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Biden vows to ‘hire Fauci and FIRE Trump’ as he savages president for hinting he may sack top doc
DEMOCRATIC candidate Joe Biden came to the defense of top coronavirus doc Anthony Fauci on Monday – just one day after the president hinted that he might fire the respected infectious disease expert.
Speaking at a rally in Florida on Sunday, he could axe Fauci after the crowd broke into a “Fire Fauci” chant.
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Biden, however, hit back at the president's remarks.
Speaking in a drive-in rally in Cleveland on Monday, the former Vice President said: “Last night, Trump said he was going to fire Dr. Fauci. Isn’t that wonderful.
“I got a better idea. Elect me and I’m gonna hire Dr. Fauci and we’re gonna fire Donald Trump!”
Biden's remarks drew honks of approval from those in attendance.
Meanwhile, former president Barack Obama, who was campaigning for Biden in Atlanta on Monday, hit out at the president's remarks about Fauci, too.
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"One of the few people in this administration who’s been taking this seriously all along and what’d he say? His second-term plan is to fire that guy," .
He continued: "They’ve already said they’re not going to contain the pandemic. Now they want to fire the one person who can actually help them contain the pandemic."
Fauci has served for more than three decades as the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
After the chant's against the infectious disease expert broke out in Miami Opa-Locka airport on Sunday, Trump replied: “Don’t tell anybody, but let me wait until a little bit after the election.
He added: "I appreciate the advice. I appreciate it.”
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On Monday, former president Barack Obama, who was campaigning for Biden in Georgia, also hit out at Trump's commentsSpeaking of Fauci he then declared: "He's been wrong on a lot. He's a nice man, though. He's been wrong on a lot."
His warning came as the U.S. sees its most alarming outbreak of the coronavirus since the spring.
Trump also expressed frustration that the surging cases of the virus - that has killed more than 230,000 Americans - remains so prominent in the news.
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Trump's comments on Fauci are the most direct he has been in suggesting he is serious about trying to remove Fauci from his position.
In the past, Trump has expressed concerns about the political ramifications of dismissing Face before Election Day.
As Trump has focused the last days of campaigning on downplaying the future prospects of the virus, Biden said he has been looking to appeal to Gen Xers.
Speaking in Cleveland, he referenced his meeting with the six-year-old daughter of George Floyd, whose shooting by police earlier this year caused nationwide unrest.
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Biden said: “I knelt down to be at eye level with her. She looked at me, she said, I swear to God, said, ‘Mr. Vice President, my daddy is going to change the world. My dad is going to change the world.
“I’m not gonna forget, you’re not gonna forget, this country’s not gonna forget. This is gonna inspire a new wave of justice in America.
“Guess what? Because we have the X Generation, I mean the Z Generation, that in fact is the most open, least prejudiced, best-educated generation American history, they’re already moving, they’re already insisting on justice.”
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