White House attacks on Fauci described as 'nuclear grade bananas'

.MaddowBlog: White House attacks on Fauci described as 'nuclear grade bananas'

There are a handful of relevant angles to this. Right off the bat, it's worth appreciating just how absurd the circumstances are. As Sen. Chris Murphy over the weekend,"Don't let this feel normal. It's nuclear grade bananas to have White House staff sending reporters opposition research on their own top infectious disease doctor in the middle of a worsening pandemic that has already killed 130,000.

But perhaps most important is coming to terms with the rationale behind the anti-Fauci smear campaign. There's fresh reporting, for example, that Trump is"It doesn't help that the president is reflexively hostile toward experts as part of his antagonistic attitude toward governing.

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