CNN Anchor Blasts Trump Flack Peter Navarro: “Don’t You Dare Suggest I Don’t Want People To Get Better”

The Hill reports:

White House trade adviser Peter Navarro had a heated exchange with CNN anchor John Berman on Monday after he explained why his training in statistical studies as an economist made him qualified to disagree with health experts on the use of an anti-malaria drug to treat the coronavirus.

Toward the end of his interview with Navarro, Berman said, “We all want the same thing, which is for people to get better.” Navarro replied, “I’m not sure we do sometimes.”

“What are you talking about?” Berman asked incredulously before later adding, “Don’t you dare for a second suggest that I don’t want people to get better. I’ve got two friends in bed right now.”

Top WH trade adviser feuded with others on whether hydroxychloroquine can treat coronavirus, sources say.@JohnBerman: “Why should we listen to you and not Dr. Fauci?”

Peter Navarro: “… I’m a social scientist. I have a Ph.D. And I understand how to read statistical studies.” pic.twitter.com/Ky99CIAZfj

— New Day (@NewDay) April 6, 2020

White House trade adviser Peter Navarro said he was qualified to engage and disagree with Dr. Anthony Fauci on the use of an anti-malarial drug as a coronavirus treatment — which is not yet proven as effective — saying, “I’m a social scientist.”https://t.co/iuoASaIqhk pic.twitter.com/eYDqfYEmRk

— New Day (@NewDay) April 6, 2020

.@JohnBerman: “Do you have reason to doubt the analysis of Dr. Anthony Fauci?”
Top trade adviser Peter Navarro: “I agree with the analysis of Dr. Fauci in this sense, we don’t have definitive 100% science to say that [hydroxychloroquine] absolutely works”https://t.co/4DJ7zfTV6y pic.twitter.com/yrvYjAL5R2

— New Day (@NewDay) April 6, 2020