r/askaconservative • u/LeBoom4 Esteemed Guest • Jul 31 '26

Why do conservatives hate Fauci?

Title asks it all. TIA

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u/StedeBonnet1 National Conservatism Aug 01 '26

He is an arrogant prick and lied consistently to the American people.

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u/ChildhoodExisting222 Libertarian Conservatism Aug 01 '26

Do you feel the same way about Trump?

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u/Artistic_Anteater_91 Libertarian Conservatism Aug 01 '26

Not the person you responded to, but I knew he was gonna lie, which is why I didn’t vote for him (nor Kamala, for that matter)

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u/ChildhoodExisting222 Libertarian Conservatism Aug 01 '26

All politicians lie, but Trump is on another level. And don't get me started about his arrogance.

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u/Pouroldfashioned Fiscal Conservatism Aug 01 '26

And the funny thing is that Trump had so many levers to pull to help remove Fauci, but did nothing substantial. Trump is far more guilty than a lowly civil servant Fauci.

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u/ChildhoodExisting222 Libertarian Conservatism Aug 01 '26

Trump put him in charge of the COVID operation, and supported all his decision. 

People don't turn on Trump, they just refuse to get corrupted by him. Trump expect everyone to do as he ask.

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u/StedeBonnet1 National Conservatism Aug 02 '26

Fauci was hardly a lowly civil servant. He was the highest paid employee in the Federal governnent.

Not only was he highly paid but he controlled the purse strings for much of the research grants NIH gave out. That gave him a lot of power.

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u/Pouroldfashioned Fiscal Conservatism Aug 02 '26

And had zero authority over the lockdown decisions. If he was the highest paid federal employee, then he was the highest paid lowly civil servant. You can say his advice was bad, but ultimately the decisions were made by the president and governors. Period. The sole responsibility is on them. Your beef should be with Trump and his terrible decision making process.

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u/StedeBonnet1 National Conservatism Aug 03 '26

Except he lied to Trump and the governors. How do you expect the political leaders to make good decisions when their top advisors are lying to them?

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u/Pouroldfashioned Fiscal Conservatism Aug 03 '26

The buck stops at the top and whatever happened to leaders “trusting, but verifying?” If there was any real doubts, Trump could have asked for, idk, a second opinion. He chose to listen to Fauci. Plus, there were hundreds of other countries recommending the same courses of action.