1 00:00:00,720 --> 00:00:04,280 Speaker 1: Fauci. I inherited Fauci. He was here from the nineteen eighty, 2 00:00:04,360 --> 00:00:06,560 Speaker 1: so I had him for a period of time, and 3 00:00:06,920 --> 00:00:09,039 Speaker 1: I disagreed with him a lot. I would have kind 4 00:00:09,039 --> 00:00:11,200 Speaker 1: of closed down the whole country if I listened to him. 5 00:00:11,600 --> 00:00:14,720 Speaker 1: I went the federalist way, which is basically to let 6 00:00:14,760 --> 00:00:18,520 Speaker 1: the governors decide. And generally speaking, the Republican governors did 7 00:00:18,600 --> 00:00:22,079 Speaker 1: very well. The Democrat governors did not very well. But 8 00:00:22,280 --> 00:00:25,280 Speaker 1: Fauci wanted to have nobody wearing masks, if you remember, 9 00:00:25,280 --> 00:00:28,160 Speaker 1: and then everybody had to wear five masks, as many 10 00:00:28,200 --> 00:00:30,200 Speaker 1: masks as you could get, and it's made a lot 11 00:00:30,240 --> 00:00:30,800 Speaker 1: of mistakes. 12 00:00:31,280 --> 00:00:35,440 Speaker 2: You're listening to the forty seven Morning Update with Ben ferguson. 13 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:35,920 Speaker 3: Good Thursday morning. 14 00:00:35,960 --> 00:00:37,600 Speaker 4: It's so nice to have you on the forty seven 15 00:00:37,600 --> 00:00:39,800 Speaker 4: Morning Update, and we've got two big stories for you. 16 00:00:39,920 --> 00:00:41,440 Speaker 3: First up, Anthony Fauci. 17 00:00:41,560 --> 00:00:45,239 Speaker 4: Yeah, he showed up in Congress yesterday and let's just 18 00:00:45,360 --> 00:00:47,600 Speaker 4: say it didn't go very well. 19 00:00:47,920 --> 00:00:50,120 Speaker 3: We break down exactly what he had to say. 20 00:00:50,600 --> 00:00:55,280 Speaker 4: And the second part of the story is the response Americans. 21 00:00:55,520 --> 00:01:00,000 Speaker 4: Furious members of Congress, lived and lawyers for Anthony Fauci. 22 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:02,840 Speaker 3: It's literally being kicked out of the room. So what 23 00:01:03,040 --> 00:01:05,440 Speaker 3: happens next we break it all down for you. 24 00:01:05,800 --> 00:01:07,800 Speaker 4: Now, before we get to that, I want to ask 25 00:01:07,840 --> 00:01:10,800 Speaker 4: you to join me in praying for the people that 26 00:01:10,840 --> 00:01:14,000 Speaker 4: are in need right now in Israel. There are so 27 00:01:14,120 --> 00:01:16,880 Speaker 4: many needs in Israel and they are still dealing with 28 00:01:16,959 --> 00:01:20,559 Speaker 4: the attacks from terras And that is where I want 29 00:01:20,600 --> 00:01:22,959 Speaker 4: you to join me and go right now to find 30 00:01:22,959 --> 00:01:25,600 Speaker 4: out who you can help pray for by going to 31 00:01:25,680 --> 00:01:30,200 Speaker 4: PRAYIFCJ dot org. As Christians were called to stand with 32 00:01:30,240 --> 00:01:33,839 Speaker 4: God's people and pray for those defending Israel and protecting 33 00:01:33,880 --> 00:01:37,399 Speaker 4: the freedoms we hold, dear, and you have an important 34 00:01:37,480 --> 00:01:40,000 Speaker 4: role that you can play right now, and that is 35 00:01:40,120 --> 00:01:43,520 Speaker 4: understanding that even as the headlines move on the heartache 36 00:01:43,560 --> 00:01:46,119 Speaker 4: and the terror, they do not I Ran and It's 37 00:01:46,200 --> 00:01:49,360 Speaker 4: Terrist proxies are continuing to target the people in Israel. 