Former presidential medical adviser clashed with far-right congresswoman when he testified in front of the House Oversight Committee on Monday about the Trump administration’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic

Former presidential medical adviser clashed with far-right congresswoman when he testified in front of the House Oversight Committee on Monday about the Trump administration’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic

Dr Anthony Fauci has accused Marjorie Taylor Greene of inspiring death threats against him.

The former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases clashed with the Republican firebrand lawmaker at a hearing of the House Oversight Committee on Monday in which he gave testimony about the Trump administration’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic.

During the hearing, Greene told Fauci he was “not a doctor” and that he “belonged in prison” for “crimes against humanity” amid heated questioning. She also accused him of experimenting on beagles with disease-causing parasites.

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“Whenever somebody gets up, whether it’s the news media you know, Fox News does it a lot or it’s somebody in the Congress who gets up and makes a public statement that I’m responsible for the deaths of x number of people because of policies or some crazy idea that I created the virus — immediately — you could like clockwork, the death threats, go way up,” Fauci said during an appearance with Kaitlan Collins on CNN.

  • _number8_@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 months ago

    to be fair the pandemic handling did fucking suck and ruin lives. there were stories about how people couldn’t say goodbye to dying relatives because of “distancing rules” (which the Washington Post confirmed were basically picked out of thin air, obviously) which is just blatantly inhumane and obviously careless. you’re not building public trust or respect with rules like that. i’d happily get covid if i could say goodbye to my mom before she dies, fuck you.

    • magi@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      5 months ago

      The handling of the pandemic was terrible and was a play on the lives of hundreds of millions that we’re still recovering from today. No point arguing with the basement dwellers of Lemmy, because that’s where they were. I’m no denier or whatever from any stretch of the imagination, but god damn, thinking this was handled appropriately is a very unpopular opinion in the real world.

      • ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        5 months ago

        Hey sorry it’s off topic but how do you “tag” people? I’ve seen a few people say this and can’t figure it out, I’m guessing it’s my app’s fault.

      • _number8_@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        5 months ago

        lmao it’s unempathetic to say people should be able to say goodbye to loved ones. covid was spreading everywhere anyway! if that hugely meaningful interaction didn’t get them infected, work or school or the gas station or a hotel or a restaurant would the next day anyway.

        • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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          5 months ago

          “Millions of people were dying anyway, so I should have been able to say goodbye to my third cousin Phil in person instead of via video chat!”