Thread by @DonnaYoungDC

.@TheAtlanticFest now: @SpeakerPelosi, with #NIH Fauci, others tonight
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#TheAtlanticFest #COVID19 #pandemic #SCOTUS #RBG #RuthBaderGinsburg

.@SpeakerPelosi starts off noting bringing to the House floor the continuing resolution to prevent a #governmentshutdown.

#TheAtlanticFest #COVID19 #pandemic #SCOTUS #RBG #RuthBaderGinsburg

.@SpeakerPelosi calls #RuthBaderGinsburg "almost bionic" the way she was able to stave off cancer for so long.

Pelosi talks about how #RBG called the speaker her "friend."

"We have lost a giant."

#TheAtlanticFest #COVID19 #pandemic #SCOTUS #Obamacare #ACA

.@SpeakerPelosi: Nobody who has done more for the quality of women than #RuthBaderGinsburg.

#TheAtlanticFest #RBG #COVID19 #pandemic #SCOTUS #Obamacare #ACA

.@SpeakerPelosi: Impeachment is always an arrow in the quiver.
But she says she wasn't referencing it to stop Trump from nominating someone to #SCOTUS

"Trump is in such a rush" to overturn #ACA.

#TheAtlanticFest #RBG #COVID19 #pandemic #Obamacare

.@SpeakerPelosi: Public sentiment is everything.

"Vote health."

#TheAtlanticFest #RuthBaderGinsburg #RBG #SCOTUS #COVID19 #pandemic #Obamacare #ACA

.@SpeakerPelosi: My battlefield now is the court of public opinion.

People really know & care about the Affordable Care Act.

It enjoys popularity.

#TheAtlanticFest #RuthBaderGinsburg #RBG #SCOTUS #COVID19 #pandemic #Obamacare #ACA

.@SpeakerPelosi: Far be it from me to interfere w/ Senate.

But there is a price to pay for ignoring American people.

#TheAtlanticFest #RuthBaderGinsburg #RBG #SCOTUS #COVID19 #pandemic #Obamacare #ACA

During her #TheAtlanticFest interview, @SpeakerPelosi gets a message Republicans ready to let the CR go on a voice vote.

#RuthBaderGinsburg #RBG #SCOTUS #COVID19 #pandemic #Obamacare #ACA

.@SpeakerPelosi on #COVID19 says it didn't have to happen with 200,000 now dead, millions infected.

It could have been prevented & that's the tragedy of it all.

[Recall, Trump called the dead "nobody"]

#TheAtlanticFest #RuthBaderGinsburg #RBG #SCOTUS #pandemic #Obamacare #ACA

.@SpeakerPelosi: The answer is #science, science, science

Pelosi says she holds Trump responsible for the 200,000 #COVID19 deaths.

You don't cause a panic by telling people what the solution will be

#TheAtlanticFest #pandemic #Obamacare #vaccines #PreExistingConditions #FDA

.@SpeakerPelosi: We want people to trust #COVID19 #vaccines.

For people to trust it, the political henchmen at the White House need to keep out of the process.

Keep their political hands off the science.

#TheAtlanticFest #pandemic #FDA #NIH #CDC #Obamacare

Fauci up now at #TheAtlanticFest.

#COVID19 #NIH #CDC #FDA #vaccines

Fauci: The numbers speak for themselves.

[200,000 now dead]

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Fauci: Some states didn't adhere to the guidelines
And people went around without #masks, went to bars, etc.

[And then there's Trump & his events, downplaying #COVID19, as acknowledged in recorded "#Rage" interviews]

#TheAtlanticFest #NIH #CDC #FDA #vaccines

Fauci: If you do the simple public health measures - masks, outdoors, #WashYourHands, #socialdistancing - we prevent surges & turn them around.

We're entering fall/winter, there's going to be more indoor than outdoor.

#TheAtlanticFest #COVID19 #NIH #CDC #FDA #vaccines

Fauci: We've got to get out of the situation we're in right now.
40,000 new cases per day is unacceptable.
That's now before we go into the more problematic winter.

Cautiously optimistic about #vaccines.

#TheAtlanticFest #COVID19 #NIH #CDC #FDA #MaskUp

Fauci: There's never a guarantee going to get a safe/effective #COVID19 vaccine

Cautiously optimistic [Again, what the hell does that even mean when there's no phase 3 data???]

Know November/December if works.

#TheAtlanticFest #NIH #CDC #FDA #MaskUp

Fauci: I said in January a year. A year is December.
I haven't changed anything.

#WarpSpeed kind of makes looks rushing recklessly but it's not. It's fast-paced.

#TheAtlanticFest #COVID19 #vaccines #NIH #CDC #FDA #MaskUp

Fauci: "Fortunately for us," things have worked out so far with early progress on #COVID19 #vaccines.

[Again, that's early & phase 3 data a lot different]

#TheAtlanticFest #COVID19 #vaccines #NIH #CDC #FDA #MaskUp

Fauci: NO -- #COVID19 #vaccines announcement is not going to come on Trump's political timeline.

Data will determine the announcement.

#TheAtlanticFest #COVID19 #vaccines #NIH #CDC #FDA #MaskUp

Fauci: Only person who sees data is blinded statistician on DSMB, who is beholden to no one.

Any decision is going to be very transparent.

If someone tries to make an end-run, that's going to be clearly obvious.

#TheAtlanticFest #COVID19 #vaccines #NIH #CDC #FDA #MaskUp

Fauci: Unfortunate what happened w/ manipulate CDC. It's past history. That person no longer there. Person who tried to influence me is gone.
We can put that behind us. [So he means Alexander? Caputo only on 60 day leave]
I would trust #CDC/#FDA.

#TheAtlanticFest

Q: Far right-wing forces effect on #COVID19 #pandemic?
Fauci: It's been detrimental.
What the general public needs is a message that's consistent.
We're living in very divisive society right now. No doubt.
Politically charged.
Public health recommendations taken on "we vs. them"

Fauci: The virus is hurting us, not the public health measures.
Public health measures should be looked on as a vehicle to get the country back, employment back.

#TheAtlanticFest #COVID19 #vaccines #NIH #CDC #FDA #MaskUp #masks