Biden made a big deal when he took office about how he’d fire someone on the spot if they mistreated people working in his administration. He made a promise and said he wasn’t joking:
Joe Biden in January of 2021: "But I'm not joking when I say this, if you are ever working with me and I hear you treat another colleague with disrespect, talk down to someone, I promise you I will fire you on the spot." pic.twitter.com/XXH5GoRORn
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) January 24, 2022
Well it turns out that like most things Biden says, that wasn’t true at all.
It’s been revealed today that a top scientific advisor to Biden, who he promoted to his Cabinet as the Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, has been bullying his staffers and treating them with disrespect.
Yet he’ll get to keep his job even though an investigation by the White House found evidence of his bullying after being reported by a staffer:
AP – A White House review found credible evidence that top scientist Dr. Eric Lander violated its “Safe and Respectful Workplace Policy,” but the administration plans to keep him on the job after giving him counseling.
An internal review last year, prompted by a workplace complaint, found evidence that Lander, the director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy and science adviser to President Joe Biden, bullied staffers and treated them disrespectfully. That put him at odds with Biden’s day-one directive that he expected “honesty and decency” from all who worked for his administration and would fire anyone who shows disrespect to others “on the spot.”
The White House said senior administration officials had met with Lander about his actions and management of the office. It said Lander and OSTP are required to take certain corrective actions as part of the review.
“White House leadership met with Dr. Lander to discuss the seriousness of the matter and the President’s expectation that all staff interactions be conducted with respect,” the White House said. “We take this incredibly seriously and we are taking swift action to ensure that it doesn’t happen again.”
The White House said the review did not find “credible evidence” of gender-based discrimination and that the reassignment of the staffer who filed the original complaint was “deemed appropriate.”
On Friday, Lander issued an apology to staffers in his office, acknowledging “I have spoken to colleagues within OSTP in a disrespectful or demeaning way.”
“I am deeply sorry for my conduct,” he added. “I especially want to apologize to those of you who I treated poorly, or were present at the time.”
Lander, whose position was elevated to Cabinet-rank by Biden, appeared prominently with the president last week when he relaunched his “Cancer Moonshot” program to marshal federal resources behind research and treatment for cancer diseases.
I honestly don’t care if Lander keeps his job or not. I just think this incident sheds more light on the fact that Biden is a liar, that he continually makes promises he never intends to keep, whether it be about vaccine mandates or firing staffers. It’s all for show.