The White House has withdrawn its nomination of Dr. Dave Weldon to serve as the director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, two Trump administration official familiar with the decision told CNN.

A person familiar with the matter said the White House pulled the nomination because it became clear Weldon did not have the votes for confirmation.

The White House withdrew President Donald Trump’s nomination of vaccine skeptic and former Florida congressman Steve Weldon for Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director Thursday—a position that would have put him at the helm of an agency responsible for shaping vaccine policy alongside another anti-vaccine figure,