Pres. Trump: “People are tired of hearing Fauci and all these idiots”

Anderson Cooper 360

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3.7 • 3.8K Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2020

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Pres. Trump is attacking Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top infectious disease expert and White House Task Force Member, as the U.S. coronavirus death toll tops 220,000 and hospitalizations increasing more than 5% in 42 states. Trump claims “people are tired of hearing Fauci and all these idiots” and that Dr. Fauci is a “disaster.” Dr. Frieden is a former CDC Director. He joins AC360 to react to the President’s comments and says it’s not about agreeing or disagreeing with someone, it’s about whether you follow policies that’ll protect people. Plus, Election Day is just 15 days away and former President Obama is getting ready to hit the campaign trail for his friend Vice President Joe Biden. Valerie Jarrett is a former Senior Adviser to President Obama and she tells Anderson Cooper that President Obama is laser focused on making an affirmative case for why Joe Biden is the best person to become the President of the United States. Airdate: October 19, 2020 Guests: Dr. Tom Frieden Valerie Jarrett To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Good evening with 220,000 Americans now dead from the coronavirus.
0:04.2	We begin tonight with the president's own words and how they speak to his priorities,
0:08.1	which seem to revolve right now around settling grudges, not saving lives.
0:12.4	The first clips you'll hear are from a campaign conference call that he phoned in today.
0:16.3	Now, before we play it for you, you should know that today marked day one of what the White
0:20.0	House officially declared to be, and I'm not making this up, National Character Counts
0:24.8	Week.
0:26.0	Starting from the proclamation, quote, throughout this week, we recommit to being more kind,
0:30.5	loving, understanding, and virtuous.
0:33.1	This is actually signed by Donald J. Trump.
0:35.5	Clearly, he did not write it, but he did sign it.
0:38.5	So with that in mind, here's the president of the campaign conference call today.
0:44.0	People are tired of COVID.
0:46.0	I have the biggest rallies I've ever had and we have COVID.
0:49.3	People are saying whatever.
0:51.2	Just leave us alone.
0:53.1	They're tired of it.
0:54.8	They're tired of hearing Fauci and all these idiots, these people.
1:00.3	These people that have gotten their own Fauci's a nice guy.
1:03.5	He's been here for 500 years.
1:06.1	He called every one of them wrong and he's like this wonderful guy, a wonderful sage.
1:12.4	And yet we keep him.
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