RT
White House chief medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci has called for the firing of Fox News host Jesse Watters, after the conservative pundit told a crowd to target the health official with a “kill shot.”
A clip of Watters addressing a Turning Point USA Americafest event this week drew outrage, though the political commenter was speaking metaphorically when he referred to a “kill shot” against Fauci, referring to exposing what he called the doctor’s faulty credibility.
During an appearance on CNN on Tuesday, Fauci said Watters’ comments are a reflection of the “craziness” that goes on in society.
Watters, Fauci added, will likely be “unaccountable” for his statements, but “should be fired on the spot.”
Defending himself from criticism, the health official added that all he has done during the pandemic is “encourage people to practice good public health practices: to get vaccinated, to be careful in public settings, to wear a mask.”
“And for that, you have some guy out there saying that people should be giving me a kill shot to ambush me? I mean, what kind of craziness is there in society these days?” Fauci said.
Watters had criticized Fauci at the Turning Point USA event with accusations that echo criticisms long leveled at the medic, who has become a common political foe for conservatives who oppose pandemic…
