{"id":1066136,"date":"2021-11-29T20:30:04","date_gmt":"2021-11-30T01:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1066136"},"modified":"2021-11-29T20:30:25","modified_gmt":"2021-11-30T01:30:25","slug":"ted-cruz-rand-paul-hit-back-at-dr-fauci-for-his-i-represent-science-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ted-cruz-rand-paul-hit-back-at-dr-fauci-for-his-i-represent-science-claim\/","title":{"rendered":"Ted Cruz, Rand Paul Hit Back At Dr. Fauci For His \u2018I Represent Science\u2019 Claim"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/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%2Fted-cruz-rand-paul-hit-back-at-dr-fauci-for-his-i-represent-science-claim%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=1066136&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--><div><\/div>\n<p>Republican Sens. Ted Cruz of Texas and Rand Paul of Kentucky fired back Sunday against Dr. Anthony Fauci\u2019s \u201cI represent science\u201d assertion made during an interview with CBS.<\/p>\n<p>Fauci gave an <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FaceTheNation\/status\/1465003501541597191\">interview<\/a> Sunday to CBS\u2019s \u201cFace the Nation,\u201d where he addressed the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/07\/21\/rand-paul-letter-doj-criminal-referral-anthony-fauci-lie-congress\/\">efforts of Republican lawmakers<\/a> aimed at prosecuting him for allegedly <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/07\/documents-show-fauci-lied-richard-ebright\/\">lying<\/a> to Congress about National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/01\/12\/china-wuhan-covid-19-coronavirus-gain-of-function-research-lab-leak-nih\/\">gain-of-function research<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s okay. I\u2019m just gonna do my job. And I\u2019m gonna be saving lives, and they\u2019re gonna be lying,\u201d Fauci said, accusing his opponents of launching attacks that had a \u201cdistinct anti-science flavor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re really criticizing science because I represent science. That\u2019s dangerous,\u201d he claimed. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/11\/04\/challenged-rand-paul-patty-murray-scolded-interrupting-fauci\/\">(RELATED: \u2018If He\u2019s Going To Be Dishonest, He Ought To Be Challenged\u2019: Rand Paul Fires Back After He\u2019s Scolded For Interrupting Fauci)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"11.434173669468\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">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 \u201cnoise.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re really criticizing science because I represent science. That\u2019s dangerous.\u201d <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<\/blockquote>\n<p>Paul <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RandPaul\/status\/1465016513463820296\">pushed back<\/a> against the White House chief medical advisor\u2019s assertions, saying that the \u201cpublic health bureaucrat\u201d could not represent science, as he had \u201cworked so hard to ignore the science of natural immunity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe absolute hubris of someone claiming THEY represent science,\u201d Paul wrote in the Sunday tweet. \u201cIt\u2019s astounding and alarming that a public health bureaucrat would even think to claim such a thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"9.6377708978328\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The absolute hubris of someone claiming THEY represent science. It\u2019s astounding and alarming that a public health bureaucrat would even think to claim such a thing, especially one who has worked so hard to ignore the science of natural immunity. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rcDezphVRR\">https:\/\/t.co\/rcDezphVRR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RandPaul\/status\/1465016513463820296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 28, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Cruz similarly <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tedcruz\/status\/1465085973222600712\">slammed<\/a> Fauci\u2019s claim, noting that this type of self-adulatory attitude was praised in the \u201cliberal world\u201d where he lived.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFauci is an unelected technocrat who has distorted science and facts in order to exercise authoritarian control over millions of Americans,\u201d Cruz tweeted Sunday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"10.357388316151\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Fauci is an unelected technocrat who has distorted science and facts in order to exercise authoritarian control over millions of Americans.<\/p>\n<p>He lives in a liberal world where his smug \u201cI REPRESENT science\u201d attitude is praised.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the facts:<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tedcruz\/status\/1465085973222600712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 28, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Texas senator then posted a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tedcruz\/status\/1465085974849937413\">thread of tweets<\/a>, explaining the reasoning behind his calls for prosecution of the public health official.<\/p>\n<p>Cruz reiterated that Fauci\u2019s early May <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/11\/fauci-denies-funding-gain-of-function-wuhan-lab\/\">testimony<\/a> in Congress ran contrary to the October <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/10\/21\/nih-admits-funding-gain-of-function-research\/\">letter<\/a> by NIH Principal Deputy Director Lawrence Tabak, in which he admitted that his agency funded gain-of-function research in China.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFauci\u2019s statement and the NIH\u2019s October 20 letter cannot both be true. The statements are directly contradictory,\u201d he wrote. \u201c18 USC 1001 makes it felony, punishable by up to 5 years in prison, to lie to Congress.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Sens. 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