38 00:01:49,600 --> 00:01:53,040 Speaker 4: Hezbala is continuing its attacks in the North, forcing families 39 00:01:53,080 --> 00:01:56,080 Speaker 4: to live under constant threat. But Israel is not only 40 00:01:56,120 --> 00:01:58,840 Speaker 4: defending her people, she is standing on the front lines 41 00:01:58,840 --> 00:02:00,960 Speaker 4: against terror that threaten us all. 42 00:02:01,400 --> 00:02:02,480 Speaker 3: And that is why the. 43 00:02:02,440 --> 00:02:06,760 Speaker 4: International Fellowship of Christen and jewsus standing firm and standing 44 00:02:06,760 --> 00:02:10,000 Speaker 4: with the people every day they're on the ground providing 45 00:02:10,040 --> 00:02:13,359 Speaker 4: life saving aid near Israel's border with Lebanon. A hes 46 00:02:13,400 --> 00:02:16,240 Speaker 4: blood drone recently struck the home of Yolina. She was 47 00:02:16,280 --> 00:02:19,400 Speaker 4: widowed earlier this year and living alone. Not only was 48 00:02:19,440 --> 00:02:22,240 Speaker 4: she trapped inside by the blasts, but she also said 49 00:02:22,320 --> 00:02:26,400 Speaker 4: this after she was rescued, it's hard these days. I 50 00:02:26,560 --> 00:02:28,959 Speaker 4: don't want to leave and why should she have to 51 00:02:29,040 --> 00:02:31,720 Speaker 4: leave her home? And that is why I'm asking you 52 00:02:32,280 --> 00:02:35,520 Speaker 4: to pray for peace and for Jerusalem and for the 53 00:02:35,560 --> 00:02:38,720 Speaker 4: soldiers and the families and the civilians that are carrying 54 00:02:38,800 --> 00:02:43,320 Speaker 4: this burden. Right now, go to PREYIFCJ dot org to 55 00:02:43,360 --> 00:02:48,160 Speaker 4: get involved. That's PREYIFCJ dot org. It's the forty seven 56 00:02:48,160 --> 00:02:50,040 Speaker 4: Morning Update and it starts right now. 57 00:02:50,200 --> 00:02:51,320 Speaker 2: Story number one. 58 00:02:51,400 --> 00:02:54,960 Speaker 4: Well, if you missed it, it was fireworks on Capitol 59 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:56,840 Speaker 4: Hill and it had nothing to do with the two 60 00:02:56,960 --> 00:03:01,040 Speaker 4: hundred and fiftieth anniversary celebrating the United States of America. 61 00:03:01,320 --> 00:03:05,480 Speaker 4: This time, it was one of the most controversial public 62 00:03:05,680 --> 00:03:09,440 Speaker 4: officials and I say that in air quotes of this 63 00:03:09,600 --> 00:03:13,200 Speaker 4: country's history in my lifetime. The man in charge of 64 00:03:13,200 --> 00:03:17,840 Speaker 4: the COVID air doctor Anthony Fauci, was forced to return 65 00:03:17,919 --> 00:03:21,760 Speaker 4: and faced lawmakers for the countless lies he's now being 66 00:03:21,800 --> 00:03:26,320 Speaker 4: accused of telling, and within moments the hearing turned into 67 00:03:26,480 --> 00:03:30,680 Speaker 4: political theater unlike anything we've actually seen in Washington in years. 68 00:03:30,720 --> 00:03:32,079 Speaker 3: And that's saying something. 