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The Republican chairman of the Senate health committee, Lamar Alexander, defended Dr Anthony Fauci after Trump attacked the infectious disease expert as a “disaster.”
Dr. Fauci is one of our country’s most distinguished public servants. He has served 6 presidents, starting with Ronald Reagan. If more Americans paid attention to his advice, we’d have fewer cases of COVID-19, & it would be safer to go back to school & back to work & out to eat.
Related: Republican senator tries to distance himself from Trump: ‘He is who he is’
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Trump is making his literal closing pitch to American voters, mocking Dr Anthony Fauci for his ceremonial opening pitch at the Washington Nationals game in July.
The president retweeted a message from an ally saying Fauci’s pitch was a “metaphor for how wrong he has been.” Trump also reshared a video of his own opening pitch for the Somerset Patriots in 2004.
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