{"id":1208449,"date":"2022-01-11T15:05:05","date_gmt":"2022-01-11T20:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1208449"},"modified":"2022-01-11T15:05:17","modified_gmt":"2022-01-11T20:05:17","slug":"a-catastrophic-epidemic-for-your-political-gain-fauci-comes-to-covid-hearing-with-opposition-research-on-rand-paul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-catastrophic-epidemic-for-your-political-gain-fauci-comes-to-covid-hearing-with-opposition-research-on-rand-paul\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018A Catastrophic Epidemic For Your Political Gain\u2019: Fauci Comes To COVID Hearing With Opposition Research On Rand Paul"},"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\">36<\/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%2Fa-catastrophic-epidemic-for-your-political-gain-fauci-comes-to-covid-hearing-with-opposition-research-on-rand-paul%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=1208449&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 accused Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) of using the coronavirus pandemic for his own political gain, appearing at a Tuesday hearing on Capitol Hill with \u201cevidence\u201d he had printed from Paul\u2019s website.<\/p>\n<p>The heated exchange between <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/cheap-politics-rand-paul-puts-fauci-on-blast-during-heated-senate-showdown\/\">Paul and Fauci<\/a>, who currently serves as both the head of the&nbsp;National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and Chief Medical Advisor to President Joe Biden, began with Paul\u2019s contention that Fauci had used his position to smear other epidemiologists who disagreed with his opinions on how the federal government should respond to COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RandPaul?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RandPaul<\/a> to Fauci: \u201c[T]he idea that a government official like yourself would claim unilaterally to represent science and that any criticism of you would be considered a criticism of science itself is quite dangerous\u2026It is cheap politics &amp; it is reprehensible.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/b6JCaaHQTR\">pic.twitter.com\/b6JCaaHQTR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CurtisHouck\/status\/1480935864670863364?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 11, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe idea that a government official like yourself would claim unilaterally to represent science and that any criticism of you would be considered a criticism of science itself is quite dangerous,\u201d Paul said, going on to argue that Fauci \u2014 along with former National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Francis Collins, had orchestrated a \u201cpublished takedown\u201d of scientists who advocated a more measured and targeted response to the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>As Paul\u2019s time expired, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/a-whole-host-of-cardinal-sins-desantis-says-fauci-biden-try-to-find-scapegoats-to-mask-covid-failures\/\">Fauci<\/a> asked for time to rebut the senator\u2019s claims \u2014 but once his request was granted, instead of addressing Paul\u2019s questions directly, Fauci accused him of fomenting death threats and said he didn\u2019t know what he was talking about.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Dr. Fauci then demands time to read from remarks attacking <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RandPaul?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RandPaul<\/a> for criticizing him w\/o \u201ca shred of evidence\u201d and directly blames those who\u2019ve disagreed w\/him for the death threats he\u2019s received &amp; messages to family members.<\/p>\n<p>He adds Paul is doing it \u201cfor political reasons.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AzF8IsjRit\">pic.twitter.com\/AzF8IsjRit<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CurtisHouck\/status\/1480942431201865732?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 11, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo I ask myself why would a&nbsp;senator want to do this?&nbsp;So go to Rand Paul\u2019s website and&nbsp;you see \u2018Fire Dr. Fauci\u2019 with a&nbsp;little box that says \u2018Contribute&nbsp;here.\u2019 You can do $5, $10, $20, $100,\u201d Fauci continued, holding up pictures he said were printed from Paul\u2019s website and wrapping up his remarks with the claim, \u201cSo you are making a catastrophic epidemic for your political gain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Dr. Fauci came to the hearing with printouts from Sen. Rand Paul\u2019s website. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Wij11hRJaK\">pic.twitter.com\/Wij11hRJaK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jeremy Art (@cspanJeremy) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cspanJeremy\/status\/1480936250458755074?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 11, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou have politically attacked&nbsp;your colleagues and in a&nbsp;politically reprehensible way you\u2019ve attacked their reputations,\u201d Paul shot back.<\/p>\n<p>Paul\u2019s website, as Fauci noted, does have a page listed under the \u201cissues\u201d heading that reads \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/randpaul.com\/issue\/firefauci\/\">Fire Fauci<\/a>.\u201d The statement under that heading reads simply, \u201cDr. Anthony Fauci has abandoned science and embraced theatrics at the expense of our freedom. Thanks to public email records, we know for certain that Dr. Fauci has been ignoring good advice, and lying about everything from masks to the contagiousness of the virus. It\u2019s time to say enough is enough and Fire Fauci.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, the \u201cFire Fauci\u201d page does not include contribution options as Fauci suggested \u2014 rather, the page displaying options to donate to Paul\u2019s campaign is accessed through the red \u201cdonate\u201d button visible at the top right corner of every page.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Anthony Fauci accused Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) of using the coronavirus pandemic for his own political gain, appearing at a Tuesday hearing on Capitol Hill with \u201cevidence\u201d he had printed from Paul\u2019s website. 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