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1/ “Fauci's transgression is to base his evaluations -- after decades of public service and expertise fighting HIV/AIDS, Ebola, Zika and anthrax -- on facts and logic that conflict with Trump's chosen version of reality.” https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/14/politics/donald-trump-anthony-fauci-science-coronavirus/index.html
2/ His re-election is more important than American lives.
“Trump has always been battling the pandemic he wants to fight, rather than the one that actually exists, with a strategy shaped mostly by his political requirements as he seeks a second term.”
“Trump has always been battling the pandemic he wants to fight, rather than the one that actually exists, with a strategy shaped mostly by his political requirements as he seeks a second term.”
3/ Forget the dead, look over here!
“The pandemic arrived in the US despite his insistence that it would not be a problem. Now, with 84,000 Americans dead and 1.3 million infected, Trump argues that the country has prevailed over the virus and it's time to get back to work.”
“The pandemic arrived in the US despite his insistence that it would not be a problem. Now, with 84,000 Americans dead and 1.3 million infected, Trump argues that the country has prevailed over the virus and it's time to get back to work.”
4/ Facts don’t matter. Only Trump matters.
“Fauci said Tuesday that the murderous impact of the virus was likely being undercounted. It would not be the first time that a President with a historic disrespect for facts is ready to twist data so that it fits his political needs.”
“Fauci said Tuesday that the murderous impact of the virus was likely being undercounted. It would not be the first time that a President with a historic disrespect for facts is ready to twist data so that it fits his political needs.”
5/ it’s long been Trump vs science, and Trump’s been winning.
“Science was long ago rejected as a basis for the administration's environmental and energy policy.”
“Science was long ago rejected as a basis for the administration's environmental and energy policy.”
6/ “The history of his three years in power shows that officials who do not provide the justification and the pretext for his actions or who prefer to act on their own perceptions of the national interest are eventually ousted.”
7/ “In recent weeks, Trump has shifted from an approach rooted in benchmarks for phased state openings based on a waning of the virus to one based on opening the economy whatever the cost.”
8/ And here is the ultimate crime:
“The result is that most of the time, the federal government has given up mounting a public health offensive against the worst public health crisis in more than 100 years.”
“The result is that most of the time, the federal government has given up mounting a public health offensive against the worst public health crisis in more than 100 years.”
9/ “Subtly at first -- with a retweet of a supporter critical of Fauci -- then more aggressively, Trump has given support to rebellions among conservative campaigners against Democratic governors who imposed shutdowns to fight the virus.”
10/ As if Fauci is the only doctor calling for mitigation efforts - they all are.
Rand Paul “confronted Fauci in a hearing on Tuesday and told him he was not the "end-all" in decision making on when the country should be opened up again.”
Rand Paul “confronted Fauci in a hearing on Tuesday and told him he was not the "end-all" in decision making on when the country should be opened up again.”
11/ “Carlson, who is willing to give Trump a pass for his earlier denial about the pandemic and his praise for China's handling of it, called Fauci the "chief buffoon of the professional class."
12/ “Trump on Wednesday exemplified the gulf between Fauci's science-based thinking and his own -- arguing that schools could go back because children are not easily susceptible to Covid-19.”
13/ And now, the pro-life party throws grandma’s life out the window.
“Experts such as Fauci argue that children are often asymptomatic carriers of the virus and can infect parents and other elderly relatives who are at risk of complications.”
“Experts such as Fauci argue that children are often asymptomatic carriers of the virus and can infect parents and other elderly relatives who are at risk of complications.”
14/ “Putting hundreds of children together in separate schools and allowing tens of thousands to converge on college campuses would pose a huge risk to creating new coronavirus hot spots and waves of the disease.”
15/ “While Trump may have turned against Fauci, he is unlikely to go away. The 79-year-old is fighting the battle of his professional life against the pandemic and has political savvy to spare after decades in Washington.”
16/ Of course, if Trump loses, he and the kids could be indicted.
“But the President -- who is making a huge gamble by backing state openings that experts like Fauci say risk causing many deaths -- has had about as much as he can take of the doctor's truth telling.”
“But the President -- who is making a huge gamble by backing state openings that experts like Fauci say risk causing many deaths -- has had about as much as he can take of the doctor's truth telling.”
