White House and ABC Host Clash on Twitter Over Fauci ‘This Week’ Appearance

White House Communications Director Alyssa Farah and ABC’s Jonathan Karl clashed in a Twitter dispute over COVID-19 task force members giving interviews.

Alyssa Farah, Director of White House Communications, speaks with members of the press as she walks to the West Wing of the White House in Washington, DC, on Oct. 6, 2020. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images

White House Communications Director Alyssa Farah and ABC host Jonathan Karl clashed in a Twitter dispute Sunday after the host accused White House officials of refusing to allow Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID), or other COVID-19 task force members to give media interviews.

Speaking at the start of his show on Sunday morning, Karl began by saying that ABC had hoped to speak to Fauci about the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, commonly known as the novel coronavirus, at the White House.