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Trump defends early coronavirus actions in contentious briefing, as Fauci regrets ‘poor choice of words’
Fox News ^ | April 13, 2020 | 35 mins ago | Andrew O'Reilly

Posted on 04/13/2020 5:19:05 PM PDT by conservative98

Fauci said during the daily White House coronavirus task force briefing that his comments Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” were incomplete and that the president was not to blame for the havoc COVID-19 has wreaked on the country.

Fauci on Sunday said: “I mean, obviously, you could the White House logically say that if you had a process that was ongoing and you started mitigation earlier, you could have saved lives. Obviously, no one is going to deny that. But, what goes into those kinds of decisions is complicated."

Summoned to the podium by Trump, Fauci tried to dispel the interpretation that his comments meant "that maybe someone was at fault here,” before going on to defend Trump and say that the president has heeded the advice of public health officials every time they’ve offered suggestions.

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1 posted on 04/13/2020 5:19:05 PM PDT by conservative98
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To: conservative98

Time for the twerp to get another gig.


2 posted on 04/13/2020 5:20:09 PM PDT by Kahuna
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To: Kahuna

Trump says no. I trust Trump more than the opinions of those that fall for the MSM trap.


3 posted on 04/13/2020 5:21:27 PM PDT by TexasGator (Z1z)
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To: conservative98

Fauci was a loose cannon in the past month.

Mr. Hypothetical.

Now he’s had the chain applied.

He had skid marks all over him.

Someone wiped the floor with him.


4 posted on 04/13/2020 5:23:29 PM PDT by Candor7 (Hydroxy-chloroquine, she isss jour fren ! Know the Zelenko Protocol)
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To: conservative98

lil imp got his ass called to the carpet. he should be cleaning out trash cans the rest of his career


5 posted on 04/13/2020 5:23:56 PM PDT by eartick (Stupidity is expecting the government that broke itself to go out and fix itself. Texan for TEXIT!)
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To: conservative98

Maybe Barbra Streisand will write a song apologizing for her Trump
blame. *crickets*


6 posted on 04/13/2020 5:23:57 PM PDT by ZinGirl (Now a grandma ....can't afford a tagline :))
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To: conservative98

He still needs to be fired.


7 posted on 04/13/2020 5:24:27 PM PDT by ConservativeInPA (It's official! I'm nominated for the 2020 Mr. Hyperbole and Sarcasm Award.)
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To: conservative98

Hopefully DJT read him the riot act and assigned him a keeper for Media interviews


8 posted on 04/13/2020 5:24:56 PM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie (All I know is The I read in the papers.)
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To: TexasGator

Fauci fell for the msm trap.


9 posted on 04/13/2020 5:25:23 PM PDT by conservative98
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That wasn't contentious, unless as James Woods noted, you think industrial farm equipment mowing down wheat is 'contentious.'

That was utter destruction.

10 posted on 04/13/2020 5:25:25 PM PDT by tinyowl
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To: conservative98

You can find Fauci’s segment here, followed by Trump’s contentious news conference:

https://youtu.be/qX4-rNPDlaY?t=4833


11 posted on 04/13/2020 5:25:34 PM PDT by shoe212 (One of the few Conservative professors in the Midwest.)
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To: conservative98

“Fauci gives reporter death stare” is already a thing.


12 posted on 04/13/2020 5:26:59 PM PDT by jdsteel (Americans are Dreamers too!!!)
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To: ConservativeInPA

The question is always when to fire. Now is a good time.

But I trust Trump sees things better than me, not perfect, but if Fauci stops being a sounding board for Communist press narratives, I’d be happier with that progress than nothing.


13 posted on 04/13/2020 5:28:01 PM PDT by Bayard
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To: conservative98

Trump had a clip on his video presentation that showed Fauci but didn’t have him saying anything. Given the Doc’s discounting of the threat leading up to the economic shutdown, I’m thinking DJT was sending him a little message.


14 posted on 04/13/2020 5:30:05 PM PDT by wejjr235
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To: conservative98

This little sheet tries to play a fence straddler game.

Maybe he has Biden syndrome.


15 posted on 04/13/2020 5:30:07 PM PDT by dforest (Just shut up Obama. Maybe everyone should just shut up. Particularly Mutt Romney)
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To: conservative98

Aaaaaand a reporterette immediately jumped up and asked ‘did Trump force you to say that?’

Not kidding.


16 posted on 04/13/2020 5:31:42 PM PDT by originalbuckeye ('In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act'- George Orwell..?)
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To: TexasGator

Yep. I trust Trump too.


17 posted on 04/13/2020 5:32:00 PM PDT by rrrod (6)
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

Fauxci is probably not accustomed to being questioned, but you know damn well
DjT and Co. asked why he said X yesterday, after Y & Z in Jan & Feb.which completely contradicted X.

We’re waiting....


18 posted on 04/13/2020 5:32:09 PM PDT by chiller (Davey Crockett said: "Be sure you're right. Then go ahead'. I'm going ahead.)
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To: ConservativeInPA

You don’t trust President Trump’s judgment?


19 posted on 04/13/2020 5:38:36 PM PDT by Balding_Eagle ( The Great Wall of Trump ---- 100% sealing of the border. Coming soon.)
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To: conservative98
It doesn't matter what Fauci said today.

Yesterday, he gave the Dems/MSM the sound bite they wanted. They are off and running and will pound the Fauci sound bite from yesterday all the way to November.
20 posted on 04/13/2020 5:40:22 PM PDT by Dan in Wichita
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