings to the Press and the American people at large has been on display daily since her appointment replacing previous Secretary Jen Psaki, who seemed to outperform her with the ability to deflect questions with endless promises to “circle back,” that never came to fruition.
In sum, the Biden Administration revealed itself to be more driven by radical racial, sexual preference and gender ideology than by any concern for merit or ability to govern, and a disturbing number of Republicans seemingly contented themselves with it.
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Matthew Holloway is a contributor for Conservative HQ. Follow him on X for his latest stories, or email tips to Matthew@theconservativefreelancer.com.
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