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nolabear

(41,932 posts)
Tue Jan 11, 2022, 12:17 PM Jan 2022

Rand Paul is despicably distorting Dr. Fauci in this Senate hearing.

If it was a court of law he’d be hammered into silence so Fauci could have his say on his lies and distortions.

Fauci is now accusing Paul of doing it for political gain and has been led away from the distortions as he tries to advocate for not being fucking KILLED.

At the same non-coincidental time Project Veritas has it’s goons flooding Twitter with a video making claims about virus manipulation and blaming him for something not a single one of those goons understands.

They’re powermongers who want us all dead if they can gain it.

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Rand Paul is despicably distorting Dr. Fauci in this Senate hearing. (Original Post) nolabear Jan 2022 OP
It's a pathetic state of affairs, absolutely disgusting. n/t RKP5637 Jan 2022 #1
Thanks for this report. tosh Jan 2022 #2
Collins makes my skin crawl JustAnotherGen Jan 2022 #3
I am sorry, but this badgering, rudness, and unsubstantiated accusations that are continually JohnSJ Jan 2022 #4
I'd love to see a rule that says he gets equal response time. nolabear Jan 2022 #6
I don't think you need a rule of that. The chairman of the hearing can put a stop to it. JohnSJ Jan 2022 #10
Telling, isn't it? Maybe the chairman shouldn't control that. nolabear Jan 2022 #14
Glad Fauci was able to at least make the point that Rand Paul does it for the "clicks" Sucha NastyWoman Jan 2022 #5
I was glad sort of. He didn't get to refute the claims. nolabear Jan 2022 #7
As guilty as Paul is of that, I noticed that it was when CNN started covering it tishaLA Jan 2022 #11
MSNBC too. They love the fight. nolabear Jan 2022 #13
Are they grilling Dr. Fauci again? blueinredohio Jan 2022 #8
He has an amazing ability to lie shamelessly tishaLA Jan 2022 #9
I had to turn it. Just disgusting and downright evil. vlyons Jan 2022 #12
Its Mother Fucker. Lochloosa Jan 2022 #15
Is there any question about the reason The Wizard Jan 2022 #16
I was appalled yorkster Jan 2022 #17
I agree, she was not nearly strong enough there Sucha NastyWoman Jan 2022 #19
EXACTLY. And I love Patti Murray. nolabear Jan 2022 #20
The Lincoln Project-Rand Paul fundraises off the death and sickness of his own supporters LetMyPeopleVote Jan 2022 #18
Rand Paul wouldn't know the truth BlueIdaho Jan 2022 #21

tosh

(4,422 posts)
2. Thanks for this report.
Tue Jan 11, 2022, 12:22 PM
Jan 2022

I'm not able to watch.

I cannot think of any words for these wingnuts that would meet my mother's approval.

JustAnotherGen

(31,780 posts)
3. Collins makes my skin crawl
Tue Jan 11, 2022, 12:23 PM
Jan 2022

I cannot stand the sound of her voice . . . most GOPers.

She's always so concerned but at the end of the day - falls right in line with her Fascist leaders.

JohnSJ

(92,061 posts)
4. I am sorry, but this badgering, rudness, and unsubstantiated accusations that are continually
Tue Jan 11, 2022, 12:24 PM
Jan 2022

allowed by paul toward Dr. Fauci, is unacceptable, and the head of this hearing should put a stop to this immediately.

The rudness and disdains that paul always hurls toward Dr. Fauci obscene, and I have been so disappointed in the Democrats for not interjecting immediately against that little jackass

nolabear

(41,932 posts)
6. I'd love to see a rule that says he gets equal response time.
Tue Jan 11, 2022, 12:26 PM
Jan 2022

And as soon as those assholes who badger people open their mouths it resets.

JohnSJ

(92,061 posts)
10. I don't think you need a rule of that. The chairman of the hearing can put a stop to it.
Tue Jan 11, 2022, 12:31 PM
Jan 2022

Remember when mcconnell would not let Elizabeth Warren continue her questioning of the segregationist sessions for AG confirmation?

Sucha NastyWoman

(2,741 posts)
5. Glad Fauci was able to at least make the point that Rand Paul does it for the "clicks"
Tue Jan 11, 2022, 12:24 PM
Jan 2022

As a fund raising effort

Showed a picture Paul’s donation page and said that’s why Paul attacks him -for donations and to gain followers.

tishaLA

(14,176 posts)
11. As guilty as Paul is of that, I noticed that it was when CNN started covering it
Tue Jan 11, 2022, 12:33 PM
Jan 2022

and then after giving a bit of "balance" to Sen Murphy, they cut away. Because CNN is more interested in the eyeballs than the truth, too, but they do it with a veneer of respectability.

nolabear

(41,932 posts)
13. MSNBC too. They love the fight.
Tue Jan 11, 2022, 12:37 PM
Jan 2022

To their credit they’re explaining the ins and outs of the trends, reports, and yes, tests detect Omicron. They didn’t explain they detect it better with a throat swab.

Aaaaand now they’ve switched to another topic. 😡

tishaLA

(14,176 posts)
9. He has an amazing ability to lie shamelessly
Tue Jan 11, 2022, 12:30 PM
Jan 2022

I have no idea how someone can sit in a senate hearing and hector a witness with absolute fictions, but Paul does it with conviction.

vlyons

(10,252 posts)
12. I had to turn it. Just disgusting and downright evil.
Tue Jan 11, 2022, 12:35 PM
Jan 2022

Rand Paul is a pathetic evil mother-you-know-what. Ver glad that Dr Fauci stood up for himself. If I had my way Paul would be tarred and feathered and run out of town on a rail.

yorkster

(1,459 posts)
17. I was appalled
Tue Jan 11, 2022, 01:23 PM
Jan 2022

that Rand Paul wasn't gavelled down by Chair Patti Murray. Fauci was constantly interrupted, his character impugned, etc. While he responded effectively to Paul, he should not have had to. Use the damn gavel.

Sucha NastyWoman

(2,741 posts)
19. I agree, she was not nearly strong enough there
Tue Jan 11, 2022, 01:37 PM
Jan 2022

Still playing by the rules that they no longer feel bound by.

nolabear

(41,932 posts)
20. EXACTLY. And I love Patti Murray.
Tue Jan 11, 2022, 01:59 PM
Jan 2022

She’s a WA rep, not mine any more but was, and I have loved her from Day 1. She needs to be more forceful in that role. Yeah yeah, they’ll jump on her, but Rand is using a very old “never hit the end of a sentence” technique and it shouldn’t be allowed.

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