Ron DeSantis unleashed a surprising new assault on Dr Anthony Fauci saying he wished to see “that little elf” thrown “throughout the Potomac”.

The Florida governor made his weird feedback concerning the outgoing director of the Nationwide Institute of Allergy and Infectious Ailments throughout a fundraising occasion within the state.

“I’m simply sick of seeing him. I do know he says he’s gonna retire. Somebody must seize that little elf and chuck him throughout the Potomac,” Mr DeSantis mentioned.

Dr Fauci, who’s Joe Biden’s prime medical adviser, turned a well-liked right-wing goal in the course of the Covid-19 pandemic and introduced on Monday that he was leaving his present job in December.

The scientist has mentioned he’s not “retiring” however is “transferring on from my present positions.”

“I’m saying at the moment that I shall be stepping down from the positions of Director of the Nationwide Institute of Allergy and Infectious Ailments (NIAID) and Chief of the NIAID Laboratory of Immunoregulation, in addition to the place of Chief Medical Advisor to President Joe Biden,” Dr Fauci mentioned.

“I shall be leaving these positions in December of this yr to pursue the subsequent chapter of my profession.”

And he added: “I need to use what I’ve realized as NIAID Director to proceed to advance science and public well being and to encourage and mentor the subsequent era of scientific leaders as they assist put together the world to face future infectious illness threats.”