Posted on 09/07/2023 1:24:50 PM PDT by Reno89519
Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) slammed former President Donald Trump for claiming he was not "allowed" to fire former White House chief medical adviser Anthony Fauci, who helped lead the nation's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
DeSantis's comments come after Trump was asked on Hugh Hewitt's radio show Wednesday why he hadn't fired Fauci, who angered Republicans over his approach to masking and other pandemic-era guidance.
"First of all, you’re not allowed. He’s civil service, and you’re not allowed to fire him," Trump told Hewitt. "But forget that, because I don’t necessarily go by everything. But Dr. Fauci would tell me things, and I wouldn’t do them in many cases. But also, he wasn’t a big player in my administration."
The Florida governor dismissed Trump's defense, claiming he was pivoting from his previous comments about his relationship with Fauci.
"It's important to point out for a long time that was not his excuse," DeSantis told the Rubin Report on Wednesday. "His excuse had been that if you fired Fauci, both the Democrats and the media would have pitched a fit, which, of course, is 100% true."
"But that's the price of leadership. You got to stand up and do what's right," the governor continued. "Clearly, he could have been fired from the White House Task Force. There was no obligation to run him out at press conference after press conference, have him doing media interviews."
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"During the height of the COVID stuff in 2020, Fauci would do local hits in Florida media attacking me for having schools open and some of these other stuff," he said. "So, there was no obligation to do that. I think you could have also fired him from NIH because he had basically committed misconduct with the gain of function."
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Don’t government employees at Fauci’s level serve at the pleasure of the president?
“BS”
Truth hurts you
If he wanted to, I am sure he could have. And even if not firing him, he didn’t have to name him head of the Covid effort, put him at the podium in the White House. That’s on Trump.
Trump couldn’t fire Fauci without cause.
By the time he and we had it, it was too late.
“Let’s be real...Fauci is/was the head of one of the most exclusive medical organizations in our government. He was indeed the expert in this field.”
Fauci was and still is one of the most callous, corrupt, lying bastard in all of medicine and related fields. I give Trump and out because he didn’t know, but his lame excuses don’t hold water.
At the time nobody knew Fauci was a liar.
We know otherwise now.
But not back then.
When did the Meatball call for Fauci’s Firing?
“rump did everything he could to support an attack against this virus. No one knew what was happening...everyone was guessing...cuz that’s how Covid plays out...”
This is true, but Trump’s after the fact excuses and weak. Regardless how you feel about DeSantis, he is correct.
“I don’t understand why you guys are not fully on board with pence now that desanctomonious is all but out. I thought all you rat traitors stuck together.”
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Posted on 7/9/2023, 2:33:27 AM by Jim Robinson
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It’s curtains for Trump - the single digit midgets have his number now.
So, Trump not knowing then what he knows now makes it okay for Trump to now lie?
Get ready for the Magadorians to show up and tell you the 4D Chess player who will sink the Deep State was a helpless pawn and can’t be blamed for anything he did as President.
Pay attention The entire world was in favor of Covid destroying the US.
Trump was never going to be allowed to get back into the White House. Covid was a tool. No one gives a crap what happened between Fauci and trump Fauci worked for them trump worked for the us citizens. They won that round.
Governor Rick Scott removed her from office in the aftermath of the 2018 election. She initially submitted her resignation, but then took it back, and decided to go to court. The Judge denied her a hearing about the suspension, and left her future in the hands of the new, incoming Governor DeSantis. So "softballs" DeSantis let a known convicted election fraudster walk off with her pension and benefits intact.
The truth hurts. It’s a fact you are a rat traitor, you and pence both.
You can for gross incompetence and/or misconduct. And Trump not only didn't fire Dr Demento here, he gave the guy a medal.
“neverbackdown super pac still has about $100 million left, and desanctimonious is still campaigning...
With the grift, jeff roe should get about $50 million or more of that, with the rest distributed between cortez, pushaw and the rest”
Wrong thread. This is about what DS pointed out about Trump.
It would be very interesting to go back to March April May June and July of 2020, here on Free Republic, and see who was saying what about Fauci and the pandemic then.
If Trump had dismissed Fauci in July of 2020 he would have been impeached. He would have been charged with a gross dereliction of Duty during a once-in-a-lifetime health emergency.
We know now the doctor fauci is a horse’s blank, but we did not know it then.
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