Fauci: Criticism from Tucker Carlson could inspire ‘crazies’

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White House coronavirus response team member Dr. Anthony Fauci says he isn’t bothered by the criticism he’s received from Fox News host Tucker Carlson, but he said it might inspire threats from the “crazies.”

“He’s the guy that really loves me, right?” Fauci told the Washington Post when asked if he watches Carlson’s show, where he has been consistently criticized. “I’m not concerned about what he says. It’s a little bit — I think you could say that when he does that, it triggers some of the crazies in society to start threatening me, actually threatening, which actually happens.”

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