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Trump Trashes Fauci, Openly Discusses Firing Him
Donald Trump has been very upset with Anthony Fauci over Fauci’s recent 60 Minutes appearance. White House correspondents like Jeff Mason have reported on Twitter that the President “says people are tired of hearing from him and ‘all these idiots’ [about COIVD].” ABC’s Will Steakin said that Trump “muses about firing him if it weren’t for the negative press if he did.” Fauci’s approval ratings, particularly on handling the coronavirus, are far ahead of Trump’s. The public would not be receptive to a Fauci firing and Biden could make it a campaign promise to re-hire him.
Kaitlan Collins of CNN said on Twitter, “Trump says people are tired of hearing about coronavirus.” That much is true, that the public is fatigued by restrictions, but they are even more fatigued with this president who won't get the basic things right so we can make progress. People are tired of this president’s lies on coronavirus and that includes everything from saying masks don’t work to theorizing that injecting disinfectant could wipe out the virus. Hopefully, there will be new science-based leadership in January and the gag order will be lifted off of Anthony Fauci.
BREAKING: Trump's Mic Will Be MUTED While Biden Speaks
After the complete disaster that was the first presidential debate, the Commission on Presidential Debates has announced the rule changes for the second and final debate set to take place on Thursday in Tennessee. The commission has decided that when one candidate is speaking during their first two minutes on a question, the other candidate’s microphone will be muted to avoid cross-talk. During the open discussion period of the topic, both candidates’ microphones will be turned on. Trump told reporters he’s not happy with the rule change but he is expected to show up Thursday night anyway.
This rule change will ultimately make the debate more watchable and it’s probably in the best interest of the American people to make it. One would think that letting Biden speak uninterrupted for two minutes will be helpful to him, but the counterargument to that is that Trump makes a fool out of himself when he butts in and it was a tactic that backfired on him in the first debate. Trump clearly needs a debate win more than Biden, trailing in the national polls by as much as 10% two weeks out from Election Day.
From yesterday’s show:
Fauci Unloads, Not Surprised Trump Got COVID at Superspreader Event
Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, went on 60 Minutes over the weekend to discuss the coronavirus pandemic. In addition to expressing concern over the virus, with possibly 100,000 new daily cases coming to the US in this fall wave, Fauci also talked about Trump and his supporters. Fauci identified the Rose Garden event for Amy Coney Barrett as a super-spreader event. He also discussed how crazy it was that he needs around-the-clock security and how his life has been threatened and his family is being harassed. This was a rare media appearance for Fauci, who is often censored by the White House for giving realistic assessments on where the country is in the fight against COVID-19.
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--A new poll from the New York Times/Siena College confirms that the United States is far more progressive than the representation it gets from our elected officials
--It is revealed that even Fox News declined to publish the New York Post Hunter Biden story because it was unreliably sourced and not credible
--Donald Trump called Reuters reporter Jeff Mason a "criminal" for not asking the question that Trump wanted Jeff to ask
--Donald Trump reportedly got bored and ordered a milkshake in the middle of a highly classified CIA briefing earlier in his presidency
--Pete Buttigieg's smackdowns of Donald Trump on Fox News are an absolute delight to watch
--On the Bonus Show: New Yorker suspends Jeffrey Toobin, Slovakia to test entire country, why New Zealand rejected populist ideas, much more...
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Mic Muting at Next Debate Is Happening
Ashley Wilkesjust now
Two points: just the fact that Trump has threatened to fire Anthony Fauci and it’s not doing it only because it would hurt his campaign is still going to hurt his campaign.
Aso, I’ll wouldn’t be surprised if Crackhead disregarded his mic being cut off and just yelled as usual insanities while Biden is speaking. In such a scenario most of the audience would hear Trump’s yelling and his monkey like screeching would also be picked up by Biden‘s mic. Anybody who would think that Trump would be above such behavior has been living in a cave for the past four years.