He couldn’t take any more nonsense coming from the eye doctor at yesterday’s congressional hearing on the coronavirus pandemic.
The man who has advised seven Presidents on HIV/AIDS and many other domestic and global health issues; the man who is universally recognized as a leading immunologist, esteemed clinician and dedicated administrator in his position as Chief of the Laboratory of Immunoregulation and as Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases basically told Rand Paul to go f*** himself.
“Senator Paul, you do not know what you’re talking about, quite frankly. And I want to say that officially. You do not know what you are talking about” responded Fauci after the Kentucky ophthalmologist, turned U.S. Senator, accused Fauci of lying to Congress.
Fauci continued, “If anybody is lying here, senator, it is you.”
Of course, Paul’s attack on the good doctor had nothing to do with facts and everything to do with playing to an audience on the right, where Fauci has been turned into a political punching bag by conservative media and subjected to “lock him up!” chants at Trump rallies.
The hapless Dr. Paul from Bowling Green, Kentucky, known for his anti-science stances, learned a lesson ‘bout a-messin with a feisty man … if you attack a kid from Brooklyn, New York, be prepared to have your arse handed to you.
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And that silly hairdo is hard to watch too. Paul was waaay out of his league in going up against Tony Fauci, M.D. When it comes to science and diseases, Rand is a lightweight and is connected to the biggest disease our country has ever faced, Trumpitis.
You want to mess with Fauci? Fugetaboutit!
I had a conversation with someone a couple months or so ago about COVID-19. They believed some things about coronavirus that were not supported by science–but were by a televangelist. When I mentioned Dr. Fauci, they discounted anything he said by “There’s been some controversy about him.””
Apparently, if there’s controversy about someone, you can’t believe what they say. This is from someone who supports a multi-million dollar televangelist who uses his tax-exemption to keep mansions, a private jet, and his own airport, and who told followers they should continue sending him money during the pandemic even if they lost their job. I guess that’s not controversial.
Did I mention the person I talked to supported Donald Trump?
Trumpism is a cult and you can’t fix stupid.