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JonLP24

(29,322 posts)
Sun Jan 24, 2021, 03:38 PM Jan 2021

Fauci: Receiving powder-filled envelope was 'very, very disturbing'

Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious diseases expert, said he had received an envelope of powder from an unknown source at one point during the coronavirus pandemic.

He made the admission in an interview with The New York Times about his experiences working for former President Trump.

"[O]ne day I got a letter in the mail, I opened it up and a puff of powder came all over my face and my chest. That was very, very disturbing to me and my wife because it was in my office," the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases told the Times. "So I just looked at it all over me and said, 'What do I do?' The security detail was there, and they're very experienced in that. They said, 'Don't move, stay in the room.' And they got the hazmat people. So they came, they sprayed me down and all that."

Fauci said the substance was tested and determined to be a "benign nothing," but that it was a frightening experience regardless. He added that he was unaware of whether then-President Trump was briefed on the incident, nor did he alert anyone close to Trump.

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/535589-fauci-receiving-powder-filled-envelope-was-very-very-disturbing?amp&__twitter_impression=true

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Fauci: Receiving powder-filled envelope was 'very, very disturbing' (Original Post) JonLP24 Jan 2021 OP
the extremist llashram Jan 2021 #1
Truly & horribly. And the extremists in the R party are the majority Dark n Stormy Knight Jan 2021 #3
So many Republicans are extremists, that have been radicalized by trump. AnotherMother4Peace Jan 2021 #5
There are really some F'ed up twisted people in the US that pull this kind of crap. RKP5637 Jan 2021 #2
In America trying to save lives is a death sentence. Irish_Dem Jan 2021 #4
That's a funny way of saying "very, very predictable" Bucky Jan 2021 #6
Yeah, I Would Guess! ProfessorGAC Jan 2021 #7

AnotherMother4Peace

(4,246 posts)
5. So many Republicans are extremists, that have been radicalized by trump.
Sun Jan 24, 2021, 04:02 PM
Jan 2021

Their threatening language on facebook, etc. tells me that they would like to do me harm because I'm a Democrat. This is from people in my large extended family. They frighten me and I do not want them around me. I can imagine the frightening threats Fauchi has gotten.

RKP5637

(67,108 posts)
2. There are really some F'ed up twisted people in the US that pull this kind of crap.
Sun Jan 24, 2021, 03:42 PM
Jan 2021

It's always a total WTF to me.

Bucky

(54,013 posts)
6. That's a funny way of saying "very, very predictable"
Sun Jan 24, 2021, 04:06 PM
Jan 2021

He failed to worship at the shrine of Trumpism... and it led to getting death threats? No WAY!! Say it isn't so!

ProfessorGAC

(65,044 posts)
7. Yeah, I Would Guess!
Sun Jan 24, 2021, 04:07 PM
Jan 2021

Very disturbing is probably Fauci keeping the lid on his id!
I'm sure he went from panic & fear to rage by the time those hazmat folks left.

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