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Dr. Anthony Fauci says he was taken completely out of context, and without his permission, in a campaign ad by President Trump praising America’s response to the pandemic.
“I can’t imagine … anyone could be doing more,” Fauci is shown saying in the 30-second ad, with the ellipsis inserted into a video title, right at the point where there appears to be a split. -second rest.
According to CNN, Fauci’s quote came from a Fox News interview in March in which he praised the efforts of the White House coronavirus task force. At the time, he spoke about the unprecedented nature of the coronavirus threat and the “all hands on work” nature of the response.
“From the beginning, that we even recognized what it was, I have been spending almost the entire time on this,” Fauci said, according to CNN.
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“I’m in the White House practically every day with the task force. It’s every day. So I can’t imagine that under any circumstances anyone could be doing more.”
That was before more than 200,000 people died, economies opened too far too fast, and the barely dented infection rate had started to rise once again.
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Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
It was also not intended to be an endorsement, Fauci told CNN.
“In my nearly five decades of public service, I have never publicly endorsed any political candidate,” Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, told CNN.
“The comments attributed to me without my permission in the Republican campaign ad were taken out of context from a comprehensive statement I made months ago about the efforts of federal public health officials.”
Alex Brandon / AP
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, broke the latest announcement from US President Donald Trump.
Trump’s announcement insisted that “President Trump is recovering from the coronavirus, and so is the United States,” and talks about protecting older people and getting them “life-saving drugs in record time.”
Trump campaign spokesman Tim Murtaugh told CNN that regardless of how much time has passed since then and what has happened, “these are Dr. Fauci’s own words. The video is from a broadcast television interview. nationwide in which Dr. Fauci praised Trump’s work. ” Administration. The words spoken are precise and come directly from Dr. Fauci’s mouth. “
