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Dr Fauci is (insert your positive thoughts).
Jul 21, 2021 10:56 AM
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Dr Fauci is (insert your positive thoughts).
KawaNyx
TalkingSnake
MayMyEnemiesLiveLong
I watched this live on C-SPAN (Yes I watch CSPAN), and my wife said, "Damn, he went full Jewish Grandma on Randy."
Splittmark
Paul wants an investigation into fauci.. why don't we investigate you traitor paul
HandoB4Javert
dakonsept
I like that Faucci is now using sassy head wobbles. As an Indian, I wholeheartedly approve!
YourNeighborhoodLesbian
That sassy head shake XD
gaidin51
OdinTheRaven
Sauce https://youtu.be/pFoaBV_cTek
GlenL
Being a consummate professional is the only reason he didn't start with "Now listen here, you little shit"
Adamarket
Get him Fauci. OFFICIALLY!
skylark28
We need more of this to happen. Politicians, celebrities and athletes all need to be called on their bullshit.
CouldCareLessButDoesnt
I dont know why the chair can't just shut Pauls fkn mic off
FallingStar7669
Right? Why the hell is there a moderator when all they do is point out that there's no time left? This whole exchange was a circus.
daytimepajamas
Hard to imagine why Paul's neighbor might've wanted to kick his ass.
YouDumbBastard
BootsDusty
ObliqueRay
What an ass-clown.
WhoIsFlabbergasted
It's just so fitting that his self owned certification sounds like "knob"
koflan
Conservatives talk over people and shout them down and flout the rules of our government like school bullies and people raised on reality tv
koflan
think that means they won the argument. We can only hold people to standards as high as we're willing to agree to, and after so many years
koflan
of lowest-common-denominator TV and cheap entertainment (etc), that standard is whatever makes the highlights clip on TMZ.
LuciusNeedful
Sauce: https://youtu.be/Pa1xTqis_5s
LuciusNeedful
Also, fuck the chair person for allowing that gaslighting cunt-bag Paul to keep trumping Fauci's responses.
jicahmusic
Yeah that was a complete sham, and completely unprofessional. Hard to watch tbh
ChaoticGoofy
BigStacksThrowItOnThemBigFatTatties
sa da tay.
llAlmasyll
Sauce please? I want to hear what stupid shit Paul is saying.
OdinTheRaven
https://youtu.be/pFoaBV_cTek
Decitron
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pFoaBV_cTek
PuppyGotPeopleToBarkAtAndThingsToSniff
I want to punch Rand Paul in his fuckwad face
llAlmasyll
Thanks. Wish they would start muting mics of people who just talk over others.
NotStephanie
Fauci unleashed
BootsDusty
RichardFenn
I love seeing the water-sip-of "Fuck, this isn't going well".
Caerbannog12433
That smile at the end...you can tell he's been waiting a reeeal long time to say those words.
CthuluChan
Now that he works for a president who won't fire him for telling the truth he looks so happy
Caerbannog12433
Right?! He looks like he's starting to come alive now that his entire being isn't being drained by the Cheeto.
ShieldAnvil1
Watching the whole thing I am not sure how it is not gain of function. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pnb2Yxri6eY 1/3
brianterrel
Basically during the Obama admin, the NIH was told not to fund research that engineered viruses to be more effective at causing respiratory
brianterrel
infections. What was going on with the grant in question was collecting coronaviruses around China (where SARS and MERS originated) and
brianterrel
exposing them to human tissue samples to see how effectively they were able to reproduce in human tissues. Repeated trials *might* make
brianterrel
them evolve better abilities to reproduce in human tissue samples, but that doesn't mean they would be better at spreading in living humans
brianterrel
via respiratory infections. It's the difference between specifically engineering a pandemic, vs testing natural viruses to see which are
ShieldAnvil1
It seems they acknowledge that they were trying to increase the transmissibility of viruses even if they onl acknowledge it for viruses 2/3
ShieldAnvil1
different from covid, I am honestly curious how the gain of function def is different from what was described , I honestly lack 2.5/3
ShieldAnvil1
the ability to draw any conclusions from this interaction. 3/3
Fadetoblack021
You probably can't draw any conclusions because you're not qualified. That's why people like Rand Paul can confuse you.
