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President Trump Suggests He Will Fire Dr. Fauci After Election
November 2, 2020
The president ramped up tensions about the election and downplayed the coronavirus pandemic during a Florida rally that stretched into the early hours Monday. President Donald Trump suggested to supporters that he might fire Dr. Anthony Fauci, the country's top epidemiologist and the person Americans trust most to tell the truth about the deadly virus. "Let me wait until a little after the election," Trump responded to shouts of "Fire Fauci!" More than 231,000 Americans have died from COVID-19.