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malaise

(268,724 posts)
Thu Apr 2, 2020, 01:58 PM Apr 2020

A normal President or Vice President would have condemned this during the briefing

Nation's top coronavirus expert Dr. Anthony Fauci forced to beef up security as death threats increase
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/04/01/politics/anthony-fauci-security-detail/index.html
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A source also confirmed to CNN last week the presence of several members of the Washington, DC, Metropolitan Police Department stationed at all times around Fauci's home in the district. The source added the stepped up visible police presence was a response to growing threats to Fauci's safety, though the source of the threats was not identified.

During the White House coronavirus task force briefing with reporters on Wednesday, Fauci was asked whether he or White House coronavirus response coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx, who also serves on the task force, had received threats of any kind or whether they had been assigned a security detail. He said he was not able to answer.
"Anything that has to do with security detail I would have to have you (ask your question) to the inspector general of HHS," he said, referencing the Department of Health and Human Services.
Fauci's response was quickly interrupted by Trump, who stepped up to the podium to say the nation's most visible infectious disease expert doesn't require protection.
&quot He) doesn't need security, everybody loves them," said Trump. "Besides that, they'd be in big trouble if they ever attacked."
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Instead the murderous MoFo trivialized the threats.

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