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DeSantis hits Trump for saying he couldn't fire Fauci
Washington Examiner ^ | September 7, 2023 | Mabinty Quarshie

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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(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


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To: Reno89519

That is a real stretch.


41 posted on 09/07/2023 1:49:04 PM PDT by JayGalt (A proud slave must be broken before the contagion spreads. Ever was it thus.)
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To: Sacajaweau

Yep. He was following Trump’s advice till he and his advisors saw that the advice was flawed.


42 posted on 09/07/2023 1:49:29 PM PDT by TexasGator
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To: stanne

Whatever money is trickling in, he’s probably setting it aside for 2028. Hopefully though, he’s burned his bridges, and whatever political future he may have once had, has gone down the toilet like his Presidential campaign. I’ll never vote for the guy.


43 posted on 09/07/2023 1:49:58 PM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: Pirate Ragnar

The problem is that all four years of the Trump administration was marked by Trump being utterly oblivious concerning who he was filling his administration with. If it was just Fauci that would be one thing, but it was almost every single person he hired or nominated.


44 posted on 09/07/2023 1:50:08 PM PDT by hopespringseternal
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To: Reno89519

I see you have never had any interaction with civil service. What would be cause? A licensed doctor disagrees with a non medical President? Seriously? In DC? Good grief they had to pass a law to get rid of VA workers who had been abusing our vets for years and now Biden brought them back.


45 posted on 09/07/2023 1:50:47 PM PDT by McGavin999 ( A sense of humor is a sign of intelligence, leftists have no sense of humor, therefore………)
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To: Sacajaweau

BS? Please point out what DeSantis said that wasn’t factual. Even Trump is not perfect.


46 posted on 09/07/2023 1:50:48 PM PDT by Pirate Ragnar (Be calm and act.)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

By the time he and we knew he had cause it was too late.


47 posted on 09/07/2023 1:51:15 PM PDT by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
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To: hopespringseternal

Yes, Trump made mistakes, he found out how the Deep State works, the hard way. Perhaps that was the purpose of his first term, to shine the light on the cockroaches.


48 posted on 09/07/2023 1:51:29 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: gov_bean_ counter

Can Trump fire Fauci? Technically, no
https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/13/politics/can-trump-fire-fauci/index.html
Under federal law, Trump doesn’t have the power to directly fire Fauci, a career civil servant, and remove him from government. And while Trump could try ordering his political appointees to dismiss the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Fauci could appeal – a time-consuming process.

Not to mention what a bone headed move it would have been to try with the country in a panic already. Trump sidelined Fauci, brought in other people and refused to mandate. That was the prudent way to handle the situation.


49 posted on 09/07/2023 1:51:44 PM PDT by JayGalt (A proud slave must be broken before the contagion spreads. Ever was it thus.)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines

How would he have done that with the entire country worshipping Fauci? You are looking back at it based on what is known now.


50 posted on 09/07/2023 1:52:15 PM PDT by McGavin999 ( A sense of humor is a sign of intelligence, leftists have no sense of humor, therefore………)
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To: TexasGator

No. He is twisting the past to make himself look better.


51 posted on 09/07/2023 1:52:24 PM PDT by JayGalt (A proud slave must be broken before the contagion spreads. Ever was it thus.)
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To: Reno89519

You do not know how to read or comprehend written English.


52 posted on 09/07/2023 1:53:10 PM PDT by tennmountainman (FUJB)
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To: JoSixChip

“It’s a fact you are a rat traitor, you and pence both.”

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Jim Robinson
Posted on 7/9/2023, 2:33:27 AM by Jim Robinson

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Your personal favorite may be Ron DeSantis, mine happens to be President Trump. But if DeSantis receives the nomination, I’ll support him, as I hope most other FReepers will.

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53 posted on 09/07/2023 1:53:27 PM PDT by TexasGator
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To: JoSixChip

“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.”

I’ll think it over JocowChip.


54 posted on 09/07/2023 1:53:40 PM PDT by Pirate Ragnar (Be calm and act.)
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To: JayGalt

“No. He is twisting the past to make himself look better.”

I thought you supported Trump?


55 posted on 09/07/2023 1:55:03 PM PDT by TexasGator
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To: TexasGator

The truth hurts, eh? You know it’s true, I know it’s true and so does everyone else. pence is a rat traitor, just like you.


56 posted on 09/07/2023 1:55:47 PM PDT by JoSixChip (2020: The year of unreported truths; 2021: My main take away from this year? Trust no one.)
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To: The Sons of Liberty

This morning on War Room Bannon reminded us that Pence was in charge of Covid.


57 posted on 09/07/2023 1:56:01 PM PDT by lilypad
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To: TexasGator

““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.”

-—————Stop it——————

NOTICE: Please knock-off the abusive posts, name-calling, taunting, trolling, stalking, flame-baiting, insults, religious insults, flames, threats, ill-wishes, harassing & annoying posts, unwanted posts & FReepmail, etc, etc, etc
Jim Robinson
Posted on 7/9/2023, 2:33:27 AM by Jim Robinson

This is not DU!

Discuss the issues all you wish, BUT DO NOT MAKE IT PERSONAL!

Remember to use common courtesy when posting to FR. Leave off the insults and flames, name calling, etc.

We are conservatives. Be respectful to your debate adversary (fellow FReeper). For example, do not accuse them of being a “Putinista”, “commrade”, “murderer”, “baby-killer”, etc, just because he may have a difference of opinion whether or not the US government should be involved in a controversial foreign war where we were not attacked.

Likewise, things in the presidential primary are getting over-heated. We want to be sure we come out of this with a Republican president, house and senate. The only way we can accomplish that is to unify the Republican Party. We can’t destroy our own candidates. Whoever it is will need to pull us ALL together. Keep the ultimate goal in sight - Freedom! We are not here to fight each other. We are here as allies to fight for God, family, country, and FREEDOM! As William Wallace said in Brave Heart, “Unite the clans!”.

Your personal favorite may be Ron DeSantis, mine happens to be President Trump. But if DeSantis receives the nomination, I’ll support him, as I hope most other FReepers will.

Incidentally, we are getting way too much profanity. This is NOT DU, this is NOT CNN - (in deep voice) this IS FR!

Finally, if someone says STOP, then STOP! If someone asks you to take them off your ping list, then take them off! If someone asks you to stop posting to them, the adult and polite thing to do is to accommodate them.

Thank you all very much, and God bless you.

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Thanks Tex. I’ve tried to report JoSix Chip but nothing everhappens. She/he is one of the worst.


58 posted on 09/07/2023 1:59:17 PM PDT by Pirate Ragnar (Be calm and act.)
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To: TexasGator

I meant DeSantis. I’m sorry I was unclear.


59 posted on 09/07/2023 2:03:40 PM PDT by JayGalt (A proud slave must be broken before the contagion spreads. Ever was it thus.)
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To: JoSixChip

“The truth hurts. It’s a fact you are a rat traitor, you and pence both.”

If you are going to be viscious and violate FR rules, do it right:

You are a beslubbering flap-mouthed puttock.
You are a mewling tickle-brained miscreant.
You are a qualling knotty-pated ratsbane.
You are a venomed mammering footlicker.


60 posted on 09/07/2023 2:07:49 PM PDT by Pirate Ragnar (Be calm and act.)
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