{"id":1621179,"date":"2022-08-25T18:04:48","date_gmt":"2022-08-25T22:04:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1621179"},"modified":"2022-08-25T18:05:06","modified_gmt":"2022-08-25T22:05:06","slug":"as-fauci-farewell-tour-begins-republicans-say-dont-go-too-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/as-fauci-farewell-tour-begins-republicans-say-dont-go-too-far\/","title":{"rendered":"As Fauci Farewell Tour Begins, Republicans Say Don\u2019t Go Too Far"},"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\">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%2Fas-fauci-farewell-tour-begins-republicans-say-dont-go-too-far%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=1621179&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>After nearly 40 years as the government\u2019s top infectious disease official, Dr. Anthony Fauci has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nih.gov\/news-events\/news-releases\/statement-anthony-s-fauci-md\">announced<\/a> that he will be stepping down from his role as President Biden\u2019s top medical adviser and director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) in December. The question is \u2014 is he making an exit or a getaway?<\/p>\n<p>Fauci was clear in his press release that though he is 81 years old, this isn\u2019t a retirement. He insisted he still has a lot of \u201cenergy and passion for [his] field,\u201d and wants to \u201cpursue the next chapter of [his] career.\u201d He then warned \u2014 err announced \u2014 that he will be spending his remaining geriatric years tutoring other physicians. One wonders if he\u2019ll be tutoring them in the art of hubris.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to use what I have learned as NIAID Director to \u2026 inspire and mentor the next generation of scientific leaders as they help prepare the world to face future infectious disease threats,\u201d he said. Heaven help us.<\/p>\n<p>But that, of course, is the PR explanation. One need only look at midterm polling to suss out another reason Fauci may be beating a hasty retreat from public service. His timing means he will exit his post just as Republicans <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/new-polling-cnn-analysis-spells-disaster-for-democrats-in-midterm-elections\">are expected<\/a> to take control of the House and possibly the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>With Democrats in control of Congress, Fauci has never been made to answer in any serious way for pressuring media outlets and other bureaucrats to suppress medical opinions that didn\u2019t align with his. He has never faced a serious investigation over whether his agency funded gain-of-function research in the Wuhan lab that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/scientists-believed-coronavirus-leaked-from-wuhan-lab-but-top-u-s-official-warned-against-debate-report\">many experts<\/a> believe was the source of COVID. Nor has he had to answer questions about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/in-damning-capitol-hill-testimony-scientists-contradict-faucis-claim-that-nih-never-funded-gain-of-function-research\">whether he lied<\/a> to Congress when he said NIAID never bankrolled such research.<\/p>\n<p>If Republicans win big in November, as they\u2019re still projected to, that could all change.<\/p>\n<p>Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) tweeted Monday afternoon, immediately following the top doc\u2019s announcement, \u201cFauci\u2019s resignation will not prevent a full-throated investigation into the origins of the pandemic. He will be asked to testify under oath regarding any discussions he participated in concerning the lab leak.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That was a sentiment echoed by many Republican leaders.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDr. Fauci is conveniently resigning from his position in December before House Republicans have an opportunity to hold him accountable for destroying our country over these past three years,\u201d said Representative Andy Biggs (R-AZ), adding that Fauci is \u201ca coward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>House Oversight Committee Ranking Member James Comer (R-KY) endorsed that view, promising that Fauci\u2019s resignation will not prevent Republicans from holding him accountable. \u201cRetirement can\u2019t shield Dr. Fauci from congressional oversight. The American people deserve transparency and accountability about how government officials used their taxpayer dollars, and [House Oversight Republicans] will deliver,\u201d Comer said.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, this all assumes that Fauci has timed his departure according to his own whims and not the White House\u2019s, something that should be very much up for debate. Given how Fauci has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/fauci-cdc-covid-trust-falls-poll-annenberg-1673997\">polling<\/a> this year, there\u2019s every reason to suspect some back room Team Biden discussions may have ended in the conclusion that \u201cTony\u201d had become a liability for Democrats\u2019 future prospects.<\/p>\n<p>Right now, along with the rest of his mostly abysmal approval numbers, President Biden is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/statistics\/1203165\/share-us-adults-approve-way-joe-biden-handling-covid-19\/\">upside down<\/a> on his handling of COVID \u2014 a sharp swing from when he took office. With Fauci\u2019s recommendations for lockdowns, mask mandates, and vaccine requirements, he has rightly become the face of authoritarianism. That\u2019s a reminder the administration doesn\u2019t want the public to have as we head into the last leg of midterm elections and the first leg of the 2024 presidential campaign.<\/p>\n<p>But whether or not the White House gave Fauci a little push on his way out the door, there\u2019s little doubt Democrats will do everything in their power to memory-hole the man who was once their favorite cover boy. They won\u2019t want to see Fauci\u2019s face around the halls of power again. Republicans need to make it clear it\u2019s not up to them.<\/p>\n<p>As House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) put it, \u201cDr. Fauci lost the trust of the American people when his guidance unnecessarily kept schools closed and businesses shut while obscuring questions about his knowledge on the origins of COVID.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Regardless of the impetus for his leaving, justice demands that Fauci not be allowed to slink away quietly, with noblesse oblige generalities about how it has been \u201cthe honor of a lifetime to have led the NIAID.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His honor has meant our suffering: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tfah.org\/story\/new-data-underscores-impact-of-covid-19-pandemic-on-americans-mental-health-substance-use-and-suicide\/\">rises in suicide and addiction deaths<\/a> as desperate people were left in isolation. America\u2019s first promise of freedom of religion broken as churches were forbidden to gather for worship. Businesses forced into bankruptcy when they were forced to close their doors to customers. Kids set back years developmentally due to closed schools and masked faces. Grandparents who died alone in hospital<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After nearly 40 years as the government\u2019s top infectious disease official, Dr. Anthony Fauci has announced that he will be stepping down from his role as President Biden\u2019s top medical adviser and director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) in December. 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