Jonnythetrout
So does everyone here. But they're going to act like the Republican was wrong anyway.
Smidge204
xizar
Emmanuel Goldstein is the badguy made up by the government in the book _1984_, by George Orwell.
TheDoctorAzAJ
Thank you
Wyndynwyre
Don't platform conservatives, don't debate nazis. They don't care about winning in a "marketplace of ideas", they care about screen time.
imgal76
Not all things are done for the benefit of fools.
grandestgrandeur
When it comes to that crowd, it's always a lose-lose situation. Either they'll b like "Rand owned him!" or "Fauci was lying" no winning.
tinyfootprints
Who dafuq is Emmanuel Goldstein?
xizar
google the dude's name with "1984"
Mimsey
This. Notice how Paul never interrupted Fauci while he was criticizing Paul or speaking in generalities. Only when Fauci... /1
Mimsey
began to refute Paul's central claims did Paul start interrupting. It was a strategy to waste Fauci's speaking time.. /2
Mimsey
while repeating his own lies. Paul was putting on a show for his base, and creating clips for his corrupt GQP pals to.. /3
Mimsey
to use to attack Fauci and Biden. Today Boebert is already tweeting about how Fauci lied before Congress in that exchange. /4
Mimsey
The only reason it worked was because whoever was moderating is a pathetic loser who didn't expel Paul for this obvious bullshit. /5
DemSumBigAssRidges
Ugh.. I hate that this is correct...
Canofminus
Painfully accurate. They are the world's worst enabling soccer mom w/her shit kid who fouls like bitch & she yells "way to mix it up, baby!"
mondeca
It's not like Fauci has a choice of whether or not to answer Paul. Might as well dunk on him when you can.
HappierThanASlinkyOnAnEscalator
And if I was Fauci, getting death threats, etc., I wouldn't feel any need to moderate my tone w/anyone maliciously spreading misinformation
furylicious
I got you fam
Tinsugi
Good thing that many conservatives hate the fucking guy.
TheWombatStrikesAgain
One might sympathize with Fauci, but remember: he brought that all on himself. Trying to keep Americans alive. The audacity!
override367
Sometimes I wish no states had taken any covid measures and we'd just let half of the old people die
GooseWhoGames
You spelled idiot Republicans wrong.
Raith93
As someone who likes their parents at least 70% of the time...please no.
ProppaGanda
As someone whose mom is an anti-vaxx, please do. I can't find any more fucks to give.
wiltsjunk
This is an excellent point.
FeverandAgue
No it isn’t. Yes, bad faith attacks will always happen. That doesn’t mean he shouldn’t dunk on the fuck nut.
GnomeDeGuerre
I think the point should be considered with headlines in general. They animate both sides, for different reasons.
Shoutrr
there is absolutely nothing to do to correct this, except waiting for the problem to solve itself via covid
GnomeDeGuerre
That is very much not true. Ideas and culture can be manipulated and COVID will not solve the issue.
Shoutrr
the people who hate fauci are all, without exception, completely stupid, clinically so. they won't change their mind because they can't.
Shoutrr
they are the trump supporters / anti masker /anti vaxers (it was their president that "made" the vaccine, but since biden ask them to
Scottyswans
"If anyone here is lying, senator, it is you" - nailed it Fauci
TalkingSnake
The Fauc inflicted an ouch.
xyxyxyxy31
mondeca
I hope that catches on, and people say that to Rand Paul wherever he goes.
thegelatoking
“Hello, I am senator Rand Paul”. “You DO NOT know what you are talking about!”
mondeca
"Table for 2." "If anyone is lying here, Senator, it's you!"
WilwoWaggins
He gave zero substance to back up his words.
Heisanevilgenius
Maybe if they let him actually talk
SarcasticComment
You want substance in a 20 second clip following a senator spreading bullshit without the factual basis to support it?
serenityfast
Paul? Yeah, that's typical. You know, of the entire GOP.
Munnin41
How much substance did you expect in 20 seconds?
