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Anthony Fauci is loving life these days and you can probably guess why http://vntyfr.com/BHhUuBs
5:12 PM · Jan 21, 2021
George Conway
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VANITY FAIR
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Anthony Fauci is loving life these days and you can probably guess why http://vntyfr.com/BHhUuBs
5:12 PM · Jan 21, 2021
Joe Biden has been president for less than 36 hours but administration employeesthe few who stayed on after Donald Trump got on a plane bound for Palm Beachare already getting used to a new way of life. For the White House kitchen staff, that probably means not having to hide vegetables in the presidents food just to get him to eat something of nutritional value. For the people working the West Wing switchboard, it probably means not having to constantly tell Don Jr. his father cant talk and yes, they know hes been trying every day for months. And for Dr. Anthony Fauci, it means not having to work for a colossal moron who lies about everything all the time and expects others to do the same, even and including instructing the public to consider free-basing bleach.
Speaking to the White House press corps on Thursday, an exuberant Fauci, whod been sidelined by Trump for months, said it was downright freeing to work for someone who actually wants him to tell the nation the truth about the pandemic, and not just pretend its going to miraculously go away. I can tell you I take no pleasure at all in being in a situation of contradicting the president, so it was really something that you didnt feel you could actually say something and there wouldnt be any repercussions about it, he said. The idea that you can get up here and talk about what you know, what the evidence and science is, and know thats itlet the science speakit is somewhat of a liberating feeling.
Fauci became something of a national hero early on in the pandemic when it became clear that he was one of the fewonly?officials in the federal government not comfortable with standing up during the daily coronavirus briefing and lying through his teeth. Naturally, that put him in Trumps crosshairs, particularly when the good doctor expressed skepticism about hydroxychloroquine, which Trump was hyping as a miracle cure, or suggesting people inject household cleaner into their veins. As a reminder, this was Faucis face for most of the time he was forced to stand next to the president while he offered such medical advice.
On Thursday, Fauci said it was very clear that there were things that were said regarding things like hydroxychloroquine and other things like that, that was uncomfortable because they were not based on scientific fact, adding that his willingness to contradict Trump was why I got in trouble sometimes, though he has no fears whatsoever about being sidelined for speaking his mind under Biden. One of the things that was very clear as recently as about 15 minutes ago when I was with the president, is that one of the things were going to do is to be completely transparent, open, and honest, he said. If things go wrong, not point fingers but to correct them, and to make everything we do be based on science and evidence. That was literally a conversation I had 15 minutes ago with the president, and he has said that multiple times. At another point, asked if it would have been helpful if Amazon had gotten involved in the governments COVID-19 response, Fauci replied: No, I dont think I could answer that question. One of the new things in this administration is if you dont know the answer, dont guess, just say you dont know the answer.
When a reporter claimed Fauci had joked a couple times about what an amazing difference it was to go from working for the 45th president to the 46th, the doctor made it clear that he was completely serious and that the last year had been hell on earth and that he. You said I was joking about it. I was very serious. I wasnt joking, he said.
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A Giddy Anthony Fauci Says It's "Liberating" Not to Work for an Ignorant Moron... (Original Post)
Nevilledog
Jan 2021
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Blue Owl
(50,383 posts)1. Suck on that Donny you fat piece of shit
Irish_Dem
(47,107 posts)2. It's a new Fauci. Funny, warm, happy, almost giddy.
Remarkable press conference today.
underpants
(182,818 posts)3. Wow that made me smile. He's looks like he's light on his feet.
Laelth
(32,017 posts)4. Kudos to Dr. Fauci.
He stuck it out with Velveeta Voldemort til the very end. He remains a servant of the people. Only now, hes free to do his job. We are lucky to have him.
-Laelth
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,996 posts)5. I'm sure it is