69 00:03:32,600 --> 00:03:37,000 Speaker 4: Anthony Fauci read a simple opening statement not just for 70 00:03:37,080 --> 00:03:40,760 Speaker 4: this country but also for the world to see and 71 00:03:40,920 --> 00:03:44,360 Speaker 4: think about how different this statement is than the man 72 00:03:44,400 --> 00:03:47,840 Speaker 4: that was obsessed with his image, obsessed with being famous, 73 00:03:48,080 --> 00:03:50,720 Speaker 4: obsessed with telling you what you could and couldn't do 74 00:03:51,240 --> 00:03:55,880 Speaker 4: for years during COVID, A man that obsessed with locking 75 00:03:55,960 --> 00:03:58,839 Speaker 4: down the country. A man that said, if you got 76 00:03:58,840 --> 00:04:02,200 Speaker 4: the vaccine, had nothing to worry about. A man that 77 00:04:02,240 --> 00:04:04,800 Speaker 4: said we were going to quarantine to stop the spread 78 00:04:04,800 --> 00:04:07,520 Speaker 4: in two weeks. A man that said you must wear 79 00:04:07,560 --> 00:04:10,040 Speaker 4: a mask, A man that said you couldn't go to 80 00:04:10,120 --> 00:04:12,400 Speaker 4: the hospitals, say goodbody or loved ones. 81 00:04:12,240 --> 00:04:13,160 Speaker 3: Who were dying. 82 00:04:13,680 --> 00:04:17,160 Speaker 4: A man that said you shouldn't gather for Christmas or Thanksgiving. 83 00:04:17,560 --> 00:04:20,039 Speaker 4: A man that said you shouldn't get married and have 84 00:04:20,120 --> 00:04:23,640 Speaker 4: an actual wedding during COVID because it was too dangerous. 85 00:04:24,320 --> 00:04:25,960 Speaker 3: So a man that had. 86 00:04:25,800 --> 00:04:28,799 Speaker 4: No problem telling you what to do with your life, 87 00:04:29,279 --> 00:04:33,479 Speaker 4: shutting down our schools, shutting down countless small businesses ended 88 00:04:33,520 --> 00:04:37,680 Speaker 4: up going bankrupt, shutting down an entire economy where inflation 89 00:04:37,839 --> 00:04:41,479 Speaker 4: went through the roof. Now he didn't have a lot 90 00:04:41,520 --> 00:04:43,800 Speaker 4: to say anymore, isn't that interesting? 91 00:04:45,240 --> 00:04:48,839 Speaker 5: Although it pains me to do so because of the 92 00:04:48,880 --> 00:04:54,039 Speaker 5: respect I have for the legislative branch of government and 93 00:04:54,160 --> 00:04:59,560 Speaker 5: my decades long record of cooperating with Congress. Under the 94 00:04:59,600 --> 00:05:04,000 Speaker 5: advice of my attorneys, I will invoke my right under 95 00:05:04,040 --> 00:05:08,400 Speaker 5: the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution to refrain from answering 96 00:05:08,560 --> 00:05:10,080 Speaker 5: your questions. Thank you. 97 00:05:11,160 --> 00:05:16,200 Speaker 4: Wow, that is doctor Anthony Fauci invoking his Fifth Amendment 98 00:05:16,279 --> 00:05:19,520 Speaker 4: right against self incrimination. The same guy, by the way, 99 00:05:19,920 --> 00:05:24,720 Speaker 4: who also got a presidential pardon from Joe Biden declining 100 00:05:24,800 --> 00:05:30,200 Speaker 4: to answer any questions from sinners investigating the government's pandemic response. Now, 101 00:05:30,200 --> 00:05:33,760 Speaker 4: this is the highest paid member of the United States government. 102 00:05:34,240 --> 00:05:37,520 Speaker 4: We're trying to make sure we never let it happen again. 103 00:05:38,080 --> 00:05:40,520 Speaker 4: And the guy who has quote all the answers and 104 00:05:40,640 --> 00:05:42,719 Speaker 4: had no problem telling you what you could and couldn't 105 00:05:42,760 --> 00:05:46,320 Speaker 4: do with your life, will not answer basic questions. 106 00:05:46,800 --> 00:05:49,920 Speaker 3: There also was another extraordinary moment. 