HIS REELECTION WE’RE SUFFERING THROUGH A MEDICAL AND ECONOMIC
DISASTER WE’RE IN THE MIDDLE OF.
JOINING ME NOW THE FORMER ACTING
ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE CENTERS
FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID AND
HOST OF "IN THE BUBBLE."
ANDY, THIS DR. BRIGHT STATEMENT
TO ME IS -- IT’S NOT SHOCKING
BECAUSE WE -- IT’S NOT AT ALL
SURPRISEING IN THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION BUT IF WHAT HE IS
SAYING IS TRUE, THE DANGER CAN’T
BE OVER STATED.
>> CHRIS, THIS IS A REALLY
ALARMING SITUATION.
ALARMING SITUATION. HE HEARS THE ANALOGY I’LL GIVE
YOU.
YOU. THIS IS LIKE THE PATRIOTS
PULLING TOM BRADY IN THE FOURTH
QUARTER WITH THE TEAM DOWN BY
SIX FACING ELIMINATION.
THIS IS A MAN, DR. BRIGHT, WHO
HAS SPENT HIS ENTIRE CAREER
PREPARING FOR THIS MOMENT.
HE SPENT HIS ENTIRE CAREER
STUDYING INFLUENZA AND OTHER
INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND HOW TO
BUILD A VACCINE FOR THESE
MOMENTS.
MOMENTS. THIS IS A GUY YOU WANT ON THE
FIELD RIGHT NOW.
SO THE AMERICAN PUBLIC NEEDS TO
LOOK AT THIS AND SAY, FOR EVERY
POSSIBLE REASON, THIS MAN NEEDS
TO BE PUT BACK IN THE GAME.
YOU SAW DR. FAUCI WAS QUITE
ALARMED AT THIS AND
UNFORTUNATELY, THIS IS FOLLOWING
THE SAME PATTERN WE’VE SEEN WITH
THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT AND THAT
YOU POINTED OUT WE’VE SEEN WITH
OTHER PUBLIC OFFICIALS IF THEY
DO ANYTHING THAT DOESN’T REFLECT
WELL ON THE PRESIDENT, THEY’RE
PULLED OUT OF THE GAME BUT WE
NEED TOM BRADY IN THE GAME.
>> AND IT’S MORE THAN DOESN’T,
YOU KNOW, REFLECT WELL ON THE
PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT. WHAT DR. BRIGHT IS ALENLINGLEGEI
HERE, HE STOOD IN THE WAY OF THE
ADMINISTRATION TO MAKE THIS
PARTICULAR DRUG,
PARTICULAR DRUG, HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE AVAILABLE ON
DEMAND TO EVERY AMERICAN.
I MEAN, THAT IS A CRAZY
ALLEGATION.
ALLEGATION. I MEAN, THE DANGER OF THAT --
THIS HAS BEEN PUSHED BY LAURA
INGRAHAM AND TRUMP TV AND THE
MIRACLE CURE AND STUDIES SHOWING
PROMISE AND DANGER.
WE DON’T KNOW.
WE JUST DON’T KNOW.
BUT THAT’S A WILDLY RECKLESS
THING FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO BE
PUSHING.
PUSHING. >> SO CHRIS, THERE IS TWO
ISSUES.
ISSUES. ONE IS WHY HE WAS FIRED OR I
SHOULD SAY REASSIGNED AND THE
BIGGER ISSUE IS THE FACT HE WAS
REASSIGNED.
REASSIGNED. TAKING YOUR BEST VACCINE
DEVELOPER OUT OF THE GAME WHEN
YOU HAVE A NOVEL VIRUS WE HAVE
NO IMMUNITY AND WE CAN’T GET
BACK TO NORMAL LIFE UNTIL WE
HAVE HERD IMMUNITY, WHICH WILL
COME AT THE COST OF A LOT OF
LIVES OR WORKING VACCINE IS, I
CAN’T JUST COMMUNICATE HOW
IRRESPONSIBLE THAT IS.
WE HAVE REASON AFTER THREE AND A
HALF YEARS TO UNDERSTAND WHY
THAT HAPPENED.
