The character assassination of Dr. Fauci.

[madaboutharry]

Make no mistake as to where we have seen this before. This is from the totalitarian playbook. This is what was endured by scientists and scholars in Nazi Germany and The Soviet Union. The only difference is that fortunately for Dr. Fauci he isn't being sent to a concentration camp or the Gulag. There should be little doubt that Trump and his henchman would like that option.

[RKP5637]

1. Exactly what is going on. Most Americans are not used to this or are completely

unaware ... taking everything at face value. Most Americans are very naive and extremely gullible.

[The Blue Flower]

2. Putin would have murdered him by now

He'd have been pushed out a 7th floor window.

[Volaris]

10. That's called a suicide now. Gotta make sure you get your terms right,

Or YOU'LL shoot yourself twice in the head.

[brush]

3. That's going to backfire so bad. Who in the admin comes up with these ideas?

It's become obvious that they've planned this for weeks now, what with them excluding Dr. Fauci from task force meetings and him not being given access to brief trump for nearly two months.

More stupidity from a stupid administration. Most voters know trump is the cause of our bungled, national response, except for his cult following base of course.

[milestogo]

4. Dr Fauci is a very intelligent and accomplished physician scientist

and anyone who doesn't listen to what he has to say about the pandemic is a fool.

[SWBTATTReg]

5. rump is such a whinny insecure baby. There is no comparison between the two ...

personalities, rump vs. Dr. Fauci. Would you trust rump (after all, he's just reached his 20,000+ lie)?

[peggysue2]

6. This is all out war

The death of expertise, the whole anti-intellectual movement is being used by the Administration to cement their false perceptions and ideology on the American public.

If they're successful in smearing Dr. Fauci and his knowledge-based prescriptions, we will see the same assault used on Joe Biden and all Democrats who have the audacity to criticize or refute Trump's idiotic positions on the pandemic. And everything else.

We are at war.

[Wellstone ruled]

7. Another Bannon

character Assassination. Now that Rove is on board,look for more of this crap to happen.

[Nevilledog]

8. Yeah....Fauci is obviously no good

[captain queeg]

9. Damn, I miss W

[Yeehah]

12. Not me

AWOL Bush is a goddamned war criminal.

[Hortensis]

13. I know, but don't. He was T's authoritarian predecessor

and spent both terms smashing institutions, laws and norms in preparation for his successor to continue.

[SammyWinstonJack]

14. Ha!

[Yeehah]

11. The imbecile emperor realized the virus won't go away "like a miracle,"

and he needs a fall guy.

[Kid Berwyn]

15. Misdirect blame. Refocus attention.

NYT reported CDC found reopening schools would be disastrous. Look, Fauci!

https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/11/politics/cdc-documents-warn-high-risk-schools-reopening/index.html

So...let’s reopen schools.

[moondust]

16. It's dangerous.

Leading people--including children--to believe that there is no truth, no laws, that everything is simply black-and-white politics as usual, us vs. them, you're with me or against me.

K/R