{"id":1208564,"date":"2022-01-11T15:49:59","date_gmt":"2022-01-11T20:49:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1208564"},"modified":"2022-01-11T15:50:04","modified_gmt":"2022-01-11T20:50:04","slug":"dr-fauci-blames-rand-paul-who-survived-an-assassination-attempt-for-death-threats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dr-fauci-blames-rand-paul-who-survived-an-assassination-attempt-for-death-threats\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Fauci Blames Rand Paul, Who Survived an Assassination Attempt, for Death Threats"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fdr-fauci-blames-rand-paul-who-survived-an-assassination-attempt-for-death-threats%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=1208564&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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1237660244-inset-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Dr. Anthony Fauci, during a Senate hearing Tuesday, blamed Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) \u2014 an actual survivor of an assassination attempt \u2014 for death threats he has received, without any direct evidence of the senator inciting violence.<\/p>\n<div class=\"group\">\n<p>Fauci took accused Paul of inspiring death threats by \u201ccrazies out there\u201d against him, as Paul \u2014 a medical doctor \u2014 continued to grill the public health bureaucrat about his handling of the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat happens when he gets out and accuses me of things that are completely untrue is that all of a sudden that kindles the crazies out there and I have threats upon my life, harassment of my family and my children with obscene phone calls, because people are lying about me,\u201d Fauci said, before describing an unfortunate incident.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"video-src-attr\">U.S. Senate<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"group\">\n<div id=\"RegularArticle-RelatedContent-1\" class=\"RelatedContent-relatedContent\">\n<div class=\"RelatedContent-container\">\n<div class=\"RelatedContent-collapsibleContainer RelatedContent-collapsed\">\n<div class=\"RelatedContent-collapsibleContent\">\n<p>\u201cThe police asked him where he was going and he was going to Washington DC to kill Dr. Fauci,\u201d he said. \u201cThey found in his car, an AR-15 and multiple magazines of ammunition because he thinks that maybe I\u2019m killing people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Paul responded to Fauci by reminding the doctor that political violence is not acceptable, recalling the 2017 political violence where Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) was shot by James Hodgkinson, a Bernie Sanders supporter, during a Republican congressional baseball practice. Paul, who was present and a target during that shooting, has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2018\/10\/12\/rand-paul-media-covered-scalise-shooter-shouting-for-health-care\/\">reported<\/a> that the now-deceased attacker shouted, \u201cThis is for health care!\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RandPaul?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RandPaul<\/a> tells Dr. Fauci that it&#8217;s &#8220;insulting&#8221; to suggest the he &#8220;or people who dare to oppose you are responsible for threats&#8221; since Paul was &#8220;at the ball field the day Steve Scalise almost died.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/orflmiz6YB\">pic.twitter.com\/orflmiz6YB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mediaite (@Mediaite) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mediaite\/status\/1480964116957343751?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 11, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\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>\u201cIt\u2019s disappointing for you to suggest that people who dare to question you are responsible somehow for violent threats,\u201d Paul said.<\/p>\n<p>Paul also reminded the doctor he was the subject of death threats during the 2020 riots in Washington, DC.<\/p>\n<p>But Paul\u2019s defense of himself was not enough for Sen. Tina Smith (D-MI), who suggested Fauci had been targeted by the Republican via a \u201cconcerted and coordinated campaign of disinformation and distortion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think we just need to be honest here,\u201d she claimed. \u201cThis is being done by some members of the Republican Party that are using it for fundraising.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tina Smith: &#8220;Dr. Fauci has been the target of a concerted and coordinated campaign of disinformation and distortion \u2026 I think we just need to be honest here. This is being done by some members of the Republican Party that are using it for fundraising.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ucf3YFu5dK\">pic.twitter.com\/Ucf3YFu5dK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/atrupar\/status\/1480967300681502721?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 11, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Smith\u2019s reference to fundraising was in respect to Paul\u2019s \u201cFire Dr. Fauci\u201d fundraising initiative, which Fauci <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/01\/11\/anthony-fauci-whines-about-rand-pauls-fire-dr-fauci-campaign-during-senate-hearing\/\">described<\/a> during the hearing as \u201cmaking a catastrophic epidemic for your political gain.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Who else agrees? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IO1Bl6fkkQ\">pic.twitter.com\/IO1Bl6fkkQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stillgray\/status\/1480942487552225281?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 11, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>Follow Wendell Huseb\u00f8 on Twitter&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WendellHusebo?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\"><em>@WendellHuseb\u00f8<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Anthony Fauci, during a Senate hearing Tuesday, blamed Sen. 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