Fauci fires back: "The guy should be fired on the spot"

[luv2fly]

The guy should be fired on the spot’: Dr. Fauci fires back at assassination threat from Fox News host

Bob Brigham
December 21, 2021

America's top infectious disease expert on Tuesday said that Fox News should have already fired host Jesse Watters for shocking comments

CNN's John Berman interviewed Dr. Tony Fauci ahead of President Joe Biden's address to the nation on the Omicron variant.

"On the subject of divisiveness — and I'm not going to play it because, frankly, I think it's dangerous," Berman said. "But Jesse Watters, who is a Fox News entertainer, was giving a speech to a conservative group where he talked about you, suggesting to the crowd they ambush you with what he said was some kind of rhetorical 'kill shot.' That was his exact word."

"I'm wondering, you know, how much that concerns you when you hear language like that about you and your well-being," Berman said.

More at:

https://www.rawstory.com/jesse-watters-dr-tony-fauci/

[spanone]

1. faux is an enemy of the people/state.

[TheBlackAdder]

33. I'm positive FOX's HR Department raised this issue as a Workplace Safety matter and were overridden.

.

Normally, HR will push fort employee terminations in matters like these, because that shows a mental imbalance and could manifest itself into a future workplace safety event. This even eclipses the negative public views that looned employees cast on the company's image--which FOX seems OK about.

The question would be, who is overriding HR and allowing these unstable people to be the face of the company?

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[demmiblue]

2. Video:

Link to tweet

My god:

Link to tweet

[PatrickforB]

27. Fauci is right. This clown NEEDS TO BE FIRED ON THE SPOT.

They won't, of course, because he generates ad revenue and as everyone here in this capitalist utopia of 'Murika knows, it is ALWAYS profit over people. Every time.

[dem4decades]

3. Nothing happens, ever. When the Republic is soon done, a certain AG will wonder if there was more

he could have done.

[BlackSkimmer]

10. Yep. nt

[gab13by13]

29. Nothing plus nothing is still nothing.

[dem4decades]

38. I guess that's freedom, as my girl used to sing, Freedom's

Just another word for nothing left to lose.

[LoisB]

40. Loved Janis

[gab13by13]

41. So you're the guy,

I thought she was my girl.

[Delphinus]

8. Local level,

as well as state and federal level. Where did they all go?

[Kid Berwyn]

14. If a Muslim...

Fired yesterday.

[Alexander Of Assyria]

19. Yes sir. At a speech before the Muslim Brotherhood, FBI there yesterday.

But another example of white privilege mixed with the legality of hate speech.

Toxic brew isn’t it?

[PatrickforB]

28. Indeed. But a white anglo-saxon male? No worries.

Except for the sane people among us. We're worried...

What a jerk.

[Alexander Of Assyria]

17. Apparently in America verbal terrorism is protected free speech. When didm

that happen and become normalized?

If no consequences then this hate speech illegal in all western countries but America becomes normalized by default.

[IronLionZion]

24. America has taken out verbal terrorist US citizens with drone strikes

in other countries. Obama took out Anwar Awlaki based on his verbal incitement of violence.

But no consequences for this Fox News douchebag.

[Alexander Of Assyria]

37. Awalaki should have spoken similar couched violence words on Fox News nothing could be done.

Except he was Muslim, so that’s where the analogy fails.

[IronLionZion]

23. Jesse Waters doesn't have any political agenda

because he's white. Everyone knows a terrorist is based on how someone looks, not what they do or say.

[Lonestarblue]

34. Law enforcement has been turning a blind eye to white terrorists for decades.

Every state outlaws private militias acting as if they have a law enforcement role. Yet in Texas, white supremacists patrol the border to catch people crossing the border illegally, and nothing is done to them. All those militia members who went to Oregon to “keep the peace” (translated as “stir up more trouble”) during the George Floyd protests were violating the law, yet law enforcement did nothing. And yet a black person has a broken tail light can be stopped and murdered with impunity. A white person who commits insurrection by attacking the US Capitol gets a few months in jail. A black person caught with a small bit of marijuana for personal use can get years in jail. Our criminal justice system is screwed up, but it is the people enforcing it that makes it that way.

[3auld6phart]

55. RWs

The majority of LEOs are right wing bullies. They will protect the
plantation owners ( corporations ) Many of them love that false
power they have over the civilians in their lives. Been there,seen it.

[onecaliberal]

50. When there is no one willing to prosecute instances of it, it's not illegal for them.

Officer Fanone quit the capitol police because in his words, colleagues didn’t like what he had to say. The next insurrection won’t be as tame as the 1/6. This is a really bad sign.

[RobinA]

5. So I'm Guessing

from this that it is now OK to discuss/advocate assassinating public officials in a public forum? I am getting old. I remember when you didn't really do that because a) it wasn't decent and b) the secret service might come knocking on your door. Yikes.

[JohnnyRingo]

46. We didn't even dare say that on the phone.

...to a friend. Saying it on TV would have been shocking.

I guess it still is to the sane half of the country.

[Casady1]

6. Watters should have been fired

after his segment mocking Chinese people in Chinatown. He is a hard core racist.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

16. Instantly. For either line-crossing. . . . .nt

[Hortensis]

7. Absolutely. Fox has never actually stopped trolling for assassins,

though, just cut way back after being caught and denounced for trolling for Obama's assassination. At that time Fox had joined thousands of RW media, especially talk radio, that were blanketing the nation with messages clearly intended to incite assassination attempts.

[uponit7771]

11. If what this person did was illegal they should be arrested, period

[gab13by13]

31. He would be in trouble if he said it in Canada.

[bucolic_frolic]

12. I still think

he's a scientist who is not only brilliant, but also liberal, and not wasp enough for the fascists.

