Fauci joins ex-officials losing protection under Trump | Honolulu Star-Advertiser

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : Trump ended federal protection for at least three other former top officials who served during his first administration since he took office for the second time on Monday.
48% : Asked about media reports that he had stripped Fauci's security, Trump told reporters that when you work for government, "at some point your security detail comes off, and you know, you can't have them forever." "We took some off other people too, but you can't have a security detail for the rest of your life because you work for government," he said at a press briefing in North Carolina.
40% : Sources familiar with the situation confirmed that federal security protection had been canceled for Fauci, a top infectious disease official whose efforts to fight the pandemic were applauded by many public health experts even as he was vilified by Trump and many other Republicans.
28% : Certainly I would not take responsibility," Trump said.
27% : Trump also yanked protection for his former top diplomat Mike Pompeo and former Iran envoy Brian Hook.
21% : President Donald Trump said today Dr. Anthony Fauci, a former top health official who has faced threats since leading the country's COVID-19 response, should hire his own security, the latest former U.S. official to have their protection cut off since Trump took office this week.
20% : Asked if he would take responsibility if something happened to Fauci or to Bolton, Trump said: "No.
7% : On Tuesday, Trump said he ended security for his former national security adviser John Bolton, who was the target of an alleged Iranian plot and also became a vocal Trump critic.

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