THAT HAPPENED. WE HAVE REASON AFTER THREE AND A
HALF YEARS TO UNDERSTAND THAT
ANYBODY THAT MAKES THE PRESIDENT
LOOK BAD, THAT THIS IS WHAT
HAPPENS TO THEM.
THERE IS NO OTHER EXPLANATION.
YOU’D NEVER PULL TOM BRADY OUT
OF THE GAME FOR ANY REASON BASED
ON MERIT.
ON MERIT. >> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT. THERE’S ALSO THE SORT OF REALLY
ABJECT DISPLAY WHERE THE
PRESIDENT TROTS OUT DR. RED
FIELD WHO HAS NOT BEEN AT THE
BRIEFING SINCE MARCH 9th BECAUSE
HE GAVE A FAIRLY INNOCUOUS
INTERVIEW WHERE HE WARNED A FLU
SEASON WITH CORONAVIRUS THIS
FALL AND WINTER WOULD BE REALLY
DIFFICULT, WILL BE REALLY
DIFFICULT PROBABLY AND HERE IS
THE PRESIDENT ATTEMPTING TO SORT
OF INITIATE SOME KIND OF MALICE
RECANTATION FROM THE CDC
DIRECTOR.
DIRECTOR. >> HE WAS MISQUOTED, TOTALLY
MISQUOTED.
MISQUOTED. HE SAID THEY COULD COME
TOGETHER.
TOGETHER. THEY DIDN’T TALK ABOUT THAT.
HIS WHOLE PURPOSE OF MAKING THE
STATEMENT WAS TO GET A FLU SHOT.
>> THAT WAS ACCURATE?
THAT’S THE QUOTE FROM "THE
WASHINGTON POST."
WASHINGTON POST." YOU WERE ACCURATELY QUOTED,
CORRECT?
CORRECT? >> I’M ACRECURATELY QUOTED IN TH
WASHINGTON POST.
WASHINGTON POST. >> IT’S JUST ANYTHING THAT --
IT’S SUCH A DANGEROUS MIND SET.
IT’S SUCH A DANGEROUS MIND SET
FROM THE BEGINNING WHICH IS
ANYTHING THAT SOUNDS LIKE IT
MIGHT BE BAD IN THE FUTURE HAS
TO BE WIPED AWAY AND WISHING
WILL NOT MAKE IT SO.
I JUST CAN’T BELIEVE THAT THIS
CONTINUES TO BE THE POSTURE.
>> LONG GONE ARE THE DAYS WHEN
WE WERE CRITICIZING THE
PRESIDENT FOR LYING ABOUT
GOLFING TOO MUCH.
IF ONLY, I THINK THERE WERE A
NUMBER OF PEOPLE AT THAT TIME
INCLUDING YOURSELF, MANY OTHERS
SAYING THIS PATTERN OF LYING,
THIS PATTERN OF NOT BEING
STRAIGHT WITH THE AMERICAN
PUBLIC, THIS PATTERN OF
PROTECTING YOURSELF AT THE
EXPENSE OF WHAT IS GOOD FOR THE
PUBLIC IS GOING TO COST US AND
NOW IT’S GAME TIME.
NOW IT’S FOR REAL.
AND SO TO BE IN AN ENVIRONMENT
WHERE YOU HAVE SOMEONE WHO CAN’T
TAKE ANY CRITICISM WHO CAN’T
CREATE A SITUATION WHERE HE’S
LOSING WITHOUT PRETENDING HE’S
LIVING IS REALLY PROBLEMATIC.
I HAVE BEEN MAKING A SIGNIFICANT
EFFORT TO BE NON-PARTISAN DURING
THIS CRISIS BECAUSE THIS VIRUS
SPREADS BETWEEN REPUBLICANS AND
DEMOCRATS AND I WANT EVERYONE TO
HEAR THE SAME MESSAGE.
I WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT
THIS IS NOT ABOUT PARTISANSHIP.
THAT WE ALL HAVE TO CARE ABOUT
EACH OTHER AND WORK TOGETHER BUT
WE ALSO HAVE TO HOLD THE
PRESIDENT ACCOUNTABLE WHEN HE
DOES THINGS LIKE THIS.
THIS IS THE KIND OF THING THAT’S
INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS WITH MANY
RESPECTS, SINGULARLY
RESPECTS, SINGULARLY DISQUALIFYING.