Dr Fauci (Dr. Anthony Fauci), best known for his White House COVID-19 press conferences, has been given a 24-hour security detail after receiving death threats from Donald Trump’s MAGA supporters.
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Known as the nation’s preeminent infectious disease specialist, Dr Fauci has become the source of fact and reason and the face of the nation’s coronavirus response. Now, he’s also the target of several Trump supporters.
Donald Trump has a penchant for creating his own reality that almost always goes against actual reality. This was never more evident than when some of the best scientific minds in the world warned Trump of the coming COVID-19 pandemic, but he instead chose to ignore it and called it a Democratic “hoax” created to destroy his reelection campaign. Now, several of Trump’s most zealous far-right fanatics have targeted Dr Fauci online, arguing that the 79-year-old immunologist has disagreed too much with ‘The Donald’ during press conferences. To them, Donald Trump’s word is golden and they don’t want Fauci or anyone making him look bad by correcting his various theories and hunches.
Interestingly, some have even begun to spread conspiracy theories about Dr. Fauci’s role, claiming he is a member of the deep state and is working with others to bring Trump down.
According to Politico, the online threats began when Dr Fauci was caught on camera fighting back a snicker then holding his head in his hand while Donald Trump rambled on with misinformation that was dangerously false. HHS Secretary Alex Azar noticed the chatter and grew increasingly concerned, requesting that the department conduct a threat assessment. The decision was then conveyed to the Justice Department, which immediately approved a security detail for the illustrious doctor.
How sick can these MAGA supporters be to not only place Trump’s flippant opinions and frequently false claims above that of a superior health professional who has advised 5 presidents, but to also threaten his life for daring to correct Trump’s blunders by forcing him to tell the American people the truth during these trying times?
SIGH. These are indeed trying times we are living in…
How sick can these MAGA supporters be to not only place Trump’s flippant opinions and frequently false claims above that of a superior health professional who has advised 5 presidents, but to also threaten his life for daring to correct Trump’s blunders by forcing him to tell the American people the truth during these trying times? […] – DJ
In short, they are about as sick as they come. It is definitely necessary that Dr. Fauci is provided security protection.