107 00:05:50,320 --> 00:05:55,160 Speaker 4: Fauci's attorney repeatedly attempted to speak during the proceedings, despite 108 00:05:55,200 --> 00:06:00,000 Speaker 4: the committee's chairman's instructions not to. Chairman ran Paul ultimately 109 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:03,440 Speaker 4: he ordered Capitol police to remove the attorney from the 110 00:06:03,480 --> 00:06:08,160 Speaker 4: hearing room after concluding he was disrupting that hearing. 111 00:06:09,240 --> 00:06:11,440 Speaker 6: Mind you, sir, that's where you were told to sit 112 00:06:11,520 --> 00:06:15,000 Speaker 6: and you're not and now you're disrupting the proceedings. And 113 00:06:15,040 --> 00:06:17,400 Speaker 6: so look, this is the way Anthony Fauchi wants to 114 00:06:17,440 --> 00:06:20,359 Speaker 6: be remembered for a lawyer, not listening to the rules. 115 00:06:20,720 --> 00:06:22,480 Speaker 6: That's the way you want to be remembered. And that's 116 00:06:22,480 --> 00:06:25,080 Speaker 6: what you're going to do. You are not recognized, sir, 117 00:06:25,880 --> 00:06:27,160 Speaker 6: of security police. 118 00:06:26,880 --> 00:06:40,000 Speaker 7: Remove in from the room. 119 00:06:40,279 --> 00:06:43,039 Speaker 6: Let the records state that doctor Fauschi will still have 120 00:06:43,160 --> 00:06:45,600 Speaker 6: the advice of the other half a dozen attorneys that 121 00:06:45,640 --> 00:06:48,560 Speaker 6: he brought along today, Senator Peters. 122 00:06:48,920 --> 00:06:51,680 Speaker 4: Now, as you could hear Senator ram Paul state, he 123 00:06:51,800 --> 00:06:56,120 Speaker 4: still had the counsel literally of like dozens of people 124 00:06:56,279 --> 00:06:59,720 Speaker 4: behind him who were attorneys that he brought with him 125 00:06:59,720 --> 00:07:02,640 Speaker 4: to the hearing. Now, whether you believe Fauci was a 126 00:07:02,680 --> 00:07:05,920 Speaker 4: dedicated public service and he was quote unfairly targeted as 127 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:10,840 Speaker 4: liberals are saying, this is an individual that now refuses 128 00:07:10,880 --> 00:07:14,640 Speaker 4: to answer no questions out of hearing that it was 129 00:07:14,840 --> 00:07:18,480 Speaker 4: all about what he did after he took away so 130 00:07:18,680 --> 00:07:24,480 Speaker 4: many rights of Americans. He completely changed children's lives forever 131 00:07:24,880 --> 00:07:28,120 Speaker 4: with school that they missed because they shut down schools. 132 00:07:28,600 --> 00:07:32,080 Speaker 4: Doctor Anthony Fauci was the individual behind that, and we 133 00:07:32,160 --> 00:07:35,040 Speaker 4: also now know he lied about it, claiming that that 134 00:07:35,160 --> 00:07:36,800 Speaker 4: is something he never actually did. 135 00:07:37,360 --> 00:07:37,560 Speaker 3: Now. 136 00:07:37,600 --> 00:07:40,960 Speaker 4: Donald Trump got in on the action very quickly, stating 137 00:07:41,040 --> 00:07:43,120 Speaker 4: this for the record at the White House. 