Dr. Anthony Fauci said Sunday that a new Trump campaign ad takes his comments “out of context” and used his remarks without his approval.
Fauci did on Fox's "Life, Liberty and Levin," show the White House virus advisor talking about the entire federal government's response to Covid-19. Fauci was not, as the ad suggested, offering direct praise for the president.
"These are Dr. Fauci's own words. 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," Tim Murtaugh, the Trump 2020 communications director, said in a statement.
Trump, who's had a fickle relationship with the public health advisor, may be attempting to tap Fauci's popularity among voters to help offer his campaign new life. An average calculated by RealClearPolitics.com showed the spread between Biden and Trump grew from 6.8 percentage points before the debate to 9.8 as of Sunday.
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