Trump targets Fauci, Birx in lengthy diatribe

[mystery-ak]

Trump targets Fauci, Birx in lengthy diatribe
By Brett Samuels - 03/29/21 06:50 PM EDT



Former President Trump on Monday went on a tirade against Anthony Fauci and Deborah Birx, two of his former top medical advisers on the COVID-19 pandemic, excoriating their decisionmaking during his administration on the day after CNN aired previews of comments by the top government health experts.

Trump issued a lengthy statement in which he argued that he ignored both Fauci and Birx while in office as a benefit to the country and boasted that he was responsible for getting vaccines rapidly developed and approved.

"Based on their interviews, I felt it was time to speak up about Dr. Fauci and Dr. Birx, two self-promoters trying to reinvent history to cover for their bad instincts and faulty recommendations, which I fortunately almost always overturned," Trump said in a statement Monday. "They had bad policy decisions that would have left our country open to China and others, closed to reopening our economy, and years away from an approved vaccine—putting millions of lives at risk."

Trump also mocked Fauci for his wayward first pitch at the Washington Nationals game last year and labeled him the "king of 'flip-flops,'" citing his changing guidance as experts learned more about the pandemic.

Trump saved his sharpest criticisms for Birx, who has in recent weeks given interviews in which she has expressed regret for how she handled her role as head of the White House coronavirus task force.

"Dr. Birx is a proven liar with very little credibility left," Trump said, claiming that Fauci would talk badly about her behind her back.

more
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/545472-trump-targets-fauci-birx-in-lengthy-diatribe

[mystery-ak]

Donald Trump: Dr. Deborah Birx ‘Proven Liar’ and Dr. Anthony Fauci ‘King of Flip-Flops’

Charlie Spiering 29 Mar 2021

Former President Donald Trump reacted to new interviews from federal health officials Dr. Anthony Fauci and Dr. Deborah Birx on Monday, criticizing them both for their failures during the coronavirus pandemic.

The former president said in a statement Monday both Fauci and Birx were “two self-promoters trying to reinvent history to cover for their bad instincts and faulty recommendations.”

Trump described Fauci as the “king of flip-flops” accusing him of repeatedly changing his recommendations to make himself look better.

He noted Fauci changed his recommendation on masks during the pandemic and opposed him on his travel ban on China. Trump also ridiculed Fauci’s terrible opening pitch at the Washington Nationals opener in 2020, calling it a “roller.”

He said Fauci unfairly tried to take credit for the rapid development of the vaccine, accusing him of being “incapable” of putting pressure on the Food and Drug Administration to get it approved.

“I was the one to get it done, and even the fake news media knows and reports this,” Trump said.

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https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/03/29/donald-trump-dr-deborah-birx-proven-liar-and-dr-anthony-fauci-king-of-flip-flops/

[Right_in_Virginia]

Donald Trump's statement about Fauci and Birx
https://sharylattkisson.com/2021/03/read-donald-trumps-statement-about-fauci-and-birx/

Statement by Donald J. Trump, 45th President of the United States of America
March 29, 2021

Based on their interviews, I felt it was time to speak up about Dr. Fauci and Dr. Birx, two self-promoters trying to reinvent history to cover for their bad instincts and faulty recommendations, which I fortunately almost always overturned. They had bad policy decisions that would have left our country open to China and others, closed to reopening our economy, and years away from an approved vaccine—putting millions of lives at risk. 

We developed American vaccines by an American President in record time, nine months, which is saving the entire world. We bought billions of dollars of these vaccines on a calculated bet that they would work, perhaps the most important bet in the history of the world. Dr. Fauci and Dr. Birx moved far too slowly, and if it were up to them we’d currently be locked in our basements as our country suffered through a financial depression. Families, and children in particular, would be suffering the mental strains of this disaster like never before. 

In a fake interview last night on CNN, Dr. Fauci, who said he was an athlete in college but couldn’t throw a baseball even close to home plate, it was a “roller,” tried to take credit for the vaccine, when in fact he said it would take three to five years, and probably longer, to have it approved. Dr. Fauci was incapable of pressing the FDA to move it through faster. I was the one to get it done, and even the fake news media knows and reports this.

Dr. Fauci is also the king of “flip-flops” and moving the goalposts to make himself look as good as possible. He fought me so hard because he wanted to keep our country open to countries like China. I closed it against his strong recommendation, which saved many lives. Dr. Fauci also said we didn’t need to wear masks, then a few months later he said we needed to wear masks, and now, two or three of them. Fauci spent U.S. money on the Wuhan lab in China—and we now know how that worked out. 

Dr. Birx is a proven liar with very little credibility left. Many of her recommendations were viewed as “pseudo-science,” and Dr. Fauci would always talk negatively about her and, in fact, would ask not to be in the same room with her. The States who followed her lead, like California, had worse outcomes on Covid, and ruined the lives of countless children because they couldn’t go to school, ruined many businesses, and an untold number of Americans who were killed by the lockdowns themselves.