138 00:07:43,880 --> 00:07:46,160 Speaker 1: Watch the whole thing today. But more importantly, I was 139 00:07:46,200 --> 00:07:50,040 Speaker 1: a part of the whole Fauci. I inherited Fauci. He 140 00:07:50,120 --> 00:07:52,040 Speaker 1: was here from the nineteen eighties, so I had him 141 00:07:52,040 --> 00:07:55,000 Speaker 1: for a period of time, and I disagreed with him 142 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:56,720 Speaker 1: on a lot. I would have kind of closed down 143 00:07:56,760 --> 00:07:59,440 Speaker 1: the whole country if I listened to him. I went 144 00:07:59,440 --> 00:08:02,720 Speaker 1: to the federal way, which is basically, let the governors decide, 145 00:08:02,800 --> 00:08:06,120 Speaker 1: and generally speaking, the Republican governors did very well. The 146 00:08:06,160 --> 00:08:10,240 Speaker 1: Democrat governors did not very well. But FOUCHI wanted to 147 00:08:10,280 --> 00:08:13,040 Speaker 1: have nobody wearing masks, if you remember, and then everybody 148 00:08:13,040 --> 00:08:15,840 Speaker 1: had to wear five masks, as many masks as you 149 00:08:15,880 --> 00:08:18,200 Speaker 1: could get, I mean, made a lot of mistakes, and 150 00:08:19,400 --> 00:08:21,280 Speaker 1: he wasn't a big factor for me. He was a 151 00:08:21,360 --> 00:08:24,480 Speaker 1: very big factor for Biden. And if you remember, even 152 00:08:24,520 --> 00:08:28,840 Speaker 1: though we were sort of prime time in terms of 153 00:08:28,920 --> 00:08:35,080 Speaker 1: that whole disaster of COVID, far people died fewer in 154 00:08:35,120 --> 00:08:39,480 Speaker 1: the Trump administration than in the Biden administration. We ran 155 00:08:40,360 --> 00:08:43,800 Speaker 1: We ran it well. Operation Warp Speed was talked about 156 00:08:43,800 --> 00:08:46,240 Speaker 1: as being one of the great success stories anywhere in 157 00:08:46,280 --> 00:08:49,240 Speaker 1: the world. Actually, and we did a good job, but 158 00:08:49,320 --> 00:08:51,920 Speaker 1: many more people died under Biden than died in the 159 00:08:51,960 --> 00:08:55,959 Speaker 1: Trump administration from COVID. COVID was a disaster, but Fauci 160 00:08:56,040 --> 00:08:56,640 Speaker 1: did not help. 161 00:08:57,880 --> 00:09:00,280 Speaker 4: Now, not only is Donald Trump absolutely right, but it 162 00:09:00,360 --> 00:09:04,000 Speaker 4: is important that we remind Americans where we came from 163 00:09:04,160 --> 00:09:07,120 Speaker 4: and where all this started and why doctor Faucia is 164 00:09:07,120 --> 00:09:11,080 Speaker 4: so important. I also want to be clear for millions 165 00:09:11,120 --> 00:09:14,920 Speaker 4: of Americans watching this, Yeah, it's okay to be angry. 166 00:09:15,360 --> 00:09:18,040 Speaker 4: Does Anthony Fauci have the conscial right to plead the 167 00:09:18,040 --> 00:09:21,120 Speaker 4: fifth He absolutely does, And that is not what I'm 168 00:09:21,160 --> 00:09:24,400 Speaker 4: angry about. The question that I'm angry about is this. 169 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:28,600 Speaker 4: How is it that the most influential public health official 170 00:09:29,160 --> 00:09:32,640 Speaker 4: in my lifetime a man that chose to shut down. 171 00:09:32,679 --> 00:09:37,640 Speaker 4: The United States of America chose not to publicly defend 172 00:09:37,720 --> 00:09:42,760 Speaker 4: those decisions that affected virtually every family in the United 173 00:09:42,800 --> 00:09:46,520 Speaker 4: States of America for years. I go back to remind 174 00:09:46,559 --> 00:09:50,880 Speaker 4: you Americans were told to quote trust the experts. We 175 00:09:50,880 --> 00:09:53,480 Speaker 4: were told to trust the scientists. We were told to 176 00:09:53,559 --> 00:09:58,320 Speaker 4: trust the science. We were told that it was your duty, 177 00:09:58,480 --> 00:10:03,559 Speaker 4: your obligation as a patriotic American to have your business closed, 178 00:10:04,080 --> 00:10:08,360 Speaker 4: for your schools to shut down. Remember when churches went empty. 