Anthony Fauci announced last week that he was skipping the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner “because of my individual assessment of my personal risk” in regards to COVID.
That apparently didn’t stop Fauci, however, from attending the garden brunch for the Association and from being photographed with CNN’s Don Lemon (as well as Lemon’s partner).
Newsmax’s Sean Spicer shared a photograph of the trio that was apparently taken from Lemon’s Instagram in a tweet.
“Fauci bailed on attending the White House Correspondents’ Dinner because of ‘individual assessment of my personal risk.’ …..so he just went to the crowed pre-parties #WHCD,” Spicer noted.
Fauci bailed on attending the White House Correspondents’ Dinner because of “individual assessment of my personal risk." …..so he just went to the crowed pre-parties #WHCD pic.twitter.com/OEkX9OuYHL
— Sean Spicer (@seanspicer) May 1, 2022
Some liberals responded that perhaps the picture was from a different event and that Spicer was mistaken.
Another tweet from White House Insider, however, has a different shot of the Lemon and Fauci together, along with Jonathan Capehart.
U.S. House Rep Andy Biggs (R-AZ) pointed out, “So, Fauci skipped the White House Correspondents’ Dinner Saturday night because of alleged COVID risks.”
“Yet, just hours before this dinner he appeared at the White House Correspondents’ Garden Brunch (maskless in a crowd),” Biggs lamented.
Biggs then declared, “This guy is a total FRAUD!”
So, Fauci skipped the White House Correspondents' Dinner Saturday night because of alleged COVID risks.
— Rep Andy Biggs (@RepAndyBiggsAZ) May 2, 2022
Yet, just hours before this dinner he appeared at the White House Correspondents' Garden Brunch (maskless in a crowd).
This guy is a total FRAUD! https://t.co/2Ck3N3eLJp
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