Feel like you’re ready to snap? Dr. Fauci gets it.
He also reunited with SenatorAnthony S. Fauci accused Sen. Rand Paul on Tuesday of raising campaign funds off false attacks on him that have encouraged threats on Fauci’s life. Throughout the pandemic, Paul and other conservatives have questioned the science behind vaccines, masks and other public health measures and spun conspiracy claims about Fauci having a role in the creation of the coronavirus.
On Tuesday, Fauci demanded to speak uninterrupted after Paul accused him in a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing of helping orchestrate a smear campaign against three conservative academics who opposed shutdown measures in 2020. But the emails Paul pointed to showed Fauci merely sending colleagues a link to a Wired article debunking claims about reaching “herd immunity.
“What happens when [Paul] gets out and accuses me of things that are completely untrue,” Fauci said, “is that all of a sudden that kindles the crazies out there, and I have…threats upon my life, harassment of my family and my children with obscene phone calls because people are lying about me.” He referenced a California man who was arrested in Iowa in December who police say was traveling to D.C.
Meanwhile, as the head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases receives threats on his life he says thanks to Paul, the senator from Kentucky makes money. Holding up screenshots of the lawmaker’s website, Fauci noted that next to a line that reads “Fire Dr. Fauci” there’s “a little box that says contribute here. You can do $5, $10, $20, $100,” Fauci said. “So you are making a catastrophic epidemic for your political gain.
Paul, of course, rejected any and all responsibility, saying it was “disappointing for you to suggest that people who dare to question you are responsible somehow for violent threats.” Later, the senator’s campaign reportedly
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