Trying to silence Fauci because his realistic and data-driven words don't line up with the fantasy-land Trump is living in regarding COVID-19 is.... a strategy...
White House seeks to discredit Fauci as coronavirus surges
Many of the statements the White House criticizes Fauci for were based on the best available data at the time and were widely echoed by Trump and other officials.
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"Fauci, who has served in the federal government for decades, can't be directly fired by the president, and there were no signs that Trump was seeking to get rid of him altogether. Rather, the White House salvo appeared aimed at undermining the public's trust in the renowned immunologist in hope that Americans will be more inclined to believe Trump's far more optimistic version of events as the November election marches closer. "
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New York Times/Sienna College poll last month found that 2 in 3 registered voters approved of Fauci, including half of Republicans and 4 in 5 Democrats. Trump, by comparison, enjoyed support of his handling of the crisis from only 1 in 4 voters in the same poll, including just 4 percent of Democrats. "