Dr. Anthony Fauci says he didn’t give permission for a video of him to be used in a Trump campaign ad, and that the comments are dated.
,” praises President Donald Trump’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Released Saturday, a portion of the video features Fauci saying he “can’t imagine that anybody could be doing more.”about the full government response to the pandemic, not specifically the president’s response.
“We’re talking about all hands on deck,” Fauci said during the interview. “I, as one of many people on a team, I’m not the only person. Since the beginning that we even recognized what this was, I have been devoting almost full time on this. I’m down at the White House virtually every day with the task force … It’s every single day. So, I can’t imagine that under any circumstances that anybody could be doing more.
Despite Fauci’s objections, the Trump campaign will continue to run the ad, Tim Murtaugh, the Trump 2020 communications director, told NBC News. “These are Dr. Fauci’s own words,” he said. “The video is from a nationally broadcast television interview in which Dr. Fauci was praising the work of the Trump Administration. The words spoken are accurate, and directly from Dr. Fauci’s mouth.”“In my nearly five decades of public service, I have never publicly endorsed nor do I now endorse any political candidates,” Fauci said in the statement sent to reporters on Sunday.
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