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Trump Rips ’60 Minutes’ and Vaccine Whistleblower for Criticism of Coronavirus Response

by Meaghan Ellis
May 18, 2020 at 8:01 am
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President Donald Trump is expressing his displeasure with CBS News’ “60 Minutes” and former Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) director, Dr. Rick Bright.

On Sunday evening, Bright appeared the long-running prime-time show where he was interviewed by news anchor Norah O’Donnell.

Following the interview, Trump retaliated with a barrage of fiery tweets. Trump criticized the interview saying the network interviewed a “fake whistleblower.

Rating O’Donnell as a “third place anchor,” the president also accused her and CBS of “doing everything in their power to demean our Country, much to the benefit of the Radical Left Democrats.”

“Tonight they put on yet another Fake ‘Whistleblower’, a disgruntled employee who supports Dems, fabricates stories [and] spews lies,” Trump tweeted.

He continued,”[60 Minutes] report was incorrect, which they couldn’t care less about. Fake News! I don’t know this guy, never met him, but don’t like what I see. How can a creep like this show up to work tomorrow & report to[Secretary Azar] , his boss, after trashing him on T.V.?…”

.@60Minutes & third place anchor, @NorahODonnell, are doing everything in their power to demean our Country, much to the benefit of the Radical Left Democrats. Tonight they put on yet another Fake “Whistleblower”, a disgruntled employee who supports Dems, fabricates stories, &…

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 18, 2020

….spews lies. @60Minutes report was incorrect, which they couldn’t care less about. Fake News! I don’t know this guy, never met him, but don’t like what I see. How can a creep like this show up to work tomorrow & report to @SecAzar, his boss, after trashing him on T.V.?….

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 18, 2020

The president called on Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) to further investigate and challenged CBS executive Shari Redstone to evaluate her “poorly performing gang.”

….This whole Whistleblower racket needs to be looked at very closely, it is causing great injustice & harm. I hope you are listening @SenSusanCollins I also hope that Shari Redstone will take a look at her poorly performing gang. She knows how to make things right!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 18, 2020

Despite Trump’s criticism, Bright has maintained his stance. During his appearance on “60 Minutes” he reiterated his sentiments on hydroxychloroquine.

“I believe my last-ditch effort to protect Americans from that drug was the final straw that they used.” Government scientist Rick Bright says he believes he was retaliated against for raising concerns about hydroxychloroquine. https://t.co/pbZFkHyNN8 pic.twitter.com/KnHoFZgwvU

— 60 Minutes (@60Minutes) May 17, 2020

Bright has been reassigned to a new role as senior advisor to the  National Institutes of Health director for diagnostics.

Tags: Coronavirus OutbreakDonald TrumpRick Bright
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