Gun Control Advocate Confirmed as new Surgeon General
As one of his last official acts in the lame-duck Senate, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid rushed President Barak Obama’s pick for U.S. Surgeon General, Dr. Vivek Murthy, to the floor for confirmation. The Senate confirmed him by a largely party line vote of 51 to 43 with six not voting.
Vivek is a foreign-born doctor from an Indian family. He was the co-founder of Doctors for Obama.
Nominated in February but stalled in the Senate by an unwillingness by members to go on the record in favor of such a controversial nominee in an election year, Dr. Murthy was met with instant opposition from the National Rifle Association (NRA) and its legislative arm National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA) – and with good reason.