Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) Accused Anthony Fauci
Anthony FauciTrump’s focus dispersed amid multiple crises. SC Beach was linked to hundreds of coronavirus cases as it prepares for tourists on July 4. Fauci says the United States “is going in the wrong direction” in the fight against the virus MORE and Deborah Birx, two key members of the “undercut” White House coronavirus task force President Trump
Donald John Trump House panel approves defense policy bill 0.5B House of Representatives panel votes against curtailment of Insurrection Law powers after heated debate Panel votes House of Representatives to restrict Afghan withdrawal, request evaluation on ‘incentives’ to attack US troopsThe response to the virus during an interview on Thursday.
In an exchange with Neil Cavuto of Fox News, Biggs asked Trump to remove them from the task force, alleging that they were spreading “panic” with warnings about how the coronavirus pandemic could evolve if Americans did not follow public health. guidelines
“Birx and Fauci have exceeded their … have expired,” Biggs told Cavuto.
“Their useful time has expired. What they do is when the president comes out and makes a policy, because he is the president, he is the policy maker, when they come out, and they make these statements that they make, they generate panic and hysteria and undermine what the president is doing. “
“Dr. Fauci and Dr. Birx have undermined what this President is trying to do” – @RepAndyBiggsAZ is not even trying to hide his desire to suppress politically inconvenient facts pic.twitter.com/iJlUtNkCYB
– Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 2, 2020
The legislator’s comments come after Fauci warned Congress on Tuesday that the United States could reach 100,000 cases per day if the country does not handle the pandemic.
“We need to do something about it and we must do it very quickly,” said Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
Cases across the country have skyrocketed in recent weeks, with states like Arizona, Florida, Texas and Oklahoma reaching all-time one-day highs.
Florida on Wednesday registered more than 10,000 new cases of coronavirus.
Biggs’ comments are just the latest public comments from a supporter of the president asking Fauci in particular to be removed.
In April, the president retweeted a congressional candidate whose tweet included the hashtag #FireFauci. Other Republicans, including the Senator. Rand paul
Randal (Rand) Howard PaulSenate rejects Paul’s proposal for withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan The Hill Report at 12:30 pm: Democratic proposal to extend 0 unemployment checks Rand Paul urges Fauci to provide “more optimism” about the coronavirus MORE (R-Ky.) They have also clashed with the infectious disease expert.
“We just need more optimism. There is good news out there, and we are not receiving it,” Paul told Fauci during the latter’s testimony before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Work and Pensions.
The White House has always denied that the President is considering firing Fauci.
“This media talk is ridiculous: President Trump is not firing Dr. Fauci,” a White House spokesman told The Hill in April, adding: “Dr. Fauci has been and continues to be a trusted adviser. from President Trump. “
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