DeSantis criticizes Trump for not firing Fauci.
Gov. DeSantis’s Campaign Takes Aim at Trump Over Fauci
The campaign needed the former president over his purported skittishness about terminating Fauci.
The campaign of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, a Republican, has launched an attack on former President Donald Trump for not firing Dr. Anthony Fauci. In a video that highlights Trump’s famous line from The Celebrity Apprentice, “You’re fired,” the campaign criticizes the former president for his reluctance to terminate Fauci.
Trump’s Apprehension About Firing Fauci
The video begins with a compilation of Trump uttering his famous line, “You’re fired,” during his Celebrity Apprentice days. It then switches to Trump explaining his apprehension about terminating Fauci. “A lot of people ask me that question, and I did it right because if you do fire him, you’re going to have a firestorm on the Left again,” Trump said on Fox News’s Sunday Morning Futures.
DeSantis’s Criticism of Fauci
Fauci played a key role in Trump’s COVID-19 response during the pandemic. However, DeSantis has criticized him as the poster child for pandemic mandates and suppression measures. DeSantis has become an outspoken critic of COVID-19 containment policies, which has helped him gain popularity among Republicans.
DeSantis initially praised Fauci during the early stages of the pandemic before souring on him. The governor has recently used Trump’s pandemic response to differentiate himself from the former president. DeSantis has also positioned himself as a more disciplined executive of conservative policies than Trump.
“I think he did great for three years, but when he turned the country over to Fauci in March of 2020, that destroyed millions of people’s lives,” DeSantis told radio host Glenn Beck last month.
Fauci’s Departure
Fauci stepped down as the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases as well as his role as the chief medical adviser to the president late last year.
Trump currently holds a roughly 31-point lead over DeSantis in the latest RealClearPolitics aggregate. The Washington Examiner has reached out to the Trump campaign for comment.
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