This is a Senate hearing, you know, the house of congress that’s supposed to be “the saucer that cools the tea.” Today it is a boiling cauldron of toxic swill;
“In usual fashion, senator, you are distorting everything about me … you keep distorting the truth. It’s stunning” — Dr. Fauci and Rand Paul are going at it again.
(Paul is grilling him about his emails.)
“We are here at a committee to look a virus now that has killed nearly 900,000 people. And the purpose of the committee was to try to get things out, how we can help the American public. And you keep coming back to personal attacks on me” — Fauci to Rand Paul
Fauci notes that Paul’s attacks on him result in death threats against him and family as Paul looks on expressionlessly. Fauci also notes that Paul is fundraising on his unhinged attacks on him.
i hope Susan Collins pushed this line of questioning because she wanted an on-record explanation from Dr. Fauci and not because she still hasn’t figured out that the point of getting vaccinated is to protect against severe illness
the dark irony of this Roger Marshall graphic is that the people dying in 2021 disproportionately were Republican voters who listen to Republican politicians
“It really pains me to have to point out to the American public how incorrect you are … once again, you are completely and unequivocally incorrect” — Fauci to Roger Marshall
Fauci to Roger Marshall: “You’re backing down on this?”
Tommy Tuberville: explain this to me, but in football terms
Tommy Tuberville is pushing anti-vax talking points about the flu vaccine
After Paul and Marshall attack Fauci, Romney defends him: “You’re scientists, not politicians. Nevertheless, you’re being made subject to the political whims of various political individuals and that comes at a high cost.”
Walensky explains how she was taken out of context by Republicans when she said that a high percentage of vaccinated people who have died from Covid had significant comorbidities
Tammy Baldin: “If there were to be a true tit for tat on the performance angle, there’s any number of areas we could go. I reflect on proposals for ultraviolet light and drinking bleach … we could go there, but it’s not productive.”
there’s going to be a second round of questioning in the Senate Covid response hearing.
You know what that means: it’s time for Rand Paul vs. Fauci in a Hell in a Cell match
Rand Paul says it’s “insulting” that Fauci would accuse him of inciting threats against him, because Paul was on the ball field when Steve Scalise was shot
wow, RINO
Tina Smith: “Dr. Fauci has been the target of a concerted and coordinated campaign of disinformation and distortion … 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.”
Roger Marshall is the Ronny Jackson of Rand Pauls
“You’re so misinformed, it’s extraordinary … what are you talking about” — Fauci to Roger Marshall
wait for it
Originally tweeted by Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) on January 11, 2022.
Update:
He took the words right out of my mouth.