179 00:10:08,760 --> 00:10:13,680 Speaker 4: How many Americans did not find church a safe place. 180 00:10:14,240 --> 00:10:16,559 Speaker 4: How many of them will never go back to church 181 00:10:16,720 --> 00:10:20,880 Speaker 4: because of what happened. Families literally missed the funerals of 182 00:10:20,920 --> 00:10:28,160 Speaker 4: their own loved ones. Children lost countless years of important education, 183 00:10:28,600 --> 00:10:32,000 Speaker 4: and it's affecting their education right now. When you lose 184 00:10:32,040 --> 00:10:35,440 Speaker 4: those building box of two years of school, we now 185 00:10:35,520 --> 00:10:38,440 Speaker 4: know you never get it back. We also know that 186 00:10:38,480 --> 00:10:44,199 Speaker 4: workers lost their entire careers, small businesses. They disappeared forever 187 00:10:44,400 --> 00:10:47,280 Speaker 4: and never came back. And don't forget about the men 188 00:10:47,320 --> 00:10:50,120 Speaker 4: and women in our military that served their country but 189 00:10:50,200 --> 00:10:53,880 Speaker 4: were fired under the Biden regime for refusing to get 190 00:10:53,880 --> 00:10:56,680 Speaker 4: the vaccine. Now you add that on top of the 191 00:10:56,760 --> 00:11:01,960 Speaker 4: sacrifice birthdays, the weddings, the graduations, right the holiday gatherings. 192 00:11:02,320 --> 00:11:07,160 Speaker 4: Because government leaders insisted that these were quote extraordinary measures 193 00:11:07,679 --> 00:11:12,480 Speaker 4: that were more than necessary. They were mandated, and Anthony 194 00:11:12,520 --> 00:11:16,920 Speaker 4: Fauci was the one who delivered those messages each and 195 00:11:17,040 --> 00:11:20,800 Speaker 4: every day. That is why so many Americans are angry 196 00:11:21,120 --> 00:11:22,880 Speaker 4: and so frustrated by this. 197 00:11:23,320 --> 00:11:24,400 Speaker 2: Now story number two. 198 00:11:24,760 --> 00:11:27,800 Speaker 4: But there's also another part of this. It is the 199 00:11:27,880 --> 00:11:31,400 Speaker 4: fact that Fauci invoked his constitutional right in the most 200 00:11:31,520 --> 00:11:34,840 Speaker 4: ridiculous way. Why did he do it because he doesn't 201 00:11:34,880 --> 00:11:38,800 Speaker 4: want to go to jail? How simple were the questions? Well, 202 00:11:39,320 --> 00:11:43,840 Speaker 4: Senator Josh Hawley, just showing the hypocrisy of Anthony Fauci, 203 00:11:43,960 --> 00:11:47,079 Speaker 4: started asking questions like this, what. 204 00:11:47,120 --> 00:11:48,200 Speaker 7: Day of the week is it today? 205 00:11:49,400 --> 00:11:53,120 Speaker 5: On the divisive Council, I respectfully the client to answer 206 00:11:53,160 --> 00:11:56,199 Speaker 5: based upon my rights under the Fifth Amendment of the Constitutional. 207 00:11:56,280 --> 00:11:58,559 Speaker 1: Color tie you're wearing on the. 208 00:11:58,480 --> 00:12:02,480 Speaker 5: Divisive Council, I respectfully declined to answer, based upon my 209 00:12:02,600 --> 00:12:04,880 Speaker 5: rights under the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution. 210 00:12:05,040 --> 00:12:06,520 Speaker 3: What colors the carpet in front of you? 211 00:12:07,400 --> 00:12:08,679 Speaker 1: On the adviceive Council? 