Marjorie Taylor Greene told Dr. Anthony Fauci that he was “not a doctor” and “should be in prison” during a wild moment at her congressional hearing on Monday.
The Republican firebrand was berated by my colleagues for her questions while Fauci was grilled about his response to the pandemic and the origins of COVID.
Greene also claimed that Fauci’s ‘evil, repulsive science’ led to schoolchildren having to endure classes wearing masks and claimed that he abused puppies during his tests.
The Georgia lawmaker also showed the hearing photographs of him sitting in the empty seats at a Washington Nationals baseball game after throwing out the first pitch.
Marjorie Taylor Greene told Dr. Anthony Fauci that he was “not a doctor” and that he “should be in prison” during a wild moment at her congressional hearing.
She was sitting near two colleagues in a picture she said broke her social distancing guidelines.
‘Do you think that’s appropriate… Mr. Fauci, because you’re not a doctor in my few minutes… that man doesn’t deserve to have a license. In fact, it should be overturned and he should be in prison,” Greene said.
“We should recommend that you be prosecuted… for crimes against humanity,” the Georgia Republican continued.
Freshman Democrat Robert Garcia criticized Greene for her “ridiculous” attacks on Fauci.
He says this has been the most unruly conference in his years and a half in Congress.
Fauci became emotional as he detailed death threats against him and his children, while insisting that taxpayer dollars were not used for risky gain-of-function research in China and that he never used personal email for “official business.” “.
His explosive admission came before the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, which has been seeking for more than a year to determine the origins of the pandemic that killed more than a million Americans and millions more around the world. world.
The Republican firebrand was berated by my colleagues for her questioning while Fauci was being grilled over his response to the pandemic.
Greene also claimed that Fauci’s ‘repulsive, evil science’ led to schoolchildren having to endure classes in masks and claimed that he abused puppies with his tests.
Fauci became emotional during the hearing when he said he and his family had received death threats.
The fast-paced hearing briefly slowed when Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., asked Fauci about the personal toll his role on the White House Coronavirus Task Force took on him.
“I and my three daughters have received credible death threats, which has led to the arrest of different people,” he said. “Credible death threats mean someone who was clearly on a path to kill.”
“It’s very problematic for me,” he continued. “It’s even more problematic because they involve my wife.”
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