Fact-checking Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick's attacks on Dr. Fauci

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Facts First: Based on available data, Patrick is wrong to suggest that Texas didn't skip over anything when it decided to reopen. When Texas reopened on May 1, the state was not in accordance with the criteria outlined by the WH coronavirus task force.

Specifically, Patrick took issue with comments that Fauci had made earlier in the day during a Senate hearing, when he suggested that some states had reopened too fast and skipped some guidelines in the process.Texas was among the first states to begin reopening in early May but Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has recently reversed course after a spike in coronavirus cases.

"Texas was one of the first states to begin the reopening process, allowing the stay-at-home order to expire and retail shops, theaters, restaurants and other certain businesses to reopen at 25% capacity. It was also among a majority of states reopening that did so before meeting all of the White House guidelines, according to an analysis from the New York Times.

 

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Patrick, you did not listen to Dr. Fauci and Coronavirus is not listening to you.

Send him to an ICU where OTHER doctors besides Fauci are running and scrambling to save lives! He should be ARRESTED for ignorance and risking lives! DanPatrick ProjectLincoln GovDanPatrick

What a moron! Let old people die so the stock market goes up, opened up a month early, attacks Fauci, 4000 new cases of Covid-19 per day, ICUs are at capacity. Wow, Dan Patrick is bad for Texas.

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Fact check. Fauci was flat wrong & obviously behind the curve & current information when he discouraged masks way back in March. It’s ridiculous that our Corona task force didn’t have an Asian country at the table w/ us. They are waaaay ahead of Fauci.

Patrick is dumber than Louie Gohmert.

You’ve had a some of whatever Trump is drinking. Resign your office immediately finished for the great love of Texas

CNN it right!!! I own a hair salon and your telling a big fat LIES. You should and resignation affectively send a letter to the governor at mediately effective “immediately”you the great state of Texas and done such a disservice to our country .please Resign your post “immediate”

Talk about a conservative Republican quack! There are no words to describe what damage people like this have caused to party and country. It is true, conservatives can’t govern. Their job is to make the government look bad. A functional government makes them look incompetent.

Patrick is an idiot.

Please identify which states actually DID follow the guidelines - because I’m pretty sure that number is damn low.

Dan is AWESOME. Thanks Dan.

Isn’t this the fucktard that said there are more important things than living?

Dan Patrick and Gov Abbott are responsible for thousands of sick Texans - just lemmings of our mentally incompetent President DanPatrickDeathCult swampytrump TrumpIsANationalDisgrace TrumpIsNotWell TrumpResignNow

Dan Patrick is all mouth & zero brains, with guys like him in the State House it's no wonder Texas is such a mess.The best thing about Texas is the road out.

Dan Patrick is an ignorant politician while Dr. Fucchi is a respected scientist.

The land your building was built on was once Native American land. You all need to pack up and leave in order to bulldoze the building.

He just wants people to die. He said so himself. Just die already! Do it for the economy he said.

Who knows better about diseases health/pandemics more than then a dr/scientist? If you don’t believe in them or what they’re trying to do 2 stop the spread then u shouldn’t go to the dr if ur sick/need a script/test or ER visit if u have an emergency, right?

CNN providing 'facts' yea right

If we could get the politics out of this virus life would be much better

CNN and FACTS just don’t go together.

MLK said ,' there is nothing more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.' Patrick exhibits both

So he lied. He is, after all, a Trump supporter...

This fucking guy, again?

I dont want to wish the virus on anyone except the Texas Nazi Lt Gov Dan I’m an asshole Patrick

CNN! Come On Man! It’s Grim Reaper Patrick! What did YOU EXPECT!

DanPatrick is flat wrong

Let Gen. ? Bahahahahahaha! Dweebs!

DanPatrick Your statement was so out of order. We were not ready in May. We were not ready to re-opened without additional regulations in place, like MASK. Now our State is in trouble and School districts are operating from Gov decisions. We need to mitigate and control COVID-19

That guy is an enormous a$$hole.

Dan Patrick, like Trump, is a liar and a fucking moron.

I just tweeted “Ignorance at its finest”. He DOES NOT speak for everyone in Texas, only the STUPID ones😏cantstandhimheisaliarandfollower..

You're so screwed, Texas. COVID19 COVIDIOTS

To be fair, Patrick probably didn’t pay attention to the details of the phases and criteria recommendations of the task force.

DanPatrick is a performer and entertainer like Trump. He’s a cheezy radio show host who got into politics. Facts not his strong suit

The 8,076 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Texas Wednesday marked a new record for cases reported in a day.

Fact check: CNN only covers trump or covid. Cover others news, fake news trash organization

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DanPatrick always has been and always will be a liar. DanPatrickKillsTexans

Dan Patrick is just a visibly stupid man. He's the kind of guy that walks into a room, and, before he can speak, never having met him, you look at him and go 'I just know I'm about to hear some dumb shit, look at this chinless goon.' And he lives down to expectations 100%.

A lying politician? Say it ain’t so, Joe

The fact that CNN is fact checking is in fact - hilarious

You don't report facts...Ever!

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You are the enemy MSM.

And they are paying a high price now, it seems like the Governor isn’t sure what to do.

Patrick is a broken human, selfish and self-centered to the extreme.

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