{"id":2258502,"date":"2024-06-03T11:41:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-03T15:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-democrats-throw-cold-water-on-fauci-hearing-over-covid-19-origins\/"},"modified":"2024-06-03T11:42:40","modified_gmt":"2024-06-03T15:42:40","slug":"house-democrats-throw-cold-water-on-fauci-hearing-over-covid-19-origins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-democrats-throw-cold-water-on-fauci-hearing-over-covid-19-origins\/","title":{"rendered":"House Democrats dampen Fauci hearing on COVID-19 origin"},"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\">16<\/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%2Fhouse-democrats-throw-cold-water-on-fauci-hearing-over-covid-19-origins%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=2258502&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>House\u2062 Democrats questioned the motives of Republicans ahead of\u200d a crucial hearing with NIH official Anthony Fauci. The report criticized Republicans for using COVID-19 origin investigations as a political tool rather than seeking genuine\u200c answers about the\u200d pandemic&#8217;s beginnings. The Select Subcommittee highlighted the need for objective examination without exploiting\u200d lab-related concerns for partisan purposes.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_79\">\n<p>Ahead of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/3024916\/fauci-hearing-three-things-to-watch-for-during-congressional-testimony\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"highly anticipated\">highly anticipated<\/a> hearing with former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nih\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"NIH\">National Institutes of Health<\/a> official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/anthony-fauci\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Anthony Fauci\">Anthony Fauci<\/a>, House Democrats released a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/9-well-known-forensic-techniques-that-are-actually-junk-science\/\" title=\"9 Debunked Forensic Techniques\">report casting doubt<\/a> on the findings and motivations of Republicans leading the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnder the guise of investigating the pandemic\u2019s origins, House Republicans have abdicated their responsibility to objectively examine how COVID-19 came to be,\u201d Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic ranking member Raul Ruiz (D-CA) said, \u201cand instead weaponized concerns about a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/committee-to-look-into-covid-19-origins\/\" title=\"Committee to look into COVID-19 origins\">lab-related origin<\/a> to fuel sentiment against our nation\u2019s scientists and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dems-lost-all-credibility-on-social-distancing-after-biden-celebrations\/\" title=\"Dems Lost All Credibility On Social Distancing After Biden Celebrations\">public health officials<\/a> for partisan gain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Democrats released a <a href=\"https:\/\/oversightdemocrats.house.gov\/sites\/evo-subsites\/democrats-oversight.house.gov\/files\/evo-media-document\/SSCP%20Dr.%20Fauci%20Democratic%20Staff%20Report_FINAL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"report\">report<\/a> titled \u201cRepublicans\u2019 Fauci Flop: Select Subcommittee\u2019s Fifteen-Month Probe Fails to Find Evidence of Extreme Claims Linking Dr. Fauci to COVID-19\u2019s Origins.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The report contains three core claims, which are that Fauci was not aware of a grant to fund research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology until after the COVID-19 outbreak, that Fauci did not lie in saying his agency didn\u2019t fund gain-of-function research, and that he did not orchestrate the \u201cProximal Origin\u201d paper arguing against the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jon-stewart-says-the-overreaction-to-joe-rogan-is-a-mistake-dont-leave-dont-censor-engage\/\" title=\"Jon Stewart Says the Overreaction to Joe Rogan Is a Mistake: 'Don\u2019t Leave. Don\u2019t Censor, Engage'\">lab leak origin theory<\/a> of the virus. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cInstead of objectively examining the pathways by which the novel coronavirus could have emerged, Select Subcommittee Republicans have spent the 118th Congress probing federally funded research in an effort to substantiate their extreme allegations baselessly linking Dr. Fauci to the pandemic\u2019s origins,\u201d the Democrats alleged.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fauci, who for many was the face of the coronavirus pandemic, retired in late 2022, but he has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/3021456\/nih-email-scandal-covid-19-origins-inquiry-fauci\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">dragged into a scandal<\/a> involving his former aide David Morens, who bragged in subpoenaed emails about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/faucis-return-to-the-headlines-could-cause-headaches-for-trump-and-biden\/\" title=\"Fauci's comeback could complicate matters for Trump and Biden\">skirting open records laws<\/a> for information related to the virus\u2019s origins.<\/p>\n<p>Members of both parties are grilling the doctor before the cameras on Monday, and the committee is seeking his phone and email records.<\/p>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nvQTXAgtA6s?si=15vTyQqvt_XnqOP8\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Democrats cast doubt on Republican-led COVID-19 origin investigation ahead of Fauci hearing. 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