President Trump on Friday joked that he asked Dr. Anthony Fauci to move to New York and run against Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez because he could “win easily.”

“I told Tony Fauci, why don’t you move to New York, run against AOC, you will win easily,” Trump quipped during the daily briefing of his Coronavirus Task Force.

“He’s decided that he’s not going to do that.”

His comment prompted yucks from the native New Yorker Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and Dr. Deborah Birx, another task force member.

“I kid,” Trump added.

Fauci has served under every administration since starting work with the federal government under President Reagan.