Fauci, 81, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and the top medical adviser to the last seven presidents, declared Monday that he would retire at the end of the year.
DeSantis, talking at a “Keep Florida Free” GOP rally in Seminole County, denounced Fauci’s height of 5’7″ — two inches shorter than his own — and called for him to be physically thrown from the US capital to Maryland, WFLA News reported.
“I’m just sick of seeing him. I know he says he’s going to retire. Someone needs to grab that little elf and chuck him across the Potomac,” DeSantis explained to the cheering crowd after discussing Fauci’s “poor” treatment of children throughout the coronavirus pandemic.
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DeSantis, 43, is running for reelection this year with an eye on a 2024 White House bid. He won the Republican gubernatorial nomination uncontested Tuesday.
Fauci became a household name throughout the pandemic and was the subject of partisan insults by Republican lawmakers and former President Donald Trump, who marked him a “disaster” and announced he “usually did the opposite” of what the Dyker Heights, Brooklyn native advised.
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The virologist announced that the rhetoric led to “serious threats” against him and his family and he was given a federal security detail.
A West Virginia man was sentenced to three years in prison earlier this month for repeatedly threatening to murder Fauci, a Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient.
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News of his retirement led many GOP lawmakers to call for an investigation into his leadership throughout the pandemic.
“While I am moving on from my current positions, I am not retiring,” the infectious disease expert announced in an announcement released by the National Institutes of Health. “After more than 50 years of government service, I plan to pursue the next phase of my career while I still have so much energy and passion for my field.”
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“When polls said only about half of all Americans would take a vaccine, I was saying herd immunity would take 70 to 75[%],” Fauci told the New York Times at the time. “Then, when newer surveys said 60 [%] or more would take it, I thought, ‘I can nudge this up a bit,’ so I went to 80, 85.”
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Fauci did not elaborate on what he plans to do after stepping down as NIAID director, yet explained he wished to “continue to advance science and public health and to inspire and mentor the next generation of scientific leaders as they help prepare the world to face future infectious disease threats.”
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