{"id":48378,"date":"2021-01-23T10:30:45","date_gmt":"2021-01-23T18:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=48378"},"modified":"2021-01-23T10:30:45","modified_gmt":"2021-01-23T18:30:45","slug":"dr-fauci-tells-rachel-maddow-how-the-trump-admin-blocked-him-from-her-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=48378","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Fauci Tells Rachel Maddow How the Trump Admin ‘Blocked’ Him From Her Show"},"content":{"rendered":"

The differences between the negligent, incompetent, and wantonly corrupt administration of Donald Trump, and that of the incoming Joe Biden administration have been evident in just the few hours<\/a><\/strong> that Biden has been President. The stench of ego-driven criminality has been replaced by the refreshing fragrance of experience and compassion. And America has heaved a massive, collective sigh of relief.<\/p>\n

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Among those relieved by the passing of the Trump era is Dr. Anthony Fauci, the widely respected expert on infectious diseases. His presence on Trump’s phony Coronavirus Task Force – that was nothing more than a thinly veiled reelection campaign operation<\/a><\/strong> – was awkward, to say the least. He frequently had to cover his face in shame as Trump dispensed pure idiocy and flagrant falsehoods. Often he was ignored or even uninvited to the press briefings altogether.<\/p>\n

Those times are over. Dr. Fauci was interviewed Friday for the first time on MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow Show<\/em>. It was the sort of enlightening hour of useful information that the public sorely needs during these troubling times. And Dr. Fauci was clearly pleased to have the opportunity to communicate with Maddow and her audience. In fact, he addressed his prior absence from the show during this exchange:<\/p>\n

Maddow:<\/strong> Dr. Fauci…The country really trusts you in particular, but we’ve seen this sort of disappearance of, and sort of muzzling of, these other senior folks within the government. Do you think that we’ll have more access to you, both the press and the public?<\/p>\n

Fauci:<\/strong> I’m positive of it. I\u2019ve been wanting to come on your show for months and months. You\u2019ve been asking me to come on your show for months and months, and it\u2019s just gotten blocked. Let\u2019s call it what it is: It just got blocked because they didn\u2019t like the way you handle things, and they didn\u2019t want me on. I mean it was just so clear when we sent it down. “Why would you want to go on Rachel Maddow’s show?” “Well, because I like her and she’s really good.” “It doesn’t make any difference. Don’t do it.”<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t think you\u2019re going to see that now. I think you\u2019re going to see a lot of transparency. You might not see everybody as often as you want, but you’re not gonna see deliberate holding back of good people when the press asks for them. We were assured that that’s the case. And that goes along with what you were mentioning before about different types of pressures that were put on. It was a tough situation. It really was.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Fauci to @Maddow<\/a>: "I've been wanting to come on your show for months and months. You've been asking me to come on your show for months and months… It just got blocked, because they didn't like the way you handled things." He says things are better now. pic.twitter.com\/ZHEYBzlBjk<\/a><\/p>\n

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) January 23, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n