{"id":2259726,"date":"2024-06-04T16:41:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-04T20:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fauci-blames-mtgs-unusual-performance-for-death-threats-hes-received\/"},"modified":"2024-06-04T16:43:41","modified_gmt":"2024-06-04T20:43:41","slug":"fauci-blames-mtgs-unusual-performance-for-death-threats-hes-received","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fauci-blames-mtgs-unusual-performance-for-death-threats-hes-received\/","title":{"rendered":"Fauci attributes death threats to MTG&#8217;s &#8216;unusual behavior"},"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%2Ffauci-blames-mtgs-unusual-performance-for-death-threats-hes-received%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=2259726&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. \u200cAnthony Fauci accused Rep. Marjorie\u200c Taylor Greene of instigating death\u2063 threats\u2064 against him after her confrontational remarks during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/whats-next-great-awakening-or-great-reset\/\" title=\"What\u2019s Next? Great Awakening or Great Reset?\">recent congressional hearing<\/a>. He denied GOP claims of concealing COVID-19 origins information or being aware\u2064 of his former\u2062 advisor&#8217;s actions. Fauci also clarified the source\u200b of the 6-feet social \u200cdistancing <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\">guideline<\/a> during the pandemic, attributing it\u2063 to the \u200bCDC.  <\/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>\n<p>Dr. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/anthony-fauci\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Anthony Fauci<\/a> accused Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) of driving <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/big-tech-under-more-fire-for-removing-president-trumps-accounts\/\" title=\"Big Tech under more fire for removing President Trump\u2019s accounts\">death threats<\/a> against him following her hostile <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/healthcare\/3026615\/uproar-fauci-hearing-marjorie-taylor-greene-refuses-call-him-doctor\/\">remarks<\/a> at Monday\u2019s congressional hearing. <\/p>\n<p>At the hearing, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/anthony-fauci\/\">Fauci<\/a> denied accusations from Republican lawmakers that he had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-rep-jeff-fortenberry-charged-after-allegedly-lying-to-feds\/\" title=\"GOP Rep. Jeff Fortenberry Charged After Allegedly Lying To Feds\">concealed information<\/a> about the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic or had knowledge of his former senior adviser\u2019s use of his personal email for official business. He also said that the 6-feet social distancing guideline during the pandemic came from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/cdc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>CDC<\/a> after his earlier <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/health\/2024\/06\/02\/six-foot-rule-covid-no-science\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>comment<\/a> that the guideline had \u201csort of just appeared.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhenever somebody gets up, whether it\u2019s a news media \u2014 you know Fox News does it a lot \u2014 or it\u2019s somebody in the Congress who gets up and makes a public statement that I\u2019m responsible for the deaths of X number of people because of policies or some crazy idea that I created the virus, immediately it\u2019s like clockwork, the death threats go way up,\u201d Fauci <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/06\/03\/politics\/video\/dr-fauci-covid-hearing-marjorie-taylor-greene-src-digvid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>told<\/a> CNN.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you have performances like that unusual performance by Marjorie Taylor Greene in today\u2019s hearing, those are the kind of things that drive up the death threats because there are a segment of the population out there that believe that kind of nonsense,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/marjorie-taylor-greene\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Greene<\/a> repeatedly refused to refer to Fauci as \u201cdoctor\u201d at the hearing, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/cspan\/status\/1797665360868499710?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1797665360868499710%7Ctwgr%5Ef45fba5d76aa0603e9f9088d918d39fdc1d2f240%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonexaminer.com%2Fpolicy%2Fhealthcare%2F3026615%2Fuproar-fauci-hearing-marjorie-taylor-greene-refuses-call-him-doctor%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>saying<\/a> that his medical license should be revoked and that he belonged in prison for his pandemic-era recommendations on masking, lockdowns, and COVID-19 vaccines.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know what this committee should be doing? We should be recommending you to be prosecuted. We should be writing a criminal referral because you should be prosecuted for crimes against humanity,\u201d Greene said. <\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>WATCH: Complete heated exchange between Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Dr. Anthony Fauci<\/p>\n<p>Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepMTG?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RepMTG<\/a>: &#8220;You should be prosecuted for crimes against humanity. You belong in prison, Dr. Fauci.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mhdS3sdPXT\">pic.twitter.com\/mhdS3sdPXT<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 CSPAN (@cspan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cspan\/status\/1797665360868499710?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 3, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Fauci <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/healthcare\/4700430-fauci-chokes-up-harassment-of-family\/\">described<\/a> at the hearing the ongoing harassment, including \u201ccredible death threats,\u201d that he and his family have received. \u201c\u2018Credible death threats\u2019 means someone who clearly was on their way to kill me,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s required my having protective services essentially all the time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Greene <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/repmtg\/status\/1797952632754966885?s=51\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>clapped back<\/a> in a post on X.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo one should get death threats and I get them ALL THE TIME. But lucky for Mr. Fauci, he has Secret Service protection at the tax payers expense,\u201d she posted. \u201cIt\u2019s not my comments that have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cnbc-anchor-jim-cramer-government-has-a-right-to-force-you-to-obey\/\" title=\"CNBC Anchor Jim Cramer: \u2018Government Has A Right To Force You To Obey\u2019\">people furious<\/a> at Mr. Fauci, it\u2019s the FACT that his ridiculous, non-scientific, tyrannical policies DESTROYED people\u2019s lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>No one should get death threats and I get them ALL THE TIME.<\/p>\n<p>But lucky for Mr Fauci, he has Secret Service Protection at the tax payers expense.<\/p>\n<p>I DO NOT, and have to pay for my own security and am a gun owner.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not my comments that have people furious at Mr Fauci, it\u2019s\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UcEBTh0JGa\">pic.twitter.com\/UcEBTh0JGa<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@RepMTG) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepMTG\/status\/1797952632754966885?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 4, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Anthony Fauci blamed Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) for inciting death threats after her aggressive comments in a recent congressional hearing. 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