Led by conservative firebrand Ben Shapiro, a movement to fire Dr. Anthony Fauci has been gathering steam after a series of controversial and confusing messages from the infectious diseases expert.
Fauci has flip-flopped on whether the Trump administration had a vaccine distribution system, thrown shade at President Trump, called for masking well into 2022, and worst of all, confused Americans with his inconsistent messaging on masks, vaccines and school openings.
Shapiro made the case to fire Fauci in four simple tweets:
Fauci should be fired.
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) February 22, 2021
He has been downtalking the efficacy of vaccines at a time when we need precisely the opposite. He has been mirroring the administration's double talk on school reopenings.
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) February 22, 2021
I gave Fauci the benefit of the doubt for a full year here, but he is simply not an apolitical voice at this point. I'm not saying he's badly motivated. I'm saying that as the top voice for covid fighting in the US, his mixed messaging is harmful.
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) February 22, 2021
Note: I didn't say Trump should fire him. In fact, I said precisely the opposite. I'm saying that if the Biden administration's messaging around vaccines has been terrible, and Fauci is a major part of that. Biden should can him.
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) February 22, 2021
And in the coup de gras, Matt Walsh, who is one of my favorite political commentators, summed in up in just one tweet.
Fauci is the perfect government employee. Completely ineffectual, failure after failure, has presided over a disaster, can’t even keep his own excuses straight, yet still has his job.
— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) February 22, 2021
What do you think? Should Fauci still have his job?