GOP senator sounds alarm on Trump admin health moves: 'Raises considerable questions'

Most Republican lawmakers are staying relatively silent about the ongoing shakeup at the Center for Disease Control, but one decided to stand up on Saturday.

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), who has been a thorn in Trump's side at times but has sided with him in other instances, took to social media over the weekend to declare her concern after the director of the nation’s top public health agency was fired after less than one month in the job.

"The firing of CDC Director Susan Monarez just a month after her confirmation, along with the departure of other high-level disease experts the day after her termination, raises considerable questions about what is happening within the agency," she wrote on X. "Americans must be able to fully trust that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention rigorously adheres to science-based and data-driven principles when issuing policy directives."

Going further, Murkowski added that, "The removal of the director after such a short tenure appears to be evidence that politics are taking precedence over policy."

She concluded, "I fully support HELP Chairman Cassidy’s call for congressional oversight and look forward to participating in the committee’s work."