Laura Loomer - the performative Right-wing political provocateur, notorious for her abrasive demeanor and pugnacity - is, at least in part, to blame for the country's lack of a surgeon general.
She has, in effect, become the MAGAsphere's gatekeeper.
Trump's first nominee to the surgeon general post, Dr. Janette Nesheiwat, was routinely lambasted by Loomer on X:
Make no mistake, Loomer's main contention with Nesheiwat likely had less to do with this medical malpractice case than it had to do with her "promotion of DEI-focused initiatives implemented through City M.D., and her advocacy for the China Virus 'vaccine' as recently as November 2024."🚨 EXCLUSIVE 🚨
— Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) May 4, 2025
Unvetted Trump Nominee For US Surgeon Genera Unable to Differentiate Between a Foreign Object and an Infection
The vetting crisis in the Trump administration continues to reveal itself on a daily basis as new Senate confirmation hearings for Trump nominees… pic.twitter.com/GpaYgvWaro
President Trump, just days after this post, withdrew Nesheiwat's nomination.
To Loomer, Nesheiwat just wasn't MAHA enough.
Loomer's response to Trump's withdrawal of the Fox News personality's nomination:
SCALP https://t.co/ehTX0DPSb3 https://t.co/DkDbFZDqcS pic.twitter.com/6YKxXiWIUj
— Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) May 7, 2025
Really classy...
In place of Nesheiwat, Trump nominated MAHA-advocate and author, Dr. Casey Means, whom HHS Secretary RFK Jr. has praised: “We actually have to figure out new approaches to medicine, and that’s the kind of leadership that she’s going to bring to our country.”
Means' crunchy con-ism, however, still wasn't enough to satiate Loomer's intractable MAGA appetite:
Loomer continues to relentlessly attack Means.NEW:
— Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) May 8, 2025
🚨 PRESIDENT TRUMP’S PICK FOR US SURGEON GENERAL CASEY MEANS SAID SHE PRAYS TO INANIMATE OBJECTS, COMMUNICATES WITH SPIRIT MEDIUMS, USES SHROOMS AS “PLANT MEDICINE” AND TALKS TO TREES! SHE ALSO DOESN’T EVEN HAVE AN ACTIVE MEDICAL LICENSE 🚨
THE INMATES ARE RUNNING THE… pic.twitter.com/GNcoakFkHF
Now we're in August of 2025, and we still don't have a surgeon general.
What's more, we don't even have a set date for Means' Senate confirmation hearing. According to Politico, "The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee is still waiting on paperwork to consider Dr. Casey Means' surgeon general nomination..."
So what if we don't have a surgeon general?
Surgeon generals, through their advisory reports, launch, what the late-Amitai Etzioni called, "national dialogues," or "megalogues." These are community- and country-wide conversations that, if executed correctly, can "lead to significant changes in core values."
Case in point: it wasn't until Dr. Vivek Murthy's 2023 report, Our Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation, that we began to take the loneliness epidemic seriously.
Murthy, however, left the Office of the Surgeon General (OSG) in January of 2025. Since then, Loomer's gatekeeping has prevented the position from being filled.
President Trump mustn't kowtow to Loomer; our nation needs a doctor.
