Former congressional candidate DeAnna Lorraine in her tweet accused Fauci of reversing his position on the danger posed by the coronavirus, writing that Fauci claimed the virus "posed no threat to the US public at large" on February 29.
"Time to #FireFauci," Lorraine added.
Fauci is now saying that had Trump listened to the medical experts earlier he could've saved more lives.
Fauci was telling people on February 29th that there was nothing to worry about and it posed no threat to the US public at large.
Time to
#FireFauci...
— DeAnna Lorraine (@DeAnna4Congress)
April 12, 2020
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Trump retweeted the message Sunday evening, along with a message taking aim at the "Fake News." It was one of many tweets from the president on Sunday lashing out at the media over its coverage of his administration's coronavirus response.
"Sorry Fake News, it’s all on tape. I banned China long before people spoke up. Thank you @OANN," he tweeted, adding praise for the right-wing news network One America News Network.
Sorry Fake News, it’s all on tape. I banned China long before people spoke up. Thank you
@OANN DeAnna Lorraine on Twitter
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)
April 12, 2020
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A request for comment from the White House was not immediately returned.