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Trump Makes First Public Rebuke of Fauci With #FireFauci Retweet

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It’s the first time the president has publicly criticized the nation’s top infectious disease expert.

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President Trump delivered his first public rebuke of the nation’s top infectious-disease expert and a member of his coronavirus task force on Sunday evening by resharing a tweet that said “Time to #FireFauci.” DeAnna Lorraine, a Trump supporter and former congressional candidate in California, tweeted: “Fauci is now saying that had Trump listened to the medical experts earlier he could’ve saved more lives. Fauci was telling people on February 29th that there was nothing to worry about and it posed no threat to the US public at large.” Trump retweeted Lorraine and commented of her claims, “Sorry Fake News, it’s all on tape. I banned China long before people spoke up.” 

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