Anthony Fauci slammed Rand Paul: “Why would a Senator want to do this? You are [using] a catastrophic epidemic for your political gain.”
On Tuesday, Anthony Fauci responded to accusations from Sen. Rand Paul over his handling of the pandemic, pointing out that the lawmaker is exploiting the crisis to raise campaign funds.
Fauci currently serves as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and as Chief Medical Advisor to President Joe Biden. Over the course of the pandemic, Paul has frequently rebuked Fauci during congressional testimonies, often while peddling lies about the nature of the virus itself.at combating the pandemic, and claimed that better outcomes in places like New York City were due to “community spread.
This week, Paul continued his unscrupulous criticisms of Fauci. In turn, Fauci used part of his time before a Senate committee on TuesdayFauci noted that Paul’s comments, and others like them, have led to “threats upon my life, harassment of my family and my children with obscene phone calls because people are lying about me.”
All the while, Paul has been more than willing to use the crisis to his political advantage, even as thousands of Americans have died from coronavirus each week. Fauci continued by holding up a picture of himself that was posted on Paul’s campaign website, condemning the senator for using his likeness and the social media hashtag #FireFauci“Why would a Senator want to do this?” Fauci asked. “Go to Rand Paul’s website and you see fire Dr. Fauci with a little box that says ‘contribute here.'”Fauci: Why would a Senator want to do this? Go to Rand Paul’s website and you see fire Dr. Fauci with a little box that says contribute here.
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