Biden slams Trump for calling Fauci a 'disaster'
Former Vice President Joe Biden slammed President Trump on Monday for calling Anthony Fauci a "disaster" and dismissing public health experts, accusing the president of "waving a white flag" in the country's fight against the coronavirus pandemic.
"Coronavirus infections are spiking across the country, but President Trump decided to attack Dr. Fauci again today as a 'disaster' and call public health experts 'idiots' instead of laying out a plan to beat this virus or heeding their advice about how we can save lives and get our economy moving again," Biden said in a statement.
"Waving a white flag and saying 'it is what it is' is unacceptable when thousands of American lives are being taken each week, when businesses are closing and schools remain shuttered," he continued. "The American people have never backed down from a challenge, but they need a leader to show the way and all President Trump has done is cower and wallow in self-pity."
Biden's statement came hours after Trump attacked Fauci during a conference call with campaign staffers, audio of which was obtained by The Hill. In the call, Trump accused the nation's top infectious diseases specialist of giving inconsistent advice about the coronavirus pandemic and insisted that Americans were "tired" of hearing about the outbreak.
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