“I mean, he’s crazy,” Fauci said. “The man should be shot on the spot.”
Fox News defended Waters. A spokesperson said in a statement, “Based on watching the full clip and reading the entire transcript, it is more than clear that Jesse Watters is a metaphor for asking Dr. Fauci the tough questions about gain-of-function research. .and his words have been taken completely out of context.”
Waters made his remarks Monday at the right-wing Turning Points USA conference, where he gave students a playbook for recording a viral moment that Fox News would broadcast and other right-wing outlets would flourish.
“Now you go in for the kill shot. The dying bullet? Ambush? Deadly. Because he doesn’t see it coming,” Waters said.
Fauci reacted with shock to the “horrific” comments on Tuesday, but also acknowledged that it is “very likely” Waters will become “irresponsible” at Fox News.
“The only thing I’ve done in these two years is encourage people to practice good public health practices: to get vaccinated, to be careful in public settings, to wear masks,” Fauci said on “New Day.” to wear.” to wear.”
“And for that,” Fauci continued, “you have some guy saying people should kill me to kill me? I mean what kind of madness is there in society these days?”
At the time, Fauci called on Fox News to remain silent and not comment on Logan’s comments.
“What I find amazing, Chris, is how he doesn’t get any discipline from the Fox network,” Fauci told MSNBC host Chris Hayes at the time. “How can they let them say this without any comment and disciplinary action. I’m surprised by that.”
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