The White House reportedly told various media outlets on Saturday and Sunday that “several White House officials are concerned about the number of times Dr. Fauci has been wrong about things,” and provided a lengthy list of statements that the widely respected immunologist made in the early days. outbreak
The kind of smear effort launched by the Trump administration against one of its most trusted and public-facing members is traditionally reserved for political rivals, and came after the president expressed public dissatisfaction with Fauci in recent interviews.
Addressing the recent friction between Fauci and administration officials, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany stressed Monday that the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases represents only “a point of view” that considers the pandemic only through the lens of a “public health point of view”.
“Dr. Fauci is a member of a team. But rest assured that your point of view is represented, and the information reaches the president through the” White House coronavirus task force, “McEnany told” Fox. & Friends “.
Trump similarly attacked Fauci’s colleague, CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield, in a tweet last week that accused the public health agency’s guidelines of reopening schools as “too harsh and expensive” .
The president’s push to return students to classrooms in the fall represents the latest front in his campaign for a broad-based economic reopening, despite growing Covid-19 cases.
