Another bogus story goes down in flames.

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No, Trump did not put a Labradoodle breeder in charge of COVID-19 response

Yes, the family of the HHS chief of staff sold fancy puppies, but that’s not how he got the job, and in any case he wasn’t in charge of the coronavirus task force, no matter what you’ve read online.

www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2020/04/23/no-trump-did-not-put-a-labradoodle-breeder-in-charge-of-covid-19-response/

WASHINGTON – No, the Trump administration did not put a professional dog breeder from Dallas in charge of COVID-19 response.

Yes, the chief of staff at the Department of Health and Human Services briefly owned a family business raising Labradoodles. But he’s also served three administrations in high level posts at HHS, the White House and the Pentagon.

Colleagues who hired Brian Harrison and served with him in government were appalled to see him disparaged Thursday as a mere “dog breeder,” as if Joe Exotic had catapulted from tiger king to head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

“This is so silly. He went home and worked in a family business,” said Jack Kalavritinos, who served with Harrison at HHS during the administrations of both George W. Bush and President Donald Trump, most recently as director for intergovernmental and external affairs, working on the opioid crisis and drug prices.

“Brian was a no-brainer pick,” said another colleague, Michael Reilly, who hired Harrison for his first job at HHS under Bush. “His private sector experience is irrelevant.…He was a complete known commodity who had extensive experience.”