People Think Jim Jordans Weird Tweet About Fauci And Christmas Is A Spoof. Its Not.

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) attacked Dr. Anthony Fauci , the nation’s top infectious diseases expert, on Twitter Friday with a post that many critics mockingly suggested could be a parody.

Fauci has warned that Americans should “avoid travel and avoid congregate settings” over the holidays  in a bid to curb the spread of the coronavirus , which is raging across the country and has killed more than 275,000 Americans.

Jordan’s response: “What will he cancel next? Saying Merry Christmas?”

Jordan’s effort to turn a piece of public health guidance into a salvo in the so-called “war on Christmas ” stunned many.

Critics reminded Jordan that the daily case counts, hospitalizations and death toll associated with COVID-19 are all still rising. This past Wednesday alone, nearly as many Americans died of COVID-19 as died in the Sept. 11 attacks .

Public health experts fear another dire surge in the figures after data suggested many people did not really abstain from traveling  over Thanksgiving.