Anthony Fauci said he wouldn’t attend Sunday night’s White House Correspondent Dinner due to COVID, but was spotted at a pre-party maskless.
QUICK FACTS:
- CNN host Don Lemon and NIAID Director Anthony Fauci were spotted in a picture together maskless at a crowded pre-party event.
- Fauci announced last week he would not be attending the Correspondent Dinner due to “individual assessment” of his own personal risk.
- Although the attendees were not masked, the hired help could all be seen wearing facial coverings.
BACKGROUND:
- Both men have been adamant on masking the country, publicly announcing countless times anyone who didn’t wear a facial covering to be “selfish” and “irresponsible.”
- In December 2021, Lemon blamed “anti-mask conservatives” for a rise in traffic accident deaths and claimed those people were contributing to a “lack of civility” in society.
- Last month, Fauci suggested the decision by a federal judge in Florida to block Biden’s mask requirement on public transportation was “disturbing” and would set a “dangerous precedent.”