212 00:12:08,840 --> 00:12:12,120 Speaker 5: I respectfully declined to answer based upon my rights under 213 00:12:12,160 --> 00:12:14,120 Speaker 5: the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution. 214 00:12:15,200 --> 00:12:17,840 Speaker 4: This is the man that told you how to live 215 00:12:17,880 --> 00:12:21,040 Speaker 4: your life for two years. He won't answer the question 216 00:12:21,160 --> 00:12:24,079 Speaker 4: what color is the carpet, He won't answer the question 217 00:12:24,200 --> 00:12:27,360 Speaker 4: what color tie he was wearing. He won't answer the 218 00:12:27,440 --> 00:12:31,560 Speaker 4: question what day of the week is it. This is 219 00:12:31,600 --> 00:12:35,360 Speaker 4: who Anthony Fauci is now because the deep state and 220 00:12:35,400 --> 00:12:38,920 Speaker 4: the Democratic Party is no longer there to protect him. 221 00:12:39,400 --> 00:12:42,640 Speaker 4: There was also another very interesting moment, I want to 222 00:12:42,640 --> 00:12:46,199 Speaker 4: play for you as well, senter moreno to. Anthony Fauci 223 00:12:46,520 --> 00:12:49,440 Speaker 4: took it up a notch as he explained why so 224 00:12:49,520 --> 00:12:51,280 Speaker 4: many Americans are so angry. 225 00:12:51,840 --> 00:12:56,959 Speaker 8: Those policies were put in place because you had moronic 226 00:12:57,240 --> 00:13:03,000 Speaker 8: politicians listen to the words of a megalomaniac who was 227 00:13:03,080 --> 00:13:08,439 Speaker 8: more interested in having met a Kardashian than the suffering 228 00:13:08,480 --> 00:13:13,479 Speaker 8: of the American people. And that is you your advice 229 00:13:14,520 --> 00:13:19,439 Speaker 8: to communities like that, to idiotic politicians who enforce those rules. 230 00:13:20,520 --> 00:13:25,040 Speaker 8: Arrested that mom for watching a football game with her 231 00:13:25,080 --> 00:13:30,719 Speaker 8: own family outside. When that story broke, I said to myself, 232 00:13:31,200 --> 00:13:34,520 Speaker 8: I cannot stand idly on the side and watch this happen. 233 00:13:35,040 --> 00:13:38,040 Speaker 8: It was about six years ago today that I decided 234 00:13:38,640 --> 00:13:41,120 Speaker 8: I'm going to give up my businesses, sell them all, 235 00:13:41,920 --> 00:13:45,240 Speaker 8: run for office, run for the United States Senate. Here 236 00:13:45,280 --> 00:13:47,680 Speaker 8: I am sitting in front of you six years later saying, 237 00:13:47,679 --> 00:13:49,800 Speaker 8: who the fuck do you think you were for doing that? 238 00:13:50,440 --> 00:13:53,960 Speaker 8: It is a total disgrace what you did to this country. 239 00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:56,840 Speaker 4: Now you may have noticed there that there was some 240 00:13:56,960 --> 00:14:00,360 Speaker 4: very blunt language used by that senator. Why well, it's 241 00:14:00,400 --> 00:14:03,360 Speaker 4: because the newly released diary of Anthony Fauci that has 242 00:14:03,400 --> 00:14:07,640 Speaker 4: become a major source of this controversy, because it offered 243 00:14:07,640 --> 00:14:11,520 Speaker 4: an inside look at Fauci's private observations during one of 244 00:14:11,520 --> 00:14:15,920 Speaker 4: the most consequential periods in modern American history. Yes, he 245 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:18,160 