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Dick Durbin: “Yesterday, President Trump canned him, forced his…”

Featuring: Dick Durbin, Democratic | U.S. Senate Illinois

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Durbin Condemns The Trump Administration's FDA For Authorizing The First Ever Flavored E-Cigarettes

Published | Video Starts at 03:19

They can't. But even that gift to vaping and cigarette titans like Altria and RJ Reynolds was not enough to spare the commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration. Yesterday, President Trump canned him, forced his resignation. Dr. Makary has gone for his resistance to this expansion of vaping in the high schools of America. What a disgraceful display in Washington. The president wants yes men no matter the consequences, even if it harms our children. (03:19–03:31)

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Asserts that President Trump forced Dr. Makary's resignation due to his resistance to vaping expansion in high schools.

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