Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) said on Wednesday that he’s “sick of seeing” Dr. Anthony Fauci and that “someone needs to grab that little elf and chuck him across the Potomac.”
DeSantis made the remark about the retiring Fauci during a “Keep Florida Free” GOP event in Seminole County. The 81-year-old infectious disease expert and chief medical adviser to President Joe Biden has been a frequent target of the popular Florida governor.
“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,” the governor said.
DESANTIS ON FAUCI:“I’m just sick of seeing him. I know he says he’s gonna retire. Someone needs to grab that little elf and chuck him across the Potomac.”
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) August 24, 2022
FAUCI HAS ‘NOTHING TO HIDE’ AS HE RETIRES FROM GOVERNMENT
Fauci announced Monday that he would be stepping down in December from his positions as the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the chief of the NIAID’s Laboratory of Immunoregulation, and as the chief medical adviser to the president.
Fauci has been a political lightning rod since he became the face of the government’s attempts to manage the COVID-19 pandemic. DeSantis and many other Republicans have decried Fauci’s pandemic-era policy advice.
In a January campaign ad, DeSantis ripped Fauci, alleging his persistent flip-flopping has come at the expense of freedom in the United States. DeSantis also sells “Fauci Can Pound Sand” flip-flops and “Don’t Fauci my Florida” Koozies on his campaign website.
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Fauci has said that he has been subject to a number of threats since his rise to prominence. He and his family were given a federal security detail in April 2020 as threats grew.
Earlier this month, a West Virginia man was sentenced to three years in prison for sending threatening emails to Fauci and other federal officials.
