Fauci: It Was ‘Painful’ to Correct Trump But I Had to ‘Preserve My Own Personal Integrity’

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FAUCI: "I said to myself, I have a responsibility to preserve my own personal integrity and a responsibility to the American public, regardless of what administration. I‘ve been responsible to the American public when I first came here half a century ago, and I‘m responsible to the American public now. So when I walked up to the podium, I said, 'Here it goes.' 'Dr. Fauci, the president just said that hydroxychloroquine is the end-all.' And I said, 'No, I‘m really sorry, but that‘s anecdotal and there‘s no information that it actually works.' That was painful to me, to have to do that, but there was no doubt that I had to do it. I mean, it wasn‘t like, 'Well, maybe you should, maybe you shouldn't.' There was no doubt that I had to do it."