{"id":2025407,"date":"2023-09-08T02:50:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T06:50:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-responds-to-questions-about-why-he-didnt-fire-fauci\/"},"modified":"2023-09-08T02:52:03","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T06:52:03","slug":"trump-responds-to-questions-about-why-he-didnt-fire-fauci","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-responds-to-questions-about-why-he-didnt-fire-fauci\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump&#8217;s response to why he didn&#8217;t fire Fauci."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-responds-to-questions-about-why-he-didnt-fire-fauci%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2025407&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div data-post-content=\"true\" class=\"post_content\" id=\"post_content\">\n<h2>Former President\u200c Donald Trump&#8217;s Response to Firing\u2062 Dr. Fauci<\/h2>\n<p>Former President Donald Trump has finally addressed the question on everyone&#8217;s\u2064 mind: why didn&#8217;t he fire Dr.\u2064 Anthony\u200b Fauci during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/high-ranking-dem-asks-doj-to-charge-all-perpetrators-from-capitol-riot-after-report-suggests-they-might-not\/\" title=\"High-Ranking Dem Asks DOJ To Charge All \u2018Perpetrators\u2019 From Capitol Riot After Report Suggests They Might Not\">early stages<\/a> of the COVID-19\u2063 pandemic? In an interview with radio host Hugh Hewitt, President Trump provided some insight into his decision.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;First of all, you\u2019re not allowed,&#8221; the former president explained when asked about why he didn&#8217;t terminate Dr. \u2063Fauci&#8217;s employment. This was\u200b seen as one of the biggest criticisms of\u200b his presidency.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No, no, no,\u2064 Dr. Fauci was there. First of all, he\u2019s civil service, and you\u2019re not allowed\u2064 to fire \u2064him. But forget that because I don\u2019t \u2064necessarily go by everything \u2026 but\u200b Dr. Fauci would tell me things, and I wouldn\u2019t\u200d do them in many cases. But also, he wasn\u2019t\u200c a big player in my administration,&#8221; President Trump clarified. &#8220;Dr. Fauci became a big\u200d player in the administration of Biden. He\u2019s a very big player in Biden\u2019s\u2063 administration.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Related\u200d Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/legal-experts-weigh-in-on-big-mess-of-georgia-trump-election-case-what-to-expect-5487397\">Legal Experts Weigh in\u200c on &#8216;Big Mess&#8217;\u200d of\u2062 Georgia Trump Election Case, What to Expect<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">9\/7\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/epochtv\/scotus-to-decide-on-whether-to-remove-trump-from-2024-ballot-5487469\">SCOTUS to Decide on \u200cWhether to Remove Trump From\u2064 2024 Ballot | Live\u2062 With Josh<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">9\/7\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>President Trump&#8217;s decision not \u200cto fire Dr. Fauci has faced criticism, particularly from Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. However, Governor DeSantis has now dismissed President Trump&#8217;s reasoning for not firing Dr.\u200c Fauci.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s important to point\u200d out for a\u200b long time that was not his excuse,&#8221; Governor DeSantis <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KRhMN6hZcXE&#038;list=PLEbhOtC9klbCr0iN2ANJbaV477B0eSpc6&#038;ab_channel=TheRubinReport\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> the Rubin \u2064Report. &#8220;His\u200c excuse had been that if you fired\u200d Fauci, both the Democrats and the media would have pitched a fit, which, of course,\u2063 is 100 percent true.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;But that&#8217;s the price of leadership. You got to stand up and do what&#8217;s\u200b right,&#8221; Governor \u200bDeSantis\u200d emphasized. &#8220;Clearly, he\u200c could \u200dhave been fired from the White House Task Force. There was\u2062 no obligation to run him out\u2063 at press \u2063conference after press conference, have him doing media interviews.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>During the pandemic, Governor\u200d DeSantis gained national attention for his approach to COVID-19, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-responds-to-questions-about-why-he-didnt-fire-fauci\/\" title=\"Trump's response to why he didn't fire Fauci.\">including early lockdown lifting<\/a> and opposition \u2063to vaccine and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-spike-in-florida-coronavirus-cases-despite-no-mask-mandate\/\" title=\"No Spike in Florida Coronavirus Cases Despite No Mask Mandate\">mask mandates<\/a>.\u200c However, he did \u200border\u2063 a \u2062statewide lockdown in \u200cMarch 2020 before rescinding it later.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;During the height of the\u2063 COVID stuff\u200d in \u20632020, Fauci would do local hits in Florida media \u2062attacking \u200bme for having schools open and some of these other \u200bstuff,&#8221; Governor DeSantis revealed. &#8220;So, \u2062there was\u2064 no obligation to\u200c do that. I think\u2064 you could have also fired him from NIH because he had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-hits-trump-for-saying-he-couldnt-fire-fauci\/\" title=\"DeSantis criticizes Trump's claim of being unable to dismiss Fauci.\">basically committed misconduct<\/a> with the gain of function [research].&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width:600px\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at a press conference on the dismissal \u200bof 9th \u200dJudicial Circuit Florida prosecutor Monique Worrell in Tallahassee, Fla., on Aug.\u200b 9, 2023. (Ron DeSantis\/Screenshot via The Epoch Times)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>President Trump, however, countered Governor DeSantis&#8217; claims\u200d by stating that he\u200d had effectively \u2063handled the pandemic\u200b in Florida. He also accused Governor DeSantis of changing his stance on\u200c Dr. Fauci.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And let \u2064me tell you the other thing.\u2063 I will \u2064send you, after this conversation, five articles about how much \u2062he loves Dr. Fauci,&#8221;\u200c President Trump added.\u2063 &#8220;&#8216;I do\u2063 what Dr. Fauci says. This\u2064 is Ron DeSantimonious. I do\u2063 what Dr.\u2063 Fauci says.&#8217; That\u2019s what he says. And I\u2019ve\u200d got the articles here. But he doesn\u2019t like to go back.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The debate over Dr. Fauci&#8217;s role and actions during the pandemic continues as some institutions reintroduce mask mandates. Governor\u200c DeSantis, however, has made\u200d it clear that there won&#8217;t be any new mandates \u2062in Florida.<\/p>\n<p>President Trump\u2063 concluded by sending a \u200cstrong message to those who seek to infringe on personal freedoms: \u2064&#8221;To \u2062every \u2062covid tyrant who wants to take away our freedom, hear these words: we will not comply, so don&#8217;t\u200c even think about \u200dit. We will not shut \u200cdown our schools.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Trump was asked why he didn&#8217;t fire Dr. Fauci during the early stages of the pandemic. In an interview with Hugh Hewitt, Trump addressed the question regarding the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":2025408,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2025407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2025407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2025407"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2025407\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2025408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2025407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2025407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2025407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}