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      'Catastrophic Decision': Progressives Rip Choice of Jeff Zients for Chief of Staff

      "Zients as a businessman embodies much of the corporate misconduct the executive branch led by a Democratic Party ought to be cracking down on," said one progressive strategist.

      Jake Johnson
      Jan 23, 2023

      Reports Sunday that President Joe Biden has chosen Jeff Zients to replace outgoing White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain were met with alarm among progressive watchdogs, who pointed to Zients' disastrous tenure as the administration's coronavirus czar as well as his history in the corporate world—where he built a fortune investing in healthcare companies accused of fraud.

      Klain, who developed a solid working relationship with progressives in Congress, is expected to depart shortly after Biden's State of the Union address on February 7.

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      Jeff Zients briefs the media on the Covid-19 pandemic response

      'The World Paid the Price': Biden's Outgoing Covid Czar Rebuked Over Failures

      "The Zients-led Covid response refused to challenge Big Pharma's monopoly control, in the U.S. and globally, over technologies that relied crucially on public support."

      Brett Wilkins
      Mar 17, 2022

      Progressives on Thursday welcomed the announcement that Jeffrey Zients will step down as White House Covid-19 czar, with the head of a leading consumer advocacy group accusing him of failing the world by refusing to "challenge Big Pharma's monopoly control" over lifesaving vaccines.

      "Zients refused to pay appropriate attention to global solutions to the global pandemic, because of political concerns or otherwise."

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      Jeff Zients briefs the media on the Covid-19 pandemic response

      Biden Urged to Fire Covid Response Chief Over 'Damning' Failures

      "Zients has failed to provide the materials necessary to improve the U.S. response, or the guidance necessary to keep the pandemic under control," argued one critic.

      Jake Johnson
      Jan 16, 2022

      President Joe Biden is coming under growing pressure to fire White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator Jeff Zients--a former private equity executive with no public health background--as the administration continues to face criticism over its slow-moving and inadequate efforts to combat Covid-19.

      Watchdog groups have long warned that Zients is not qualified to take on the massive task of leading the federal government's pandemic response given both his lack of scientific and medical experience as well as his record in the private sector, where his firm invested in a company accused of exploitative surprise billing.

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