Anthony Fauci Disproves Republicans' Arguments and Conspiracy Theories During COVID-19 Hearing

During a House hearing on the COVID-19 response, lawmakers grilled Dr. Anthony Fauci, and as expected, Republicans tried to use disproven arguments and personal attacks. However, the former health advisor to then-President Donald Trump stuck to the facts and held his ground despite the barrage of personal attacks and conspiracy theories from some Republican lawmakers.

Fauci, regarded as one of the most respected doctors in the world and revered in the communities of immunologists and virologists, was depicted by Republicans as the mastermind of "dogmatic" policies that resulted in school closings and business failures. as well as forced vaccinations.

The lawmakers, who have no background in health or medicine, used conspiracy theories to accuse Fauci of being the one who funded research overseas that created COVID-19 and that he sponsored policies that are "fundamentally un-American."

The Los Angeles Times called their line of questioning a "smear," but Fauci eloquently defended himself as Republicans tried to grandstand. To the claims that the virus caused the pandemic "escaped" from a lab in Wuhan, China, he stated that he is "open-minded."

"It is inconceivable," said the doctor in his opening statement, "that anyone who reads this e-mail could conclude that I was trying to 'cover up' the possibility of a laboratory leak. I was advocating for a prompt and thorough examination of the data and a totally transparent process."

"What is a conspiracy theory is the kind of distortions of that particular subject, like, it was a lab leak and I was parachuted into the CIA like Jason Bourne and told the CIA that they should really not be talking about a lab leak," he told the lawmakers. "That's a conspiracy."

Anthony Fauci Receiving Death Threats Because of Marjorie Taylor Greene

During the hearing, controversial Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taulor Greene had her chance to grill Fauci and she e refused to address him as "doctor," before calling for him to be prosecuted "for crimes against humanity" and adding that he "belongs in prison" without saying what crimes he committed.

Greene repeatedly talked over Fauci and did not let him answer her questions, even telling the health expert, "Nah, I don't need your answer."

Fauci has previously lamented that he "became the villain number one of the extremists in the population," and has now stated that because of Greene's antics, he and his family have received death threats.

Democratic Rep. Debbie Dingell asked the doctor if he received any threats to his life or family. Fauci replied, saying that he had received "everything from harassments by emails, texts, letters of myself, my wife, my three daughters."

"There have been credible death threats, leading to the arrests of two individuals... and credible death threats means someone who was clearly on their way to kill me. And it's required my having protective services essentially all the time," he added.

Anthony Fauci Defends Social Distancing

Republicans blasted several measures that were set up during the pandemic, with Rep. Brad Wenstrup of Ohio calling the social distancing measures a "burdensome" and an arbitrary rule, adding that Fauci previously acknowledged that this was not scientifically backed.

However, Fauci shot back and pointed out that it was the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that created it and not him. He added that this was also created "before scientists had learned that the new virus was airborne, not spread simply by droplets emitted at certain distance."

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Written by: Rick Martin

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