Tucker Carlson Hits Fauci: Not an Economist, He’s Suggesting ‘National Suicide’ While He Has Job SecurityMediaite, Apr 3, 2020
Tucker Carlson wanted to make clear on his show Friday night he respects Dr. Anthony Fauci, considers him an “impressive person,†and said he’s clearly an important expert to have in combatting coronavirus — but he criticized Fauci anyway for comments he has publicly made about the public health response.
Fauci’s role on the coronavirus task force has received bipartisan praise, and Fauci himself recently appeared on Carlson’s show to talk about the positive impact of mitigation thus far.
“We’ve interviewed Dr. Fauci respectfully on this program, and we’d gladly do that again if he came back, and he will come back. He’s an impressive person. But that does not mean that he’s never wrong,†Carlson said. “On the question of this pandemic, Fauci has been wrong repeatedly.â€
He brought up comments Fauci made in January remarking it’s “not something that the citizens of the United States right now should be worrying about,†saying, “Chinese authorities were clearly panicked by what was happening, but Anthony Fauci was not.â€
“We’re not attacking Tony Fauci for getting it wrong on coronavirus. Most people did get it wrong, in and out of medicine. It’s never easy predicting which faraway problems will become imminent crises here at home. Even the experts make big mistakes. They’re human beings. They make human mistakes. And that’s exactly the point that we ought to remember going forward,†Carlson said.
He’s particularly bothered by Fauci’s recommendation of a national quarantine, knocking such “extreme measures,†before bringing up the economic impact:
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