Dr. Birx was a terrible medical advisor, which is why I seldom followed her advice. Her motto should be “Do as I say, not as I do.” Who can forget when Dr. Birx gave a huge mandate to the people of our Nation to not travel, and then traveled a great distance to see her family for Thanksgiving—only to have them call the police and turn her in? She then, embarrassingly for her, resigned.

Finally, Dr. Birx says she can’t hear very well, but I can. There was no “very difficult” phone call, other than Dr. Birx’s policies that would have led us directly into a COVID caused depression. She was a very negative voice who didn’t have the right answers. Time has proven me correct. I only kept Dr. Fauci and Dr. Birx on because they worked for the U.S. government for so long—they are like a bad habit! 

[Idiot]

What can I say....the man just can't help himself...lol.

[Cyber Liberty]

What can I say....the man just can't help himself...lol.

Did he lie?

[skeeter]

What can I say....the man just can't help himself...lol.

Someone has to do it.

[PeteS in CA]

A loaded word in the headline? "Diatribe"? Welcome to The SHill!

Call it a diatribe or well-earned truthful retort - the latter is more accurate - 587 words is relatively brief. Fauci and Birx attacked Trump publicly with lies, and Trump responded with truth.

[Sled Dog]

Well, here's the problem.

If Trump rarely followed Birx' advice, why didn't he fire her and get an advisor he could use?

For all his Apprentice persona, Trump had the bad habit of NOT firing people who needed it, people like Sessions and Barr and the like.   Sessions should have been fired the day after he recused himself on the Russia Sham.  Instead he had two years to dawdle on immigration enforcement.

Birx gave bad advice?  Why was she kept on?

Same for Fauci.

[mountaineer]

Should have fired both of them early on.

Oh well, too late now.

[skeeter]

A loaded word in the headline? "Diatribe"? Welcome to The SHill!

Call it a diatribe or well-earned truthful retort - the latter is more accurate - 587 words is relatively brief. Fauci and Birx attacked Trump publicly with lies, and Trump responded with truth.

Fauci's out there taking a bow for 'the decision' to go with the quick turn vaccine. I remember the little bastard saying a vaccine was years off.

And when the GOP is silent in the face of the historical revisionism someone needs to speak up.

[BassWrangler]

Someone has to do it.

I've certainly had my beef with Trump shooting from the hip in the past, but I am 100% fine with this statement. As you said, @skeeter , someone needed to say it. And Trump has nothing to lose by doing so now.

There's a pediatrician on Twitter (link below) who described Fauci as someone whose spent the last portion of his career as an administrator and approver of grants. He's not done anything to be commended for during this whole process, and as Trump said, if Fauci was in charge, we'd still be waiting for those vaccines.

https://twitter.com/JoeSilverman7

[skeeter]

I've certainly had my beef with Trump shooting from the hip in the past, but I am 100% fine with this statement. As you said, @skeeter , someone needed to say it. And Trump has nothing to lose by doing so now.

There's a pediatrician on Twitter (link below) who described Fauci as someone whose spent the last portion of his career as an administrator and approver of grants. He's not done anything to be commended for during this whole process, and as Trump said, if Fauci was in charge, we'd still be waiting for those vaccines.

https://twitter.com/JoeSilverman7

It would be nice if it weren't always up to him to make his case, but either no one else is willing or they are but just can't command the media's attention like Trump does.

Fauci is a bureaucratic woodrat.

[Absalom]

Trump targets Fauci, Birx in lengthy diatribe
By Brett Samuels - 03/29/21 06:50 PM EDT
"Dr. Birx is a proven liar with very little credibility left," Trump said, claiming that Fauci would
talk badly about her behind her back.

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Every instant Trump runs off at the mouth he re-confirms what he has been since the womb;
an embittered and classless buffoon who is beyond embarrassment and wouldn't recognize
truth if it was his genetic twin!!!

[Wingnut]

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Every instant Trump runs off at the mouth he re-confirms what he has been since the womb;
an embittered and classless buffoon who is beyond embarrassment and wouldn't recognize
truth if it was his genetic twin!!!

Everytime you post your opinion here it confirms you are a twit.

[corbe]

   I have to say, though a few here would never believe it, I'm glad to see him out of his self imposed MaraLago EXILE, he will bring much levity to our current DIRE situation and we can better judge his intentions.

   Back on topic, Dr. Brix snowballed him and he kept giving her the benefit of the doubt long after her past due date, Facci OTOH would have required Mitch for Trump to 'You're Fired'(In that Queens drawl) him and Mitch was too busy being a pissant as usual.

[BassWrangler]

   I have to say, though a few here would never believe it, I'm glad to see him out of his self imposed MaraLago EXILE, he will bring much levity to our current DIRE situation and we can better judge his intentions.

   Back on topic, Dr. Brix snowballed him and he kept giving her the benefit of the doubt long after her past due date, Facci OTOH would have required Mitch for Trump to 'You're Fired'(In that Queens drawl) him and Mitch was too busy being a pissant as usual.

Well, Birx at least is serving her penance. I mean she's working at some air filter company now. That's the best she could do, I guess. But Fauci is working for Biden and still attempting to play god.

[corbe]

   Too Bad that Scarf clothing line didn't take off.