Fauci dismisses Tucker Carlson's criticism but says it may inspire threats from 'crazies'

The Hill ^ | - 08/14/20 09:49 PM EDT | BROOKE SEIPEL

[conservative98]

Top infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci in a new interview Friday dismissed recent criticism from Fox News's Tucker Carlson, but said it could inspire more death threats against him.

“I flip around the channels at night, which I probably shouldn’t. And I found this guy — you know this guy, Tucker Carlson? You heard of him?” The Washington Post's Geoff Edgers asked Fauci in an online interview that streamed live.

“He’s the guy that really loves me, right?” Fauci replied sarcastically.

Edgers went on to list some of the criticism from Carlson, who has called Fauci a "fraud" and a "chief buffoon of the professional class."

“Does it bother you? On a humane level, do you feel threatened or concerned when you see that kind of thing floating out there?” Edgers asked Fauci.

“I’m not concerned about what he says,” Fauci said. “It’s a little bit — I think you could say that when he does that, it triggers some of the crazies in society to start threatening me, actually threatening, which actually happens.

“I mean, who would have [guessed] when I was in medical school doing things to save people’s lives, I’d have to be going around with a security detail?” he continued. “That’s really ridiculous.”

Fauci's comment comes after he recently received a security detail and said he and his family have been threatened over his high-profile role on the White House's coronavirus task force and his frequent comments and guidance on the pandemic. He noted he did not ask for a detail, but based on the threats coming in, federal officials determined he needed security.

"He's trashing me on TV, fine. If he wants to do that, let him do it. I'm not going to get distracted by that," Fauci added.

[conservative98]

Fauci also said during the interview with the Post that his blood doesn't just boil it "evaporates" when he sees people not wearing masks in crowded indoor spaces. He added, responding to photos of packed crowds outdoors such as beaches, that while it's safer outside, people should still wear a mask.

[conservative98]

Or it could be the publicity tour you're on. You could have done the infections and disease job without going on tv. You wanted to go on tv and be on magazine covers!

[Just mythoughts]

This guy is wilting ... Perfumed prince of science.

[House Atreides]

The little twerp is CLAIMING VICTIM STATUS... how original.

[Arcadian Empire]

Tucker Carlson needs to expose the fact that Anthony Fauci started the pandemic by paying for gain-of-function research at the Wuhan laboratory.

[cabojoe]

This Bozo needs to quit flapping his gums and playing celebrity and get in the lab and do something.

[Whatever Works]

What a pompous, self-serving @$$! If he can’t stand the heat, he should get out. Wind bag......

[conservative98]

Tucker: Lockdowns are destroying America

•Aug 14, 2020

https://youtu.be/QhAB97esb6w

[coaster123]

“I mean, who would have [guessed] when I was in medical school doing things to save people’s lives, I’d have to be going around with a security detail."

Who would have guessed that begging for loans and working one’s ass off to build a small business would make them the target of rage and violence endorsed by the mayor of the city to whom they pay confiscatory taxes?

Everybody's got a sob story, Fauci, so how about you stuff a mask in it?

[kiryandil]

Doc Quack, head of the “medical” branch of the Lollipop Guild...

[FreeReign]

That’s an ugly pool. Not even room for a chair.

[A strike]

Herr Doktor FauxiMengele

[San Joaquin]

“ Top infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci...”

Why does every fake news report introduce him as that and never his title? The MSM’s given title for him sounds like he can never be questioned. No fake news article about Trump starts out with “The leader of the free world”.

[G Larry]

But, its just fine when Leftists criticize any and every identifiable conservative 24/7, because nobody cares if the criticism inspires some crazies.

In fact, they'd be happy to see conservatives come to harm.

[lgjhn23]

The only words the public should be hearing from Fauxi is his last words just before the gallows’ trap door springs open.
He should be arrested, tried and executed for treason, mass murder and crimes against humanity. And Scarf should be hanging right along side of him at the same time for what these two communist azzholes foisted on the economy and the American people. He’s an evil SOB. He gave millions of taxpayer dollars to that damn CCP bioweapons lab over there to develop this crap. He even admitted that it was coming!! A public hanging is waaaay too good for this PIAPS-loving POS.
And he has the gall to complain about all the “love” that;s now coming his way??....whadda azzhole.
And oh....he should be denied a security detail and face the public directly.

[CMAC51]

When the truth comes out about the effectiveness of Hydroxychloroquine, the people will realize he has the blood of tens of thousands Americans on his hands. He has sold his soul for 15 minutes of fame and a lifetime of notoriety.

[conservative98]

The country isn't shut down enough, says Joe Biden (and Dr. Fauci). Don't lift the lockdowns. Not until people learn how to vote correctly. pic.twitter.com/i8yCk6qj6S— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) August 15, 2020

[Jane Long]

“I mean, who would have [guessed] when I was in medical school doing things to save people’s lives, I’d have to be going around with a security detail?” he continued. “That’s really ridiculous.”

What a snobbish weasel, this elitist, lying tool is.

First....he hasn't ever treated patients in his doctor's office, because he's been a career, gov't hack, since 1968.

See his wiki, here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Fauci#Career

The majority of the country lives in fear to either walk from their office to a parking garage, or from a store....or to their HOME, after what we've witnessed with the left's 'peaceful protests', night after night.

And, if people aren't afraid for their safety, they're scared to death they're going to catch this d@mn China Virus, due to the hysteria put out by THIS GUY and the complicit media.

And, if it's not fear of the virus, then people wonder if the FAUXchi incited Karen's will yell at, or harm you/your kids, for not wearing the d@mn mask.

We would LOVE to have the LUXURY of a security detail, to protect us from the crazy left!

Not to mention that this guy has cost so many lives, due to NOT promoting and approving a known therapeutic to cure this horrid virus. All because he's invested in a d@mn vaccine...that will likely cause more harm, than any good.

And, just like a good little leftist, he projects and blames Tucker, for his own failures.

Disgusting. Little. Dweeb.

[Steely Tom]

Anyone who questions or objects to the thinking of a liberal, or who inconveniences that liberal in any way, is not only a madman, but could very well incite hoards of other insane criminals to unleash an evil, malignant whirlwind of destruction on society at large.

[Mr. N. Wolfe]

“Why does every fake news report introduce him as that and never his title?”

Good point.