House progressives rallied behind Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) on Thursday as she sought to clarify that her discussion of alleged international human rights abuses wasn’t drawing false equivalence between the U.S.
Joe Biden Says He s Very Confident in Dr. Anthony Fauci, Despite Email Backlash
On 6/4/21 at 1:19 PM EDT
President Joe Biden says he isn t bothered by Dr. Anthony Fauci s Republican critics who have called for the nation s most prominent COVID-19 expert s firing after a trove of his emails made headlines this week. I m very confident in Dr. Fauci, Biden told reporters on Friday, his first public defense of his chief medical adviser, who has come under renewed scrutiny this past week over his response to the coronavirus pandemic and its origins.
Questioned later in the day during a briefing with reporters, White House press secretary Jen Psaki said there is no circumstance in which she could see Biden firing Fauci.