{"id":1062373,"date":"2021-11-28T15:59:29","date_gmt":"2021-11-28T20:59:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1062373"},"modified":"2021-11-28T15:59:44","modified_gmt":"2021-11-28T20:59:44","slug":"fauci-blasted-for-remarks-about-cruz-calling-gop-senators-liars-something-a-cult-leader-would-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fauci-blasted-for-remarks-about-cruz-calling-gop-senators-liars-something-a-cult-leader-would-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Fauci Blasted For Remarks About Cruz, Calling GOP Senators Liars: \u2018Something A Cult Leader Would Say\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffauci-blasted-for-remarks-about-cruz-calling-gop-senators-liars-something-a-cult-leader-would-say%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1062373&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and the Chief Medical Advisor to the president, faced backlash on Sunday over attacks that he launched against Republican senators.<\/p>\n<p>Fauci, who made the remarks during an interview on CBS News\u2019 \u201cFace The Nation\u201d with host Margaret Brennan, claimed during the same interview, \u201cI\u2019ve stayed away from politics my entire life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnybody who spins lies and threatens and all that theater that goes on with some of the investigations and the congressional committees and the Rand Pauls and all that other nonsense, that\u2019s noise, Margaret, that\u2019s noise,\u201d Fauci said.<\/p>\n<p>Later, when asked about Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) saying that Fauci should be prosecuted by the Department of Justice, Fauci responded: \u201cYeah. I have to laugh at that. I should be prosecuted? What happened on Jan. 6, senator?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fauci claimed that Republicans were trying to scapegoat him to protect former President Donald Trump and that Republicans who are attacking him are \u201clying.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd if you\u2019re attacking me, you\u2019re really attacking science,\u201d Fauci claimed. \u201cI mean, everybody knows that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Notable responses to Fauci\u2019s remarks include:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jeryl Bier<\/strong>, journalist: \u201cThis is not helpful in any way. This is almost word for word something a cult leader would say. This persuades no one not already in his corner.\u201d<strong>Richard Grenell<\/strong>, former Acting Director of National Intelligence: \u201cFauci is all about politics.\u201d<strong>Alicia Smith<\/strong>, political commentator: \u201cLook, you don\u2019t have to be some Fauci conspiracy theorist to recognize that Fauci\u2019s utility as a trusted public health official has long since expired, and he tends to be a net negative when it comes to clarity and trust.\u201d<strong>Steve Guest<\/strong>, Special Adviser for Communications for Senator Cruz: \u201cDr. Fauci\u2019s flippant response underscores how he views himself as Democrat political operative first and \u2018scientist\u2019 last. Fauci lives to weaponize his white lab coat to suit his partisan aims and win plaudits from the DC swamp.\u201d<strong>Larry Sanger<\/strong>, ex-founder of Wikipedia: \u201cFauci is a bureaucrat, not a scientist.\u201d<strong>Matt Whitlock<\/strong>, political strategist: \u201cNow I want to know what Dr Fauci thinks happened on January 6th that Senator Cruz should be prosecuted for. Genuinely don\u2019t understand the strategy of continuing to have him on Sunday shows almost every week \u2014 the audience he can influence only continues to shrink.\u201d<strong>Noam Blum<\/strong>, Tablet Magazine: \u201cAn appallingly bad thing for someone in his position to be saying. Not a shred of humility about any of the things he got wrong, had to waffle on, or later took back or equivocated. Instead goes all Fauci XIV and says \u2018la science c\u2019est moi.\u2019 Yikes.\u201d<strong>Dan McLaughlin<\/strong>, National Review: \u201cIs Dr. Fauci under the impression that nobody is being prosecuted for Jan. 6? Or is he saying Ted Cruz should be prosecuted for speech &amp; debate on the Senate floor?\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Lawmakers like Sens. Rand Paul and Ted Cruz have called for Dr. Fauci to step down and be prosecuted over the course of COVID-19. Fauci scoffs at such threats, calling it &#8220;noise.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They&#8217;re really criticizing science because I represent science. That&#8217;s dangerous.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zLzceD2DHe\">pic.twitter.com\/zLzceD2DHe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FaceTheNation\/status\/1465003501541597191?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 28, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TRANSCRIPT PROVIDED VIA CBS NEWS:<\/p>\n<p><em>MARGARET BRENNAN: Why do you feel so strongly about that, about staying on the job when you become, I mean, you were personally not just rhetorically threatened, your security, your safety, your family? How did you deal with that?