{"id":160936,"date":"2021-02-22T15:36:45","date_gmt":"2021-02-22T20:36:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=160936"},"modified":"2021-02-22T15:59:08","modified_gmt":"2021-02-22T20:59:08","slug":"fauci-was-never-the-problem-blame-the-politicians-hiding-behind-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fauci-was-never-the-problem-blame-the-politicians-hiding-behind-him\/","title":{"rendered":"Fauci Was Never The Problem. Blame The Politicians Hiding Behind Him."},"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\">22<\/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-was-never-the-problem-blame-the-politicians-hiding-behind-him%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=160936&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\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-1231106919-1200x800-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>It\u2019s now widely understood by the few objective thinkers who remain among us that Dr. Anthony Fauci \u2014 the highest paid employee of the Federal Government \u2014 is wrong. Not only that, he\u2019s wrong a lot.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>His seemingly ever-changing position on the necessity and efficacy of masks is one such example. First, they weren\u2019t important. Then, they were crucial. Now, they may be an everlasting fixture in our society.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Then, of course, Fauci found time during a global pandemic to appear on magazine covers and to throw out the first pitch during baseball games.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Under a new administration, he has again pivoted to cement his place as the \u201ccentral\u201d authority on all scientific matters. For this, many are angry, and understandably so.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>However, while criticism of Fauci \u2014 and his inaccurate guidance \u2014 is certainly valid, it\u2019s important to focus on the real issue here: the continued evasion of responsibility by the legislature.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>For those who exist in the arena of Congress, whether as members of the House of Representatives or the United States Senate, responsibility is the devil. For them, their job is to remain in office. One way to remain in office is to succeed by laying out a manifesto and pursuing the necessary policies required to achieve its objectives. With success, however, comes risk. With risk comes the chance of failure, and with failure comes the threat of unemployment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Instead, therefore, the optimal strategy is to do as little as possible while demanding continued or further power to<\/span> <em><span>actually<\/span><\/em> <span>achieve any and all supposed goals. This creates an endless cycle of promises and elections, with nothing ever changing. For us \u2014 the voters \u2014 this is bad. For them \u2014 members of Congress whose income continues uninterrupted \u2014 this is more than good. It\u2019s great.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Their bid to avoid responsibility comes in a variety of forms. The first is a willingness to treat the executive branch \u2014 now headed by President Joe Biden \u2014 as a pseudo-monarchy. Why pass legislation when you can sit back and let the occupant of the White House do the heavy lifting with one shaky flick of a pen? If it works, great! If it fails, it\u2019s the president\u2019s fault!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The second is a reliance on an increasingly politicized judicial branch, through which legislation is effectively achieved by handing unelected judges overwhelming power. The legislative outcomes achieved by <em>Dred Scott v. Sandford<\/em>, <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em>, and <em>Obergefell v. Hodges<\/em> are just a few examples of the legislative influence wielded by just a handful of robed oligarchs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Finally, the third tactic used by Congress to avoid taking responsibility brings us back to Fauci, with politicians intentionally using single \u201cexperts\u201d as policy scapegoats. The role of figures like Fauci is to provide \u201cscientific\u201d guidance and advice specific to their area of supposed expertise. The role of politicians is to collate multiple expert opinions from a variety of important areas of American life \u2014 economic, scientific, and philosophical \u2014 and determine optimal policies which aim to achieve an optimal outcome.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>However, this presents Congress with yet another opportunity to fail, and so they avoid this inconvenient reality by instead handing full control to figures like Fauci, whose primary objective is to achieve the optimal <em>medical<\/em> outcome, rather than considering all factors equally.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Then, if Fauci\u2019s policies work, politicians can take the credit for supporting him. If they fail, as we are witnessing today, then who gets the blame? Fauci. Who survives? The politicians who handed him the keys to the castle.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Fauci certainly deserves his fair share of criticism for his inept scientific guidance and blatant partisanship. But let\u2019s not forget who put him in charge.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>It\u2019s about time the legislative branch starts doing the job they are paid handsomely to do, rather than doing nothing other than hiding behind willing distractions like Anthony Fauci while chanting \u201cbut the science.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span>Ian Haworth is an Editor and Writer for The Daily Wire. Follow him on Twitter at<\/span><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ighaworth\"><em><span>@ighaworth<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span>.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span>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<\/span><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em><span>member<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span>.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s now widely understood by the few objective thinkers who remain among us that Dr. Anthony Fauci \u2014 the highest paid employee of the Federal Government \u2014 is wrong. Not &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2273961,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-1231106919-1200x800-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Fauci Was Never The Problem. 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