SilecaerDladron
Do you mean Fauci, who was not allowed to speak, or Paul, who tried to insinuate blame without making a statement.
asmallcat
And he NEVER gets mad. Like, even when he had to deal with Trump, he was remarkably even-keeled. Turns out when you basically accuse 1/2
asmallcat
him of covering up the US funding the creation of COVID (and then pretend you didn't just say that), it pisses him off lol. 2/2
peachesforme
It's kind of like gordon ramsey getting so angry at posers who say they are great chefs but are horrible. rand calls himself a doctor 1
peachesforme
but couldn't be further from it. he lost his license to practice....and wasn't a GP he was an orthamologist (eye doc) 2
erischilde
Yeah, must be infuriating to study whole life, work at highest levels, to be grilled by idiots for the sake of conspiracy and sucking up/1
Zulras123
Traitors*
erischilde
To the (not elected in any position) loser, "look at me! I'm an idiot and a bigot too! See me Senpai!" arrrrrggghjj so frustrated for fauci.
Rijtjeshuis
"I'm not saying you created the virus" - Rand Paul, who is very clearly saying Fauci created the virus.
lookiamontheinternet
He is implying that he violated policy and allowed funding to go to gain of function research and lied about. Paul has evidence to back him
itsthevoiceman
What evidence?
wisher1977
"I'm not saying you did this, but we want to know why you did this!" - Rand Paul
CoarseAndSalty
And we're going to prosecute you for claiming you didn't do this..
Jakedabrake
Its really interesting to see how conspiratards in every country are blaming their country's experts for creating the virus
confanity
No, no, he's saying that Fauci conspired with the Chinese, who created the virus so that dead communists could rig American elections.
YourMemeSucksHarderThanaDyson
Look I'm not a crazy conspiracy theorist and fuck Rand Paul, but it's more dangerous to simply dismiss the lab leak hypothesis without first
kaitekarue
But... it isnt terribly hard to find out. They are investigating but leaning on that as the ONLY TRUTH BECAUSE FEARMONGERING is evil.
GloriousPirateBeard
You think any evidence is still there? I bet you anything the real lab is a pile of cinders by now if it was true
morelikeconsham
Why would that matter, actually? It would change absolutely nothing, and is certainly not relevant to fauci's role in fighting the pandemic.
Arkvoodle
If he wanted to actually discuss that possibility he should have let Fauci actually answer a single question without interruption.
YourMemeSucksHarderThanaDyson
Missing the entire point
Arkvoodle
And that point is?
lesswaxjesus
The point is he doesn’t want to tell you his point because you’ll refute it effectively.
YourMemeSucksHarderThanaDyson
Doing a through investigation on it. And sadly the window of opportunity to know for certain now seems closed. If it was the case CV19 was
YourMemeSucksHarderThanaDyson
An experiment gone wrong, it's super important to know why so we can avoid it from happening again. This is like Chernobyl level fuck up if
YourMemeSucksHarderThanaDyson
That's the case, and we deserve the truth. Not just a political mudslinging to whoever questions the official narrative.
PimpinKen
If you watch the full thing he says that it was molecularly impossible for what was being worked on to be transferred to humans. So what >
AncientSeraph
That's why there's multiple investigations ongoing into whether the virus came from the lab. Even if it did, it's a leap to assume there was
AncientSeraph
a master plan about releasing it. There's a lot of deadly viruses in a lot of labs, both private and military. Not special in itself.
QuantumReek
Honest question: What is being argued here? The hell is 'gain of function' research and why is Fauci being accused of it?
babysuperfreak
He's trying to say that Fauci either invented COVID or is cahoots with China to spread it (popular right-wing conspiracy theories) 1/
babysuperfreak
2/ He's basically shoring up his base by giving the crazies "proof" to keep fueling themselves until next year's midterms.
CoarseAndSalty
In short strokes, Rand is trying to allege that Fauci was involved in funding weaponizing Covid from an animal virus. Experts say he didn't.
QuantumReek
THANK YOU. You're answer was the easier to understand. Why would Rand accuse him of that and which experts debunked him?
CoarseAndSalty
If you watch the full video you can see Rand trying to set fauci up to make sound bites for political fodder. He knows he's barking up a
CoarseAndSalty
stump but he needs a villain to point to after over a year of telling people Covid isn't a threat or else that comes back at him.
FallingStar7669
That is something I'd like to know as well, but what is happening here is that Rand Paul is using something that he doesn't understand +
FallingStar7669
+ to push the Republican agenda that Fauci and the lab in Wuhan is responsible for creating and releasing the virus.