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>DR. FAUCI: I dealt with it by focusing on what my job is. Fron the time that I went into medicine to right now, where I am at my age, my job has been totally focused on doing what I can with the talents and the influence I had to make scientific advances to protect the health of the American public. So, anybody who spins lies and threatens and all that theater that goes on with some of the investigations and the congressional committees and the Rand Pauls and all that other nonsense, that\u2019s noise, Margaret, that\u2019s noise. I know what my job is.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>MARGARET BRENNAN: Senator Cruz told the attorney general you should be prosecuted.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>DR. FAUCI: Yeah. I have to laugh at that. I should be prosecuted? What happened on Jan. 6, senator?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>MARGARET BRENNAN: Do you think that this is about making you a scapegoat to deflect\u2013<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>DR. FAUCI: Of course\u2014<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>MARGARET BRENNAN: \u2013From President Trump?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>DR. FAUCI: Of course, you have to be asleep not to figure that one out.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>MARGARET BRENNAN: Well, there are a lot of Republican senators taking aim at this. I mean\u2013<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>DR. FAUCI: That\u2019s OK, I\u2019m just going to do my job and I\u2019m going to be saving lives and they\u2019re going to be lying.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>MARGARET BRENNAN: It just, it seems, another layer of danger to play politics around matters of life and death.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>DR. FAUCI: Right, exactly. Exactly. And to me, that\u2019s- that\u2019s unbelievably bad because all I want to do is save people\u2019s lives. That\u2019s what I have done for the last 50 years, 40<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and the Chief Medical Advisor to the president, faced backlash on Sunday over attacks that he launched against Republican senators.Fauci, who made the remarks during an interview on CBS News\u2019 \u201cFace The Nation\u201d with host Margaret Brennan, claimed during the same interview, \u201cI\u2019ve stayed away from politics my entire life.\u201d\u201cAnybody who spins lies and threatens and all that theater that goes on with some of the investigations and the congressional committees and the Rand Pauls and all that other nonsense, that\u2019s noise, Margaret, that\u2019s noise,\u201d Fauci said.Later, when asked about Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) saying that Fauci should be prosecuted by the Department of Justice, Fauci responded: \u201cYeah. I have to laugh at that. I should be prosecuted? What happened on Jan. 6, senator?\u201dFauci claimed that Republicans were trying to scapegoat him to protect former President Donald Trump and that Republicans who are attacking him are \u201clying.\u201d\u201cAnd if you\u2019re attacking me, you\u2019re really attacking science,\u201d Fauci claimed. \u201cI mean, everybody knows that.\u201dNotable responses to Fauci\u2019s remarks include:Jeryl Bier, journalist: \u201cThis is not helpful in any way. This is almost word for word something a cult leader would say. This persuades no one not already in his corner.\u201dRichard Grenell, former Acting Director of National Intelligence: \u201cFauci is all about politics.\u201dAlicia Smith, political commentator: \u201cLook, you don\u2019t have to be some Fauci conspiracy theorist to recognize that Fauci\u2019s utility as a trusted public health official has long since expired, and he tends to be a net negative when it comes to clarity and trust.\u201dSteve Guest, Special Adviser for Communications for Senator Cruz: \u201cDr. Fauci\u2019s flippant response underscores how he views himself as Democrat political operative first and \u2018scientist\u2019 last. Fauci lives to weaponize his white lab coat to suit his partisan aims and win plaudits from the DC swamp.\u201dLarry Sanger, ex-founder of Wikipedia: \u201cFauci is a bureaucrat, not a scientist.\u201dMatt Whitlock, political strategist: \u201cNow I want to know what Dr Fauci thinks happened on January 6th that Senator Cruz should be prosecuted for. Genuinely don\u2019t understand the strategy of continuing to have him on Sunday shows almost every week \u2014 the audience he can influence only continues to shrink.\u201dNoam Blum, Tablet Magazine: \u201cAn appallingly bad thing for someone in his position to be saying. Not a shred of humility about any of the things he got wrong, had to waffle on, or later took back or equivocated. Instead goes all Fauci XIV and says \u2018la science c\u2019est moi.\u2019 Yikes.\u201dDan McLaughlin, National Review: \u201cIs Dr. Fauci under the impression that nobody is being prosecuted for Jan. 6? Or is he saying Ted Cruz should be prosecuted for speech &#038; debate on the Senate floor?