Fauci Dismisses Possibility Of Trump Firing Him, Says POTUS Has ‘No Intention’ Of Doing So

President Donald Trump listens to Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, during a Corona Task Force briefing at the White House on March 20, 2020. (Photo by Alex Won... President Donald Trump listens to Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, during a Corona Task Force briefing at the White House on March 20, 2020. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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On Monday night, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Dr. Anthony Fauci rejected the possibility of President Donald Trump removing him from the White House COVID-19 task force.

“I was with him for quite a while today,” the doctor told C-Span Washington Journal host Steven Scully. “He has no intention of doing that.”

Speculation about Fauci’s potential ouster arose after Trump retweeted a post on Sunday night declaring that the doctor ought to be fired for telling CNN anchor Jake Tapper that lives would’ve been saved in the coronavirus outbreak if the federal government had put out social distancing guidelines in February.

Fauci shrugged off the tweet on Monday, saying that the person who posted it was likely upset by his response to Tapper’s question on taking action on the COVID-19 pandemic sooner.

“Somebody didn’t like the way I answered it, so they hashtagged it ‘FireFauci.’ That’s it. That’s the world we live in,” the doctor said. “I accept it. Doesn’t bother me.”

After Trump’s retweet, White House spokesperson Hogan Gidley denied that the President was planning to oust Fauci, and that the doctor “has been and remains a trusted advisor” to Trump.

Watch Fauci below:

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  1. “I was with him for quite a while today,” the doctor told C-Span Washington Journal host Steven Scully.

    Kissing ass because it’s the only way to still be able to do your goddamn job.

  2. “I was with him for quite a while today,” the doctor told C-Span Washington Journal host Steven Scully. “He has no intention of doing that.”

    bookmarking

  3. If Trump were to fire him, well . . . he just thought he had his hands full with Paula Reid yesterday.

  4. Avatar for mlp mlp says:

    Maybe Dr. Fauci is just a better judge of character than we commoners are.

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