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Leading US health expert Anthony Fauci, in his own words, did not consent to the use of an excerpt from an interview for an advertising clip of US President Donald Trump’s election campaign. “I was totally shocked,” the New York Times quoted the immunologist on Sunday. Statements in an interview published in March with Fox News for the 30-second promotional video had been taken out of context. His name and words were used without his permission, Fauci said.
The video, which was posted after Trump was discharged from a military hospital due to his Covid-19 disease, portrays the US government’s coronation policy in a positive light. Praise the crown pandemic. “I can’t imagine anyone could do more,” Fauci says. However, these words were related to the work of the entire White House coronavirus task force, Fauci said Sunday. He is director of the National Institute of Infectious Diseases and is a member of the task force as a consultant.
“Do not support the candidates”
“In my nearly five decades in public service, I have never publicly endorsed a political candidate,” Fauci told CNN.
Trump’s campaign team defended the use of the quote. “These are Dr. Faucis’s own words,” said Washington Post spokesman Tim Murtaugh. The video comes from a nationally broadcast television interview in which Fauci praised the work of the Trump administration. The president introduces himself to reelection on November 3.
In the United States, with about 330 million inhabitants, there are more than 7.7 million confirmed infections with the pathogen Sars-CoV-2. To date, more than 214,000 people have died from the virus. (SDA)