\u201dLawmakers like Sens. Rand Paul and Ted Cruz have called for Dr. Fauci to step down and be prosecuted over the course of COVID-19. Fauci scoffs at such threats, calling it &#8220;noise.&#8221; &#8220;They&#8217;re really criticizing science because I represent science. That&#8217;s dangerous.&#8221; pic.twitter.com\/zLzceD2DHe\u2014 Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) November 28, 2021TRANSCRIPT PROVIDED VIA CBS NEWS:MARGARET BRENNAN: Why do you feel so strongly about that, about staying on the job when you become, I mean, you were personally not just rhetorically threatened, your security, your safety, your family? How did you deal with that?DR. FAUCI: I dealt with it by focusing on what my job is. Fron the time that I went into medicine to right now, where I am at my age, my job has been totally focused on doing what I can with the talents and the influence I had to make scientific advances to protect the health of the American public. So, anybody who spins lies and threatens and all that theater that goes on with some of the investigations and the congressional committees and the Rand Pauls and all that other nonsense, that\u2019s noise, Margaret, that\u2019s noise. I know what my job is.MARGARET BRENNAN: Senator Cruz told the attorney general you should be prosecuted.DR. FAUCI: Yeah. I have to laugh at that. I should be prosecuted? What happened on Jan. 6, senator?MARGARET BRENNAN: Do you think that this is about making you a scapegoat to deflect\u2013DR. FAUCI: Of course\u2014MARGARET BRENNAN: \u2013From President Trump?DR. FAUCI: Of course, you have to be asleep not to figure that one out.MARGARET BRENNAN: Well, there are a lot of Republican senators taking aim at this. I mean\u2013DR. FAUCI: That\u2019s OK, I\u2019m just going to do my job and I\u2019m going to be saving lives and they\u2019re going to be lying.MARGARET BRENNAN: It just, it seems, another layer of danger to play politics around matters of life and death.DR. FAUCI: Right, exactly. Exactly. And to me, that\u2019s- that\u2019s unbelievably bad because all I want to do is save people\u2019s lives. That\u2019s what I have done for the last 50 years, 40 of which was, 37 of which was leading the institute. And when I see people who scattered around misinformation and lies that can actually endanger the lives of people, but also it is very easy to pick out an individual and make them a target because that\u2019s what people can focus on. But you\u2019re talking about systems, you\u2019re talking about the CDC, you\u2019re talking about the FDA, you\u2019re talking about science in general. So if they want to- I mean, anybody who\u2019s looking at this carefully realizes that there\u2019s a distinct anti-science flavor to this. So if they get up and criticize science, nobody\u2019s going to know what they\u2019re talking about. But if they get up and really aim their bullets at Tony Fauci, well, people could recognize there\u2019s a person there. There\u2019s a face, there\u2019s a voice you can recognize, you see him on television. So it\u2019s easy to criticize, but they\u2019re really criticizing science because I represent science. That\u2019s dangerous. To me, that\u2019s more dangerous than the slings and the arrows that get thrown at me. I\u2019m not going to be around here forever, but science is going to be here forever. And if you damage science, you are doing something very detrimental to society long after I leave. And that\u2019s what I worry about.MARGARET BRENNAN: And in real world terms, what does that mean? Does that mean you fear vaccination rates go down? Does that mean the next national emergency people just don\u2019t listen to the doctors. What- what do you mean?DR. FAUCI: Yeah, what I\u2019m concerned about is that if you put science aside and if you discredit science, you start to discredit the truth of what it takes to get people their health preserved, prevent disease, treat disease. When you do that, you are going to really disrupt society in very many respects, and that\u2019s what I worry about. I mean, anybody who looks at what\u2019s going on in the United States, to say there\u2019s not a lot of- lies become normalized now, and the social media amplifies the normalization of lies. So scientists try to say this is the truth, and it\u2019s based on data. That\u2019s what we live by, data, evidence, truth. And then you all of a sudden have permeating in society, it is OK to say anything you want that is patently, obviously wrong. And if you say it long enough and often enough and you get social media involved, then everybody- not everybody, X percent of the population starts believing it. See, that\u2019s what I worry about more than people throwing slings and arrows at me because my whole life has been as a scientist and I identify with the field of health and science. And if you\u2019re attacking me, you\u2019re really attacking science. I mean, everybody knows that.The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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