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DeSantis rips Trump for claiming not to know who gave Fauci presidential commendation: ‘Is this the immaculate commendation?’
CNN ^ | September 14, 2023 | Kit Maher and Daniel Dale

Posted on 09/14/2023 8:49:59 PM PDT by Reno89519

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis criticized Donald Trump for claiming he doesn’t know who gave Dr. Anthony Fauci a presidential commendation that the former president awarded him.

“It literally says President Trump awards commendation. Is this the immaculate commendation or something like that? Did this just happen out of thin air?” DeSantis said in a radio interview with Jimmy Failla on “FOX Across America.”

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In January 19, 2021, Trump awarded Fauci and 51 other people who served on the Operation Warp Speed task force during the Covid-19 pandemic presidential commendations.

“Give me a break, people need to take responsibility for their actions. They need to they need to own what they did."

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“A commendation of this nature would require presidential sign-off. They go through staff secretary for approval and then the president would need to approve,” Alyssa Farah Griffin, who was Trump’s White House communications director ... said she can’t say if Trump actually paid attention to what he was approving, “but to claim he had nothing to do with it is patently absurd. It came from the Executive Office of the President.”

Stephanie Grisham, who served as Trump’s White House press secretary and communications director in 2019 and 2020 and then as first lady Melania Trump’s chief of staff into 2021, said in a message: “In my experience nothing like that would ever go out w/o his knowing. Esp(ecially) if an announcement was released.”

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“Clearly, Dr. Fauci should have been fired. He caused a lot of damage. And not only was he not fired, Donald Trump gave Fauci a presidential commendation, on January 19, 2021, his last day in office,” DeSantis said at an event in Coralville, Iowa in August. “I think that that was a gut punch.”

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To: Reno89519

That was a great line, Ron. Who wrote it for you?


21 posted on 09/14/2023 9:21:50 PM PDT by mbrfl
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So funny, priceless. We’ve been politely asking several Freepers to stop posting the same content against DeSantis by different authors and publications endlessly day in and day out and they respond with insults and keep doing it. Here, just a couple rather different articles drawing from Trump’s comments on Fauci and everyone is freaking out, just can’t handle it. Well, sorry, fair is fair, get a grip.


22 posted on 09/14/2023 9:21:55 PM PDT by Reno89519 (DeSantis 2024. Successful Governor, Honorable Veteran, Respectful, Respected. No Baggage, No Drama.)
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To: TakebackGOP

But that is allowed. It’s not considered a duplicate post.


23 posted on 09/14/2023 9:27:54 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

It doesn’t matte, because Fauci will be back in charge in 2024.


24 posted on 09/14/2023 9:28:22 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Robert DeLong

It’s a spam post.


25 posted on 09/14/2023 9:28:32 PM PDT by TakebackGOP
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

“It’s irrelevant. DeathSantis is flailing and trying to score political points.”

Exactly. He’s franticly looking for some way to gain traction and he’s hoping that one of these ‘gotcha’ issues will do the trick. It’s only making him look increasingly more desperate and irrelevant.


26 posted on 09/14/2023 9:29:32 PM PDT by mbrfl
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Fauci has never been discredited. His people and his programs are still in charge.


27 posted on 09/14/2023 9:30:21 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Trump and Biden agree Fauci is great.


28 posted on 09/14/2023 9:30:48 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Reno89519

Yeah well, Trump is leading in the polls and DeathSantis is getting crushed and is losing support from the GOP oligarchs.
🤣🤣🤣


29 posted on 09/14/2023 9:32:53 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: Responsibility2nd

Doesn’t matter in the greater scheme of things.


30 posted on 09/14/2023 9:33:39 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: nickcarraway

Fauci was just on TV and nobody listened to him. In fact he was laughed at.
COVID and the jab are being soundly rejected. And Rand Paul is going to hold Fauci accountable for his crimes.
Trump did what he did regarding Fauci because of optics, and because he destroys his enemies by letting them hang themselves.


31 posted on 09/14/2023 9:37:47 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: Reno89519

When Trump is caught lying it is just New York showman stuff.
Duh.
You don’t understand the nuance.

Like Build the Wall.
Or My fave-Drain the Swamp.
And another gem- Lock her Up!

But nothing beats Two Weeks to slow the Spread!

Run along now


32 posted on 09/14/2023 9:40:29 PM PDT by Brasky (You miss every shot you never take.)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
"DeathSantis is flailing and trying to score political points." "Oh look!!

DeSantis Took Undisclosed Flights-Accepted Luxury Lodging From Wealthy Donors: Report

Now we know why he had the State Legislature change the Sunshine Laws so his, and his family's travel records would be kept from public scrutiny.

They initially claimed the change in the law was for security purposes, but since the guy walks around all the time in apparel with his name on it, that puts that lie to rest.

33 posted on 09/14/2023 9:48:15 PM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: Reno89519

RDS is totally on point. Trump sounds like Peter denying Fauxi thrice.


34 posted on 09/15/2023 12:20:25 AM PDT by alstewartfan ("She looks like she's 19 years old, sitting there like a lady with her legs crossed." Creepy Joe)
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To: Reno89519

Trump is very guilty of not selecting good people for his team.

The CIA,FBI,RINOS, and Deep State fooled him. Even Barr, his Attorney General was career CIA and a Deep State RINO.

Trump is not a good judge of character.

However, I will admit that they fooled me too. I should have known it when they pushed Bannon out of the White House.


35 posted on 09/15/2023 12:48:55 AM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings )
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To: tired&retired

Trump was fed bad information from all sides. He failed to remove the infection from his team.

For that, Trump is guilty.

I sure hope he has learned a very important lesson. Politics is a dirty game.


36 posted on 09/15/2023 12:51:55 AM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings )
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
Does it matter?

The old, at this point what does it matter defense. Hillary Clinton is nodding with approval.

37 posted on 09/15/2023 1:04:59 AM PDT by thegagline (Sic semper tyrannis! Goldwater in 2024)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
Doesn’t matter in the greater scheme of things.

The neverTrump children on the internet scream in unison, "We've got him this time". That's all they have in their miserable lives, get Trump.

38 posted on 09/15/2023 1:34:25 AM PDT by BlackbirdSST (Trump or Bust! Long live the Republic.)
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To: tired&retired
Wrong! President Trump had to walk a very narrow line with Covid. Yes, we found out later it was mostly harmless. But for 80+ Americans it could be a killer, and President Trump developed a pretty good vacine in Warp Speed.

He is the Man in the area, so feel free to take your cheap shots. No one could have done better!
39 posted on 09/15/2023 3:17:38 AM PDT by Observator
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To: Reno89519

Desperation is an ugly motivation. DeSantis is sowing salt in the earth. The ground that he is despoiling is his own reputation. By the trime he is finished his name will be a by word for hubris, failure and petty vindictiveness.


40 posted on 09/15/2023 3:36:02 AM PDT by JayGalt (A proud slave must be broken before the contagion spreads. Ever was it thus.)
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