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Fauci Fights Back: W.H. Attacks 'A Major Mistake' |
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Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s leading expert on infectious disease, has responded to the White House’s recent efforts to discredit him as the coronavirus crisis worsens across wide swaths of the United States ― calling it “bizarre.”
“Ultimately, it hurts the president to do that,” Fauci told The Atlantic Wednesday. He explained: “I think if you talk to reasonable people in the White House, they realize that was a major mistake on their part, because it doesn’t do anything but reflect poorly on them. And I don’t think that that was their intention.”
Fauci spoke with the outlet this week for a report published just hours after a senior Trump administration official, Peter Navarro, published an op-ed attacking the esteemed doctor. The White House’s communications shop quickly sought to distance Trump from Navarro’s piece, which was headlined, “Anthony Fauci has been wrong about everything I have interacted with him on.”
But Navarro’s attack wasn’t an isolated event; it came just two days after a leaked White House memo revealed an effort to use some of Fauci’s statements from the early days of the crisis that contradict current guidance as ammunition against him. President Donald Trump has also shared messages critical of Fauci and other public health experts on Twitter, and he publicly aired his disagreements with Fauci in an interview last week.
What the U.S. needs to do, Fauci said, is “call a time-out” on states’ reopening plans in order “to get everybody on the same team” in regard to masks and crowded spaces. If states take those precautions, Fauci said, “I’ll guarantee you those numbers will come down.” |
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| WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING | Sen. Susan Collins lost another major endorsement this election cycle when the Human Rights Campaign announced Wednesday that it is backing Democrat Sara Gideon in her bid to unseat the Maine Republican. Gideon on Wednesday called on Collins to join her in five in-person debates leading up to the general election. In response, Collins proposed a total of 16 live televised debates and suggested one of them be held as early as Wednesday night. | |
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Amid a national movement for racial justice and a pandemic that’s disproportionately impacting communities of color, the Trump administration is set to finalize a sweeping overhaul of one of America’s most important environmental laws in order to fast-track infrastructure projects and cut the public out of the democratic review process. It is through the National Environmental Policy Act review process that communities ― often low-income and communities of color ― are able to have a voice and fight back against fossil fuel pipelines, power plants and highways that pose potential risks to communities, the environment and public health. | |
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Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt says he tested positive for COVID-19. Stitt attended Trump’s rally in Tulsa and has resisted issuing a statewide mandate on masks. He is now the first governor in the United States to test positive for the coronavirus. | |
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