Fauci ‘Stunned’ That Trump Got Booed for Getting a COVID Booster Shot
“I mean, given the fact of how popular he is with that group, that they would boo him, which tells me how recalcitrant they are about being told what they should do,” the NIAID director said in an interview on ABC’s “This Week.” Trump had been asked by former Fox News pundit Bill O’Reilly whether he had received the booster during an interview in Dallas as part of Trump’s speaking tour, upon which he was jeered by some sections of the crowd. Trump had downplayed the seriousness of the pandemic during the 2020 presidential campaign, opposing containment measures like masks and business closures in his final year as president.