Dr. Fauci says he will be retiring at the end of this presidency and wants to put COVID politicization behind him.
How convenient.
Tom Cotton was more than happy to call him out:
Fauci pushed for lockdowns, mandates, and firing every American who chose not to take the vaccine.
Now he want to "put COVID politicization behind him"?
What a farce. https://t.co/VPbtukwdeC
— Tom Cotton (@TomCottonAR) July 18, 2022
From Politico:
Fauci says he’s prepared for the onslaught of attacks that could come in a Republican-controlled House or Senate next year — with many running in the midterms on campaigns deriding the lockdowns, school closures and masking requirements that Fauci said were necessary pandemic precautions — but insists that is not part of his calculus for retirement.
“They’re going to try and come after me, anyway. I mean, probably less so if I’m not in the job,” he admitted, sitting in his office on the sprawling National Institutes of Health campus in Bethesda, Md. “I don’t make that a consideration in my career decision.”
He’s so brave.
If we rolled our eyes any further back in our heads we’d be able to see D.C. from our office.
“I am science”
— John Nada aka Mike (@mikeboyd_eldoco) July 18, 2022
Good times.
Let him put it behind him when he’s out of a job………
— Renae Freeman (@Renae0301) July 18, 2022
And, y'all let it happen.
— Marjorie Redding (@MarjorieReddin1) July 18, 2022
Not entirely unfair.
Why wait? Him and Bill Gates can drive into the sunset together 🙄
— GammyNan (@NanRosz) July 18, 2022
We so agree.
Fauci can go away sooner than later.
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