{"id":2032237,"date":"2023-09-14T17:12:06","date_gmt":"2023-09-14T21:12:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/megyn-kelly-presses-trump-on-why-he-gave-fauci-an-award-his-answer-earned-an-x-community-note\/"},"modified":"2023-09-14T17:13:22","modified_gmt":"2023-09-14T21:13:22","slug":"megyn-kelly-presses-trump-on-why-he-gave-fauci-an-award-his-answer-earned-an-x-community-note","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/megyn-kelly-presses-trump-on-why-he-gave-fauci-an-award-his-answer-earned-an-x-community-note\/","title":{"rendered":"Megyn Kelly questions Trump on Fauci award &#8211; His response sparks attention."},"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\">24<\/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%2Fmegyn-kelly-presses-trump-on-why-he-gave-fauci-an-award-his-answer-earned-an-x-community-note%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=2032237&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--><h2>Former President Donald Trump&#8217;s Response to Fauci Commendation Question Sparks Fact Check<\/h2>\n<p>In a\u200c recent interview with Megyn Kelly, the leading 2024 Republican \u2063presidential candidate, Donald Trump, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-committee-questions-biden-ice-nominee-over-title-42\/\" title=\"Senate committee questions Biden ICE nominee over Title 42\">faced tough questions<\/a> about Dr. Anthony Fauci&#8217;s role in his administration&#8217;s \u200bCOVID-19 response. Kelly pointed out that many conservatives have criticized Trump for his vaccine push and\u2064 for giving Fauci too much power during the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>During the interview, Kelly asked Trump if he\u200b regretted giving Fauci a presidential commendation before \u2063leaving office. Trump claimed to have no knowledge of the award and suggested that someone must have handed it to Fauci. However, a White House news release from January\u2063 19, 2021, confirmed that Trump had indeed awarded Fauci and others for\u2063 their exceptional efforts on Operation Warp Speed.<\/p>\n<p>Not only did the interview spark a fact check on social media, but it also saw Trump criticizing his chief GOP rival in the 2024 presidential race, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis,\u2062 for shutting \u200bdown his state during the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>The interview with \u200bKelly, who has had a contentious relationship with\u2062 Trump in the past, has generated significant interest, with several segments being shared on \u2064her\u2063 YouTube channel.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/megyn-kelly-presses-trump-gave-fauci-award-answer-earned-x-community-note\/\">The Western Journal<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> Why did the interview between Megyn\u200c Kelly\u200c and\u2064 Trump generate significant interest and become widely shared \u2064on YouTube<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Former President Donald \u200dTrump&#8217;s response \u2064to a question regarding\u200c a\u200b commendation given to Dr. Anthony Fauci has sparked a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/five-fibs-president-biden-cant-stop-telling\/\" title=\"Five Fibs President Biden Can\u2019t Stop Telling\">fact-checking investigation<\/a>.\u2062 In a recent interview \u200cwith journalist Megyn Kelly, Trump, who is currently a leading candidate for the\u2063 2024 \u200cRepublican\u2064 presidential nomination, faced\u2064 criticism for his handling \u2064of the COVID-19 pandemic and his administration&#8217;s reliance on Fauci.<\/p>\n<p>During the interview, Kelly highlighted the concerns of many conservatives who accused \u2062Trump of promoting vaccines and giving too much power to Fauci during the pandemic. She specifically questioned Trump \u200cif he \u2062regretted bestowing a presidential commendation on Fauci before leaving \u200coffice. However, Trump claimed to be\u2063 unaware of such an award and suggested that someone\u2063 else must \u200bhave presented\u200d it to Fauci. This statement prompted a\u200b fact-checking exercise since a White House news \u2064release from January\u2064 19, 2021, confirmed that Trump had indeed awarded Fauci and others for their exceptional\u2064 efforts in leading Operation Warp Speed.<\/p>\n<p>The interview\u200d not \u2064only <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/megyn-kelly-presses-trump-on-why-he-gave-fauci-an-award-his-answer-earned-an-x-community-note\/\" title=\"Megyn Kelly questions Trump on Fauci award - His response sparks attention.\">triggered \u2063social media fact-checking<\/a> but also witnessed Trump criticizing \u200bhis chief rival in \u200cthe 2024 \u200bpresidential race, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, for his state&#8217;s response to the pandemic. The exchange between \u2064Kelly and Trump, notable for their contentious history, has generated significant interest, with various segments of the interview being widely shared on Kelly&#8217;s YouTube channel.<\/p>\n<p>Source: The \u2063Western Journal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Donald Trump&#8217;s remarks on Dr. Anthony Fauci&#8217;s presidential commendation prompted a fact check on X social media. The top 2024 GOP candidate engaged in a YouTube interview with Megyn Kelly, discussing various topics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2006,"featured_media":2032238,"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":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2032237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"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\/2032237","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\/2006"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2032237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2032237\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2032238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2032237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2032237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2032237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}