[malaise]

13. He should not only have been fired

He should also have been arrested for threatening Dr Fauci

[NonPC]

15. The Week is Not Over Yet...

Give the FBI and DOJ some time, it doesn't happen the same day.

[3auld6phart]

36. Absolutely

Damn scary.There are more than enough stench ridden,meth mouthed
drooling scum out thee wanting and capable of wanting to that. Simple
minded freaks are just waiting for that OK from Faux talking heads.
That asshole should be up on a charge. It’s getting damn scary across
the border. To many gunslingers there.

[dchill]

20. It was a definite threat. He should be fired immediately...

...and arrested.

[myohmy2]

21. isn't...

...calling for the assassination of someone illegal?

...did the puke hacks on the supreme court make it legal?

...if there was some way of pursuing this guy with criminal charges, I would...

...when good people do nothing, bad people win...

...

[Harker]

22. If he's confronted, expect the "just joking" defense, which they think excuses their violent

rhetoric. He's practically shouting "fire!" in a crowded theater, but as a live threat rather than a false warning.

Words matter. We tend to know that.

[Escurumbele]

25. Can't Fauci sue the guy? Can't he report it to the FBI as a formal complain? I know the FBI knows

about it, but he should file a formal complaint. That guy should be interrogated and jailed, at least interrogated to make his life miserable for a while.

[gab13by13]

32. Garland has to wait for a referral from the select committee.

[niyad]

26. To jesse watters: may you receive everything you deserve.

Love that Berman referred to him as a faux entertainer.

[packman]

30. I truly hate that smirking POS Watters

Thinks he's all-so-clever with that grin of his

[maxsolomon]

35. Context context context.

It was metaphorical.The dude is reprehensible, but it was clearly metaphorical, referring to his "kill-shot" question about the Wuhan-lab conspiracy theory.

Conservative's brains are infected by Guns; they can't construct a metaphor that doesn't involve shooting.

[ForgedCrank]

39. This is why

we are mocked so often.
We all know what Fox and their talking heads are about, that much is undeniable. But if you watch the whole thing without being clipped off, no one suggested actually assassinating anyone. It was about trying to destroy Fauci's credibility (which is bad enough in itself).

[Jon King]

44. Yup, when we do this we lose swing voters.

It is what it is, we look to hard for outrage. The comments in context were about blindsiding Fauci with a tough question on film to make Fauci look bad. That was a journalistic 'kill shot' according to Waters. Repugs were able to message to suburban voters in VA and they will do it in the midterms.

[RobinA]

53. While I Know What

you mean and agree about what was said, using "kill shot" and then garbling the language that indicates it's a metaphor was clearly done to send a message that could then be backed away from. The dominant elements of that little tantrum were the speaker's smirk, the picture of Fauci's head, and the works "kill shot." When sane people talk about using an argument that will silence their opposition, they don't call it a "kill shot" like some testosterone-crazed military wannabe.

[LoisB]

42. Fired? He should have been arrested for making a terrorist threat.

[Jon King]

45. Uggh, please go read the comments in context.

Nothing to do with shooting him at all, it was in the context of a journalistic 'kill shot' tough question for Fauci that he could not answer.

[JohnnyRingo]

49. I get the context now. I didn't hear the whole thing at first, however...

We know that Fox viewers have just as selective hearing as liberals. If someone looked up from cleaning their guns to hear that, they may connect the dots as secret marching orders.

We'll see if there's a surge in death threats or attempts. If so, I'd say there's an actionable case for lawsuit or dismissal.

[RobinA]

54. You May Not Have Heard

the whole thing because the words that indicate it was a metaphor were deliberately garbled by the speaker. You got the message that was sent. The metaphor stuff was put in there to be missed until the speaker was called out.

[JohnnyRingo]

43. Fauchi should have a legitimate law suit.

...at the very first death threat, and we know they're coming, for making his family live in terror. Worse, if there's an attempt. If one succeeds, it should put Fox Entertainment out of business as a terror organization masquerading as a news corporation.

[Evolve Dammit]

47. And this is OK now? How far we've fallen since 45

[LetMyPeopleVote]

48. Jesse Waters is a low life piece of pond scum

Link to tweet

[BSdetect]

51. k&r

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

52. And probably arrested

Violent threat against a public official? Of course Fux Noise will say they were just kidding like all RWNJs do when they're called out on their BS.

[SunImp]

56. He definitely should be fired, but Faux doesn't have an ounce of integrity

I want to believe that Karma will do something about him & other Rwing scum, but abusive people seem to get away with a lot of things these days.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

57. Fauci says Fox News and RFK Jr. attacks 'accelerated' death threats

Dr. Anthony Fauci says he and his family continue to receive death threats amid inflammatory statements made by critics including Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a prominent anti-vaxxer whose new book is filled with wild claims attacking the nation’s top infectious disease expert.

“It’s very unfortunate because I don’t think he is inherently malicious,” Fauci said of Kennedy in a wide-ranging interview with Yahoo News on Tuesday. “I just think he’s a very disturbed individual.”

The former environmental lawyer’s book, “The Real Anthony Fauci: Bill Gates, Big Pharma, and the Global War on Democracy and Public Health,” was published last month.

“It’s a shame because he comes from such an extraordinarily distinguished family, many members of whom I know personally,” Fauci continued. “I was very close to Sen. Ted Kennedy, who was such an extraordinary person and a real warrior for public health and to have RFK Jr. just spouting things that make absolutely no sense ... I’m so sorry that he’s doing that.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/fauci-rfk-jr-fox-news-trump-death-threats-disturbed-194310637.html