Senator’s F-bomb bashing of Fauci rocks Internet: ‘High-heat fastball!’
Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, tore into Dr. Anthony Fauci, who served as President Joe Biden's chief medical advisor and was a key government spokesman during the COVID-19 pandemic, dropping an...
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Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, tore into Dr. Anthony Fauci , who served as President Joe Biden's chief medical advisor and was a key government spokesman during the COVID-19 pandemic, dropping an F-bomb during Wednesday's congressional hearing. Fauci was issued a subpoena by Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., as part of a congressional investigation into the origins of COVID-19 and the federal government's response to the pandemic. Paul, who chairs the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and his Republican colleagues have long accused Fauci of misleading Congress and the American people about the origins of the virus, federal funding for research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in the Chinese city where the virus first emerged and the nature of so-called gain-of-function research, which alters pathogens to study how they may become more transmissible or dangerous. "Here I am sitting in front of you six years later saying, who the f--k do you think you were for doing that?" Moreno said. "It is a total disgrace what you did to this country." FAUCI PRIVATELY TOOK CREDIT FOR COVID-19 LOCKDOWNS DESPITE PUBLIC DENIAL, NEWLY EXPOSED DIARY ENTRIES REVEAL Moreno's remarks came after he argued the government's COVID-19 guidance, including mask mandates, social distancing recommendations and school closures, harmed Americans. He said "moronic" politicians' implementation of Fauci's guidance led to arrests, recounting the story of an Ohio mother who was arrested for not wearing a mask during an outdoor high school football game. "When that story broke, I said to myself, I cannot stand idly on the side and watch this happen," Moreno said. "It was about six years ago today that I decided I'm going to give up my businesses, sell them all, run for office, run for the United States Senate." Moreno then asked Fauci whether he would apologize to the American people, prompting Fauci to invoke the Fifth Amendment. Throughout the hearing, Fauci invoked the Fifth Amendment m…