Fauci fires back at Cruz over COVID claims about Chinese lab

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By HOPE YEN

WASHINGTON (AP) — Dr. Anthony Fauci, the government’s top infectious diseases expert, blasted Sen. Ted Cruz for suggesting that Fauci be investigated for statements he made about COVID-19 and said the criticism by the Texas Republican was an attack on science.

“I should be prosecuted? What happened on Jan. 6, senator?” Fauci, who is President Joe Biden’s chief medical adviser, said in an interview that aired Sunday on CBS’ “Face the Nation.” It was a reference to the violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol by supporters of then-President Donald Trump that was stoked as Cruz helped lead GOP objections to Congress’ certifying the 2020 election results.

“I’m just going to do my job and I’m going to be saving lives, and they’re going to be lying,” Fauci said.

Some Republicans, including Cruz and Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., have accused Fauci of lying to Congress when he denied in May that the National Institutes of Health funded “gain of function” research — the practice of enhancing a virus in a lab to study its potential impact in the real world — at a virology lab in Wuhan, China. Cruz has urged Attorney General Merrick Garland to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate Fauci’s statements.



Dr. Anthony Fauci, right, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks as Dr. Rochelle Walensky, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) listens during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Nov. 4, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)


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[SheltieLover]

1. K&R!

[Bayard]

2. BAZZINGA!!

Fauci--+2, Cruz--minus 6.

[Skittles]

3. I'm giving Fauci points

it's the only way to fight these fascist assholes - punch them in the gut

[COL Mustard]

4. I Know Who I'd Trust

And it ain't Cruz...or Paul.

[Talitha]

5. Nicely done Doc, NICELY DONE!

I love Dr Fauci... I just LOVE him!!!!

[Tommymac]

6. A good Brooklyn boy is dat Tony.

I wait for the day he gives them the forearm shiver.

[JohnSJ]

7. Both Cruz and Paul have abused their privilege. It is way over due to start calling these

people the liars that they are

and while it may be impossible to sue a sitting congress person for defamation, there are plenty of these jackasses who do not have such an exemption, and are given a lot of air time to spew these lies about Fauci and others, and I would really like to see some lawsuits against these scum

[LetMyPeopleVote]

8. 'What happened on Jan. 6, Senator?' Anthony Fauci shreds Ted Cruz for threatening to put him in jail

Link to tweet

[dalton99a]

9. Rafael belongs in prison.

[littlemissmartypants]

11. I don't know how his wife and kids can stand him.

He looks greasy and makes me want to vomit.

[DENVERPOPS]

12. Truly

just yet another Republican sub-human piece of excrement.........

There are so many of them, it is impossible to keep track of all of them anymore. He deserves to be handcuffed to Bang-Bang Boebert for the rest of their lives.........

[maxsolomon]

10. down in the sty with a pig

cruz' mission is accomplished.

his reelection was texas' shame.

[bahboo]

13. that's how you do it....

punch back at the fucks....

[monkeyman1]

14. there is a public nuisance clause in texass !

[monkeyman1]

15. there is a public nuisance clause in texass !

[bucolic_frolic]

16. Methinks a Texas liar

is trying to take the focus off Cancun Cruz by focusing a spotlight on Chinese Covid