Trump adviser Peter Navarro says he has no regrets for deriding Dr. Fauci over coronavirus
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White House economic adviser Peter Navarro said Monday he has no regrets about “going rogue” on coronavirus with an unauthorized opinion piece slamming Dr. Anthony Fauci as being wrong about most of the pandemic.
Navarro joked that the only thing he regrets is watching Fauci deliver a shaky toss when the doctor threw out Major League Baseball’s Opening Day first pitch in Washington, D.C., last week.
“I felt sorry for him,” Navarro said on Fox News.
Navarro added that he would like to see Fauci get in line behind President Donald Trump’s management of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Two weeks ago, Navarro published an off-message hit piece aimed at Fauci in which the trade adviser detailed what he claimed were missteps made by the pandemic doc.
Political analysts called Navarro’s attack a remarkable act of political malpractice because polls show Fauci has been one of the most trusted figures amid the pandemic.
Trump distanced himself a bit from Navarro’s attack but took no further action.
Fauci hit back by calling Navarro “in a world by himself,” and the two men have not spoken since.
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