{"id":1200293,"date":"2022-01-08T18:04:12","date_gmt":"2022-01-08T23:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1200293"},"modified":"2022-01-08T18:04:15","modified_gmt":"2022-01-08T23:04:15","slug":"rand-paul-is-fauci-advising-justice-sotomayor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rand-paul-is-fauci-advising-justice-sotomayor\/","title":{"rendered":"Rand Paul: &#039;Is Fauci Advising Justice Sotomayor?&#039;"},"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\">14<\/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%2Frand-paul-is-fauci-advising-justice-sotomayor%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=1200293&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 class=\"subheading\">Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) asked if Dr. Anthony Fauci is \u201cadvising\u201d Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor after she touted falsehoods during&nbsp;oral arguments on Friday at the Supreme Court as justices weighed President Joe Biden\u2019s coercive vaccine mandates.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have over 100,000 children, which we\u2019ve never had before, in serious condition, many on ventilators\u201d from the coronavirus, Sotomayor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/health\/2022\/01\/07\/fact-check-sotomayor-claims-100000-children-in-serious-condition-on-ventilators\/\">asserted<\/a> on Friday, raising eyebrows.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>After the remarks surfaced, Sen. Paul, a prominent critic of Anthony Fauci, tweeted: \u201cSotomayor: \u2018over 100,000 children\u2026in serious condition, many on ventilators\u2019 Is Fauci advising Justice Sotomayor? Will YouTube censor her?\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sotomayor:  \u201cover 100,000 children\u2026in serious condition, many on ventilators&#8221; Is Fauci advising Justice Sotomayor? Will YouTube censor her?<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TQM49LQRbw\">https:\/\/t.co\/TQM49LQRbw<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TQM49LQRbw\">https:\/\/t.co\/TQM49LQRbw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RandPaul\/status\/1479581248716693506?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 7, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The liberal justice\u2019s assertion is demonstrably false, as there are currently about 4,000 children in the hospital due to the coronavirus \u2014 far below the 100,000 figure <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/health\/2022\/01\/07\/fact-check-sotomayor-claims-100000-children-in-serious-condition-on-ventilators\/\">declared<\/a> by the justice during oral arguments at the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_19414098\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/JSS.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19414098 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/JSS.jpg\" alt=\"U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor stands during a private ceremony for Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg at the U.S. Supreme Court, on September 23, 2020, in Washington, DC.\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor stands during a private ceremony for Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg at the U.S. Supreme Court, on September 23, 2020, in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik-Pool\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>As the <em>Washington Post<\/em> <a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/nation\/2022\/01\/06\/covid-omicron-variant-live-updates\/#link-MYZW36KLJRCZTGIEY4OZCTB75E\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>More than 4,000 children were hospitalized with covid-19 across the nation Wednesday, Washington Post figures show, marking a new high that towers above previous peaks set during the summer when the delta variant was driving up infections.<\/p>\n<p>The tally, which includes confirmed as well as suspected pediatric covid-19 patients, reflects a steep rise in infections in that group. Less than two weeks ago, on Christmas, fewer than 2,000 children were in hospitals with covid.<\/p>\n<p>The seven-day average of pediatric hospitalizations was slightly lower at 3,713. Hospitalizations of adults are also rising rapidly.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Additionally, data from the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aap.org\/en\/pages\/2019-novel-coronavirus-covid-19-infections\/children-and-covid-19-state-level-data-report\/\">revealed<\/a> that \u201c0.1%-1.6% of all their child COVID-19 cases resulted in hospitalization\u201d per the 24 states reporting a metric referred to as \u201ccumulative hospitalizations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Among the 46 states reporting cumulative mortality, \u201c\u2026children were 0.00%-0.27% of all COVID-19 deaths, and 5 states reported zero child deaths.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u200bIn [the 46] states reporting, 0.00%-0.02% of all child COVID-19 cases resulted in death,\u201d the AAP added.<\/p>\n<p>That is far from the only controversial assertion Sotomayor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/health\/2022\/01\/07\/fact-check-justice-sotomayor-claims-omicron-just-as-deadly-for-the-unvaccinated-as-delta\/\">made<\/a> on Friday; she also falsely claimed that the&nbsp;omicron variant is \u201cjust as deadly\u201d as the delta variant.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. 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