Speaker 4: cared more about me and the Kardashians and he did 246 00:14:18,200 --> 00:14:21,760 Speaker 4: about the people that were dying. And Republican lawmakers are 247 00:14:21,840 --> 00:14:26,320 Speaker 4: saying this clearly. The diary raises additional questions about his 248 00:14:26,400 --> 00:14:30,560 Speaker 4: decision making in his public messaging, while Fauci and his supporters, 249 00:14:30,600 --> 00:14:33,720 Speaker 4: of course, are saying, no, no, no, he was amazing. Now, 250 00:14:33,720 --> 00:14:36,560 Speaker 4: if you think the media is gonna flinch, you're wrong. 251 00:14:37,120 --> 00:14:42,480 Speaker 4: TMZ's Harvey Levin called the attacks on doctor Anthony Fauci 252 00:14:42,960 --> 00:14:44,560 Speaker 4: one of the most heartbreaking. 253 00:14:44,600 --> 00:14:45,480 Speaker 3: This is not a joke. 254 00:14:45,960 --> 00:14:49,680 Speaker 4: Things He's witnessing government, comparing the push to jail him 255 00:14:49,680 --> 00:14:54,600 Speaker 4: to the fear and prosecution in the McCarthy error. Now, 256 00:14:54,600 --> 00:14:57,640 Speaker 4: to be clear, Harvey didn't give a rats for in 257 00:14:57,760 --> 00:15:00,920 Speaker 4: if you missed your kid's wedding, or you didn't get 258 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:04,800 Speaker 4: to go to the hospital and witnesses your grandchild being born. 259 00:15:05,280 --> 00:15:08,640 Speaker 4: He doesn't care if your family members couldn't gather for 260 00:15:08,720 --> 00:15:11,440 Speaker 4: your funeral, or couldn't hold your hand while you were 261 00:15:11,440 --> 00:15:15,640 Speaker 4: in hospice care or in the hospital terminally ill with cancer. No, 262 00:15:16,280 --> 00:15:19,960 Speaker 4: he now says you should feel sorry for Anthony Fauci. 263 00:15:20,920 --> 00:15:26,760 Speaker 9: I have not used TMZ's YouTube channel to vent personal 264 00:15:26,840 --> 00:15:31,320 Speaker 9: feelings about issues, but I'm going to do that today. 265 00:15:32,880 --> 00:15:40,040 Speaker 9: Watching Anthony Fauci before a congressional hearing taking the Fifth 266 00:15:40,040 --> 00:15:44,680 Speaker 9: Amendment is just one of the most heartbreaking things I 267 00:15:44,720 --> 00:15:50,440 Speaker 9: have seen in government in my lifetime, and this is 268 00:15:51,080 --> 00:15:54,440 Speaker 9: something we need to reckon with that. I'm going to 269 00:15:54,480 --> 00:15:57,680 Speaker 9: say up front. I have problems the way the CDC 270 00:15:58,560 --> 00:16:06,160 Speaker 9: handled COVID. Think that they did damage to children to adults, 271 00:16:07,400 --> 00:16:10,560 Speaker 9: and I don't think they did it maliciously. I think 272 00:16:10,640 --> 00:16:15,880 Speaker 9: they did it because they were using their judgment and 273 00:16:16,040 --> 00:16:22,160 Speaker 9: were overprotective. And I think at times overstated things they 274 00:16:22,200 --> 00:16:27,000 Speaker 9: said they knew but really didn't. And I have personal 275 00:16:27,080 --> 00:16:31,960 Speaker 9: problems with the way that COVID was handled. That said, 276 00:16:32,720 --> 00:16:39,040 Speaker 9: Anthony Fauci, over a period of decades, has been an 277 00:16:39,080 --> 00:16:45,880 Speaker 9: amazing public servant. In the eighties, I had many friends 278 00:16:46,200 --> 00:16:52,400 Speaker 9: who died of AIDS, a horrible, painful death. And I 279 00:16:