QuantumReek
ROFL 'Fauci created Covid' THAT'S a conspiracy theory if I ever heard one! What about this 'gain of function' nonsense? Did he?
bluntshelladams
Fauci was saying something like "It's molecularly impossible" before Rand Paul's bitch ass cut him off by shouting over him. Rand Paul lies.
FallingStar7669
It sounds like a quibble about wording. There was a moratorium imposed on gain-of-function funding, during which time the NIH gave money +
FallingStar7669
+ to EcoHealth, which gave part of that money to the Wuhan lab. Technically, that money was not for gain-of-function testing, by the +
AllGloryToTheDarkLord
The whole thing is brutal. Fauci absolutely eviscerates Paul. Fucking savage.
fartser
Hard to say he eviscerated him since Fauci could barely get a word in without Rand interrupting him.
VoidofStatic
He's done with the covidiot bullshit. You're lucky he restrained himself and didn't go full New York on them
FurtiveGlancer
Paul, Trump, Cruz, MTG, Pedophile - so many shining examples of how fucked up the Confederates are...
zHurk777
Case Closed. - Fauci.
Daarst
Seeing Fauci shaking with rage is something else.
RADICALFREEDOM
Vauclain
Only intelligent people think that. The Moron Brigade thinks otherwise. You know, because they’re morons.
Imalwaysready
Been waiting for someone to have the balls to do it for a long time.
INeverWaitForIt
My favorite part is that you can tell from body language alone how little Fauci regards daddy's special little boy, Rand Paul.
OatmealTheCat
Yea but you know how they'll spin it
ProppaGanda
What makes me very sad is that those far right idiots really think Paul "won". Seriously.
Syxcfaq
Crafting an alternative reality requires a lot of effort to maintain but the consequences of accepting reality are far worse.
gtollie
I can only hope I’m this savage when I’m 80 !
glenngriffon
he got Fauc'd up
BreathBeStank
Not really. Fauci isn't much of a debator. Unfortunately he doesn't do much at all to explain things. It doesn't help he was interuppted but
BreathBeStank
Even at the end he doesn't speak after 2/2
datphone777365
The only people fauci needs to explain things too are already too stupid to grasp the topic, so nothing really lost. Other then faucis time.
BreathBeStank
I would like to know the information being presented at a hearing as well tbh. I don't assume wrong doing from him but I want to know the
BreathBeStank
Details
youbetchamom
Ha! You should have watched FOX afterwards. They totally took Rand Paul's side. "Fire Fauchi!" still. It's infuriating.
rossimus
Let them have their sad curated fun. The rest of us saw what happened. Fool got spitroasted on live television lol
NavaHo07
"vaccine bad" -every Fox personality who is vaccinated due to Fox policy
BahamutBBob
I would recommend that nobody watch Fox News. Ever.
youbetchamom
I watch to see where my Trump lovin, Fauchi hatin, racist, backwater relatives are coming from. I can only do it in short bursts...
youbetchamom
but that's what they watch. All day, every day. Plus their new fav, Newsmax. We're so screwed.
NimajnebNessler
grandestgrandeur
I mean you SAY that, but from the bits I've seen, Fauci isn't able to get in three words before that dipshit tries to talk over him.
Zefram86
Classic Right Wing tactic. Can't refute anything if you can't be heard.
BennyLarva
so they have left the community of civilized humans..that is animal behaviour.
DrKriegersClone
Always was .JPG
cremaster2000
Agreed. I don’t really think he had the fair chance to explain why Paul is a moron.
BallsDeepinaDragonscloaca
That's how literally every conservative "debates".
mAsSfReNzY
Eew. First name basis?
IDontWatchDoctorWho
That’s his second name lol
cremaster2000
Second name basis, strictly.
llAlmasyll
Answer my question while I talk over you! Why aren't you answering my questions?
ChickenSnizort
I disagree. Nobody got owned. Actual evidence was not presented by either side. Paul interrupted Fauci in order to block his arguments.
AllGloryToTheDarkLord
Actual evidence was presented that Paul is unqualified to have an opinion when the guy who wrote the fucking textbook ? him on national TV
ChickenSnizort
Paul cited a paper, that Fauci said does not describe "Gain of Function". Fauci did not deny that there was funding or that new ...
ChickenSnizort
viruses were made. Only that the research was not GOF. Paul wants to link the research to the Sars-Cov-2 virus, so is dishonest.
ChickenSnizort
Fauci called him a liar, which is fair, but did not otherwise own him.
AllGloryToTheDarkLord
You dont have a strong enough grasp of virology to determine what "gain of function" means.
ChickenSnizort
And neither does Paul or your average congress person or voter.
sevenfingerman
It is 07 and there are 5 downvotes. Red hats are out early.
sevenfingerman
1040 and now at 69 downvotes.
malicart
They try and hit hard early, usually it comes back around.
BarryTheCyborg
They're called Russians
Avialle
What a very simple view of the world you have.. you guys are becoming the same like the hateful red hats. Stupid US.
AnonOmis1000
They're all boomers so they're up early.
GnomeDeGuerre
Or late, the world is round.
AnonOmis1000
...you think there are red hats globally?
GnomeDeGuerre
A. Yes, there are. B. There are also negative people around the globe that will downvote for different reasons.
AnonOmis1000
Fair point
itsmy1stsmokebreak
There are. Some Japanese hold pro trump rallies. There's an Indian man who believes Trump is god. I'm sure there's more.
AnonOmis1000
sevenfingerman
I remember reading about that last one
DantzyPance
You don’t have to be a republican to see that Fauci is trying to hide his involvement in funding the wuhan corona lab.
Possiblyendemic
The virus being studied shares 93% of its dna with covid-19. Nowhere near the same. Humans share 99% with chimps as a banana for scale.
DantzyPance
The human genome is also 200,000 times larger than the genome of a virus. So the virus being studied is about a thousand nucleotides away
DantzyPance
From COVID 19 whereas humans have 6.4 million nucleotides that would be different in chimps
CoyoteWill
Bye bye Russian
DantzyPance
You’re fuckin dumb dude
Possiblyendemic
Tou disnt reply to anyone who presented you with facts. Coward.
DantzyPance
I responded to your bad interpretation of percentages.. which you didn’t respond to.. scroll up.. jeez
DantzyPance
“Everybody who disagrees with me is a Russian operative because I can’t deal with criticism of any kind”
YouEverDrunkBaileysFromAShoe
Flaming lib here, but I downvote any "post with sound" that doesn't give me captions or dialogue in description. Not everyone can read lips.
sevenfingerman
Turn the audio on?
LubedUpCandy
I've never seen anyone post captions in the description for unsubbed vids, so are you just downvoting all content that isn't made for you?
LeChez
I downvoted because I've read the FOIA Faucci emails. Rand is a douche, but Faucci is hiding some deep shit. He's a politician, fuck him.
DantzyPance
It’s no use here, this site may as well be an extension of mainstream media when it comes to politics
PiggyWobbles
lmao the emails show exactly what you would want/expect of a public health expert working through a pandemic
tgkaze
Dot
Eldibs
"Ive done my research!" Your research - https://isotropic.org/papers/chicken.pdf
MantisTobagganMD
Uuuuuh......Fauci is not a politician. Redhats have tried to make science and fact political, but they're not.
welcometothedystopia
Can you link to those emails? What is it that makes him look to be hiding something?
LeChez
https://ln.sync.com/dl/09d223180/r2sjtdhg-dzm7e56j-vx8ji7it-d5mjecic/view/doc/11731557860008
LeChez
This is the source I found. Seemed sketchy. Antivirus came back clean. Don't like it? Find another. I'm sure they're out there.
latenightdayman
Rand Paul isnt entirely wrong, and Fauci has flipped his stance multiple times. Hes a politician first.
duhqueenmoki
I read through it and there's nothing in there that isn't ordinary for a research lab. No evidence of Fauci doing anything wrong.
LeChez
https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-releases/fauci-wuhan-826k/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=press_release
LeChez
This picks a few select emails to highlight.
sevenfingerman
These emails don’t say what you claim they say.
duhqueenmoki
Did... Did you actually read the article? It clearly goes on and on about how the US was funding research there, which is highly common-
duhqueenmoki
-because it's a hot spot for sars. They have lavs all over the world for this specific purpose of identifying sars in bats that might be a-