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‘A political animal’: Atlas attacks Fauci, escalating feud between Trump’s pandemic advisers
Politco ^ | 11/11/2020 07:47 AM EST | QUINT FORGEY

Posted on 11/11/2020 9:20:10 AM PST by conservative98

Dr. Scott Atlas, one of President Donald Trump’s chief coronavirus advisers, publicly attacked Dr. Anthony Fauci on Tuesday — accusing the nation’s top infectious disease expert of being a “political animal” who adjusted his dire assessments of the pandemic after Election Day.

The remarks from Atlas, who has earned the White House’s favor by downplaying the disease’s threat, came on Fox News’ “The Ingraham Angle,” after host Laura Ingraham contrasted comments Fauci made last month about a potential vaccine timeline with more optimistic comments he made earlier Tuesday.

“There’s all kinds of prognostications that were made — all negative, all to undermine what the reality of the timelines were, all to undermine the president,” Atlas added of Fauci’s comments. “And I think, you know, once you do that sort of thing and make yourself a political animal, basically, you lose your credibility.”

Atlas’ remarks represent a continuation of the criticism the president has leveled at Fauci that escalated in the run-up to last week’s election. Last month, Trump described Fauci as a “disaster” in a call with campaign staff, and he hinted at a rally last week that he would fire Fauci after Election Day.

The sniping between Atlas and Fauci, however, has been less visible — although the two doctors have traded barbs in the press over the other’s credentials and counsel to the president. Atlas has emerged in recent months as a leading adviser to the White House’s coronavirus response because of his rosier pandemic outlook and aversion to Covid-19 restrictions.

Atlas is a physician with no expertise in infectious diseases or epidemiology. Fauci, an immunologist, has led the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for more than three decades.



TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: anthonyfauci; fauci; feud; political; scottatlas; trumpvaccine; vaccine

1 posted on 11/11/2020 9:20:10 AM PST by conservative98
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To: conservative98

Pre Election Fauci: all negative all the time.

Post Election Fauci: all positive

2 posted on 11/11/2020 9:20:25 AM PST by conservative98 ( janestreet)
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To: conservative98
In the 1980s, Fauci was "the" AIDS medical expert. He recommended no contact tracing and no quarantine for those testing positive for HIV.

Fast forward to 2020. Healthy people are quarantined and contact tracing is in the works - for healthy people.

Yes, Fauci is a political animal.

3 posted on 11/11/2020 9:26:04 AM PST by Slyfox (Not my circus, not my monkeys)
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To: conservative98

But, but, they’re experts! How can they disagree?!


4 posted on 11/11/2020 9:27:45 AM PST by cuban leaf (The political war playing out in every country now: Globalists vs Nationalists)
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To: conservative98

He is a “political animal “. Never forget Fauci’s love letter to Hillary. Never forget how Doc Fauci has been all over the map concerning the Wuhan Virus.


5 posted on 11/11/2020 9:29:22 AM PST by windsorknot
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To: conservative98

a “political animal”

Seems on target.


6 posted on 11/11/2020 9:30:18 AM PST by McGruff
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7 posted on 11/11/2020 9:39:13 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: conservative98

If there were any actual experts, the CV-2 virus would be in the rear view mirror.

And the common cold extinguished.


8 posted on 11/11/2020 9:40:08 AM PST by Paladin2
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To: All

Fauci should be long gone. He was part of moving this virus gain of function research from USA to Wuhan China.

The deep evil of this obvious treason, is beyond belief. Fauci, Gates and evil, in bed together.


9 posted on 11/11/2020 9:41:53 AM PST by veracious (UN=OIC=Islam; USgov may be radically changed, just amend USConstitution)
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To: conservative98

“The remarks from Atlas, who has earned the White House’s favor by downplaying the disease’s threat...”

No bias there, no sir.


10 posted on 11/11/2020 9:42:08 AM PST by Magic Fingers (Political correctness mutates in order to remain virulent.)
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bkmk


11 posted on 11/11/2020 9:42:26 AM PST by Bell Bouy II
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To: conservative98
at this point, we might be better off wi Dr. Lexus...
12 posted on 11/11/2020 9:43:18 AM PST by Chode (Send bachelors and come heavily armed.)
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To: Slyfox

Social distancing and masks would actually work for aids too.p


13 posted on 11/11/2020 10:06:05 AM PST by willyd (I for one welcome our NSA overlords)
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To: conservative98

If you have no symptoms, and you are not infectious to others,

YOU ARE NOT A “CASE.”

Feb 28, in a little read editorial, Fauci and Redfield quietly changed the definition of “case,” and screwed the whole world.


14 posted on 11/11/2020 3:50:21 PM PST by Basket_of_Deplorables (This is all a Soros funded communist insurrection!)
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