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Fauci says ‘unusual’ antics by Marjorie Taylor Greene is reason he gets death threats (www.independent.co.uk)

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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.

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[–] disguy_ovahea 90 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children)

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.

“As a dog lover, I want to tell you this is disgusting and evil, what you signed off on, and these experiments that happened to beagles paid for by the American taxpayer,” she said. “And I want you to know that Americans don’t pay their taxes for animals to be tortured liked this.”

Unusual? How about unhinged?

The vaccine is for a virus, which is a replicating protein, not a parasite.

Dogs are by definition not humanity, but the billions of people who were protected from the virus certainly are.

https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/29/4/22-1727_article

I doubt she knows how the makeup she cakes on her face is tested.

[–] FlyingSquid 57 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I wonder if, as a dog lover, she supports Kristi Noem?

[–] [email protected] 39 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

You know Kristi Noem is different because she's a Republican.

(We all know that, but it needs to be said out loud)

[–] FlyingSquid 26 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I'm picturing her saying something like, "as a dog lover, I know that some dogs need to be led to a gravel pit and shot."

[–] disguy_ovahea 13 points 6 months ago

Only if they do exactly what their owner trained them to do.

[–] Got_Bent 24 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I enjoy how the party of law and order just wants to consistently ignore laws and order and demands immediate imprisonment of anybody who makes them look bad. It's been going on for years, but its intensity since Cheeto diapers came around has increased exponentially.

[–] Sterile_Technique 14 points 6 months ago

"law and order" is just dog whistle for using cops to harass outgroups.

Don't ever ever forget that the cruelty is the point. They don't give a fuck about the law.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

I wonder whether she's in charge of the group trying to press people to sign pledges to reject any drug, product or procedure tested on animals, or whether she's even signed it.

I mean, it basically volunteers to be the animals these things are tested on if everyone signs - you just get no vaccines or tooth regrowing or surgeries until then while they're still tested on animals other than you - but that's not obvious to stupid people.