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damn. what the hell is wrong with people.
Coronavirus: Dr Anthony Fauci given security detail after receiving threats from far-right extremists
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/coronavirus-anthony-fauci-trump-threats-far-right-extremists-a9441596.html
Doctor has been reassuring presence to many during pandemic but others say he is undermining president
Colin Drury @colin__drury
8 hours ago
He is the 79-year-old infectious disease expert who has become a calm and comforting presence to Americans during the coronavirus crisis.
Dr Anthony Faucis appearances alongside Donald Trump at White House press calls have reassured many that there are adults in the room dealing with the Covid-19 outbreak.
Now, it seems, while he attempts to save lives, his own has been threatened.
The doctor has reportedly been given a security detail after he received a number of menacing messages from right-wing extremists apparently antagonised by his habit of publicly correcting the president.
Dr Fauci himself declined to comment on the increased protection when asked about it, instead deferring questions to the health departments inspector general.
But President Trump interjected telling reporters that Dr Fauci head of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases didnt need security because everybody loves him.
He added: "Besides that, they'd be in big trouble if they ever attacked him
He was a great basketball player, did anybody know that? He was a little on the short side for the NBA but he was talented.
Tesia Williams, spokeswoman for the Department of Health and Human Services, confirmed that agents were providing protection for several health officials, but would not comment specifically on the claims - initially reported by The Hill website - on whether that included Dr Fauci.
The immunologist has earned a reputation as a truth-teller in the fight against coronavirus, noted for his blunt but somehow assuring manner in the face of the administrations often bellicose or plain inaccurate rhetoric.
When Trump called the State Department the deep state department during a news conference a nod to far-right conspiracy theories Dr Fauci could be seen putting his head in his hands...........................
riversedge
(70,243 posts)This was over a week ago. finally, he gets some protection!
Anthony Fauci becomes a fringe #MAGA target https://politi.co/2Uffkfq via @politico The cues from right-wing media, as split as they are, could influence how much Trump listens to his infectious disease expert in the coming weeks.
.........................But to a vocal minority of right-wing blogs and pro-Trump pundits, Fauci is the embodiment of the establishment forces that have been arrayed against the president since he came to Washington. And those voices are getting louder amid rumblings about Faucis standing with Trump as the president itches to get the economy restarted in the coming weeks.
A Deep-State Hillary Clinton-loving stooge, read a Saturday headline on the American Thinker, a far-right website, latching on to a WikiLeaks-released email that showed Fauci praising Clinton for her Benghazi testimony as secretary of State.
Guy was a Hillary mole, pro-Trump podcaster Bill Mitchell tweeted on Monday.
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Bill Mitchell
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@mitchellvii
Fauci needs to go. His love letters to Clinton are all the proof I need the guy is a Hillary plant.
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Laelth
(32,017 posts)Naturally, thats the one that they target with death threats.
-Laelth