Trump Says FDA Pulled ‘Political Hit Job’ With Vaccine Rules

  • He has suggested virus vaccine could arrive before election
  • FDA has issued strict requirements for vaccine applications
Donald Trump wears a protective mask while walking out of Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Oct. 5.Photographer: Chris Kleponis/Polaris/Bloomberg
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President Donald Trump accused the Food and Drug Administration of carrying out a “political hit job” against him by releasing new standards that could delay authorization of a coronavirus vaccine until after the November election.

“New FDA Rules make it more difficult for them to speed up vaccines for approval before Election Day. Just another political hit job!” the president wrote in a tweet that tagged his hand-picked FDA commissioner, Stephen Hahn.