I don’t get too excited about polls because I can think of way too many instances where polls were wrong. If polls were infallible I’d probably be drawing cartoons about why we shouldn’t give Hillary Clinton a second term.
So take the following for what it’s worth.
According to a new poll from Quinnipiac University only 30% of America’s registered voters say they trust the information that Trump is providing about the coronavirus. 67% percent do not trust Trump’s claims – no word on what happened to the missing 3%.
And when it comes to Dr. Anthony Fauci, 65% of voters say they trust the information he provides and 26% percent say they don’t trust Fauci – this time we’re missing 9% who apparently have no opinion or are living on a desert island with an extremely elderly Amelia Earhart.
I think these numbers raise an obvious question: what the hell is Quinnipiac University?
Turns out it’s a real school located in Hamden, Connecticut and you know it must be pretty awesome because it’s ranked 41st in the list of best party schools by that prestigious website, Fiesta Frog.
Anyway…
I may not trust in polls, but it appears President Trump does because he doesn’t like anybody that America likes more than him and does what he can to destroy their popularity. That’s part of why we don’t see Fauci on TV so much anymore and when Fauci was asked this question:
“There’s been some reporting that the Trump administration has tried to cut back on your TV interviews. Isn’t it important at this moment for the nation and world to hear from you?
Fauci said:
“I can’t make a comment on that, but I think you know what the answer to that is.”
Fauci is credible because he says things we don’t want to hear and some of what he says contradicts what Trump is saying, so the White House decided to destroy Fauci’s credibility because refusing to listen to the experts has worked out so well for us.
Peter Navarro – a White House trade adviser with no medical expertise – attacked Fauci in a USA Today op-ed piece and after that attack backfired (people still like Dr. Fauci) the White House tried to back off the hornet’s nest they kicked and had Mike Pence tweet pictures of Dr. Fauci at a coronavirus task force meeting.
See? We’re all still pals.
Trump “chastised” Navarro for the USA Today piece – and if you believe Navarro did it on his own I could probably get you a good deal on a bridge – and the Washington Post describe it like this:
“White House backs away from Fauci attacks days after promoting them…”
The Trump administration tried to discredit Dr. Fauci by pointing out things he’s said in the past that turned out to be incorrect which is pretty rich coming from a president who predicted the COVID-19 virus would just disappear and it was safe to reopen the economy.
But a willingness to change his mind as new evidence is presented is one of the reasons Dr. Fauci is credible; sticking with his positions despite new evidence that shows he’s wrong is one of the reasons President Trump is not.
It might help if the president concentrated on getting us out of this mess instead of spending his time attacking one of the few things his administration has going for it; an expert that most of the public trusts.
I'm about ready to invest in one of those "Any Responsible Adult 2020."
There is no way to say it better than you just did. Thank you.