{"id":2270756,"date":"2024-06-18T16:18:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-18T20:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fauci-says-biden-absolutely-fit-to-lead-for-another-term-after-criticizing-trumps-missed-opportunities\/"},"modified":"2024-06-18T16:19:24","modified_gmt":"2024-06-18T20:19:24","slug":"fauci-says-biden-absolutely-fit-to-lead-for-another-term-after-criticizing-trumps-missed-opportunities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fauci-says-biden-absolutely-fit-to-lead-for-another-term-after-criticizing-trumps-missed-opportunities\/","title":{"rendered":"Fauci Endorses Biden for Another Term, Critiques Trump&#8217;s Missed Opportunities"},"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\">20<\/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%2Ffauci-says-biden-absolutely-fit-to-lead-for-another-term-after-criticizing-trumps-missed-opportunities%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=2270756&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--><p>Dr. Anthony Fauci hesitated to comment on whether former\u2062 President Donald Trump is fit to lead \u200bbut expressed clear support for\u200c President Joe Biden&#8217;s capability \u200bas \u2062a leader during\u2062 a CBS interview. Fauci, \u200dwho served as the director of the National Institute\u2063 of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and advised both \u2063presidents\u200c before retiring in 2022, discussed his perspectives on their leadership \u2063in terms of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-to-show-lockdowns-are-killing-more-people-than-the-virus\/\" title=\"How To Show Lockdowns Are Killing More People Than The Virus\">public health<\/a>. He affirmed Biden\u2019s fitness to lead, particularly highlighting that one of their first acts together\u200c was a crucial conversation on \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fauci-transcript-from-closed-door-testimony\/\" title=\"Fauci's closed-door testimony transcript\">public health\u200d strategy<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/anthony-fauci\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anthony Fauci<\/a> hesitated to assess whether former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a> is fit to lead, but jumped at the opportunity when pressed about President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/joe-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joe Biden<\/a> as he shared assessments on how they performed as leaders from a public health perspective.<\/p>\n<p>The issue came up as Fauci, a longtime director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) who advised both Trump and Biden before retiring at the end of 2022, during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cMGR3RW4jgg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBS interview<\/a> that aired on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">CBS\u2019s Nate Burleson, moments later: \u201c[W]hat about Biden. Do you believe he is fit to lead us for the next four years?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tony Fauci: \u201cOh, absolutely. You know, absolutely, because the first thing he did when I became his chief medical adviser, we had a conversation, literally the\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KkKiH1YQap\">pic.twitter.com\/KkKiH1YQap<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CurtisHouck\/status\/1803092685818925118?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 18, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019ve spoken about your relationship and write about your complicated relationship with former President Donald Trump. He could possibly be our president again. Given that you know him, personally, from a public health perspective, do you believe he is fit to lead us if he is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-knows-he-messed-up-on-fracking-at-debate-and-is-now-doing-damage-control-the-daily-wire\/\" title=\"Joe Biden Knows He Messed Up On Fracking At Debate And Is Now Doing Damage Control | The Daily Wire\">elected president<\/a>?\u201d asked \u201cCBS Mornings\u201d co-host Nate Burleson.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t want to get into what\u2019s fit or not \u2026 from a health standpoint, he missed opportunities to use the bully pulpit of the presidency to tell people to do things that would keep them safe. That\u2019s what bothers me as a public health person, as a physician, who my only care and goal is the safety and the protection of the American public and their health,\u201d Fauci said.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1712932862202000&#038;usg=AOvVaw0plT8RRdMy9XUpIhocnjQS\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd, for example,\u201d Fauci continued with an anecdote related to the COVID-19 pandemic, \u201che could have said when the masks came out, and the CDC said wear a mask, instead of saying, \u2018I don\u2019t want to wear a mask,\u2019 he could have said, \u2018Masks save lives. I\u2019ll wear a mask.\u2019 And then, all the people who follow him religiously would have been wearing masks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Later in the interview, as <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CurtisHouck\/status\/1803092685818925118\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">noted<\/a> by NewsBusters managing editor Curtis Houck, Burleson prompted Fauci to comment on Biden, who is also running for a second term. \u201cDo you believe he is fit to lead us for the next four years?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh, absolutely,\u201d Fauci replied. \u201cYou know, absolutely, because the first thing he did when I became his chief medical adviser, we had a conversation, literally the first day, saying we want to go with the evidence and the truth, and if we make a mistake, we correct it, but we\u2019ve got to be honest with what\u2019s going on. That was his first words to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Anthony Fauci was initially reluctant to comment on former President Donald Trump&#8217;s fitness to lead. However, when pressed, he eagerly discussed President Joe Biden&#8217;s leadership from a public health standpoint. 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