Trump muzzles Fauci

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Kevin Drum:

The White House has no problem routinely sucking up two or three hours of Fauci’s day so that he can be a mannequin while Donald Trump provides bad information to the public and gets into fights with the press. But testimony before Congress? Why, that might eat into his busy schedule!

Fauci is an old hand who can handle himself just fine, but still, there’s really only one big difference between the podium of the White House press room and a Capitol Hill hearing room: in the latter, you’re testifying under oath. At the risk of getting a little too far over my skis here, I wonder if that’s what’s really on their mind in the West Wing?

Rob's comment:

Of course the White House is worried about Fauci testifying under oath about what Trump is really saying about, well, everything, especially the pandemic. Fauci needs to stop functioning as a Trump's stooge and say what he thinks. He owes it to the American people.

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