CBS News Reporter Wonders If Dr. Anthony Fauci Is A Hostage

Dr. Anthony Fauci, arguably the face of federal efforts to fight the coronavirus, took to the podium last night at the White House Task Force press conference to clear some things up. It seems that over the past few weeks the media has been dissecting every word he and President Trump say like a grad student studying “Ulysses,” looking for discrepancies in the statements.

Yesterday, Fauci had enough and basically said much ado was being made about nothing. For CBS reporter Paula Reid, the good doctor’s explanation just didn’t sit right.

After Dr. Fauci clarifies his remarks from Sunday about how earlier mitigation efforts would have saved lives, @PaulaReidCBS asks if he's doing so "voluntarily."

Fauci: "Everything I do is voluntarily. Please. Don't even imply that." https://t.co/9T8aUPjUrs pic.twitter.com/NHqBbOUQ77

— CBS News (@CBSNews) April 13, 2020

She asked Fauci if he was “doing this voluntarily” or if the president had directed him to make his statement. Now, Fauci was born and raised in Bensonhurt, Brooklyn. Bensonhurst is known for a few things: the mafia, Saturday Night Fever, and, shall we say, a very colorful, straightforward, and abrupt way of speaking.

It is not surprising that Fauci took offense at the question, saying, “Everything I do is voluntarily, please, don’t even imply that.” This is close to the worst insult you can level at a kid from Bensonhurst, that he isn’t his own man, that he just carries water for the boss. This notion that Trump is forcing Fauci and others to lie also just doesn’t make the slightest bit of sense.

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