Anthony Fauci, President Biden’s chief medical adviser and the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said he does not “pay any attention” to Elon Musk following the new Twitter CEO’s tweet calling for Fauci to be prosecuted.
“I don’t respond to him,” Fauci told CNN’s David Axelrod for a podcast that will be released Thursday.
“I don’t pay any attention to him because that’s merely a distraction,” Fauci added.
“And if you get drawn into that, and I have to be honest, that cesspool of interaction … there’s no value added to that, David. It doesn’t help anything.”
A clip of the interview aired on Monday on “Erin Burnett OutFront.”
Musk received swift backlash after he tweeted his “pronouns are Prosecute/Fauci” on Sunday. Democratic lawmakers from Sen. Amy Klobuchar (Minn.) to Rep. Ritchie Torres (N.Y.) denounced Musk’s comments.
Former CIA Director John Brennan also criticized Musk, saying he is fueling hatred and division, and praised Fauci as a national hero.
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