Dr. Anthony Fauci said he never considered resigning from his role as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases despite backlash from his politics pertaining to COVID.

Despite facing many death threats and backlash from President Donald Trump’s administration over his COVID policies, Fauci said he saw it as his duty to remain in the role. 

“I just felt that we have to have somebody there who is actually getting the correct information to the American public,” Fauci told ABC News “This Week” co-anchor Jonathan Karl on Sunday.

“I have felt, and still do, a very strong responsibility to the American public, not to any administration or any person, but to the American public,” He continued.

Facui held his role from 1984 to 2022 and provided guidance for the country through other disease outbreaks including, Zika, Ebola, and most notably COVID-19. He said he felt he had the duty to continue in the role

Facui said he was “afraid that despite the pressures and all the somewhat unusual things that were going on, if I did walk away from it, there would be little opportunity to get the correct, potentially life-saving information to the American public.”

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Earlier this month, Fauci testified before the House for a hearing on COVID, during which he was berated by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green (R-GA) for her discontent with Fauci’s handling of the pandemic. She refused to use his doctoral title saying “that man does not deserve to have a license. As a matter of fact, it should be revoked, and he belongs in jail.” 

When asked about Greene’s comments, Fauci said “I mean, that’s bizarre, and that bizarreness leads to other crazies threatening and saying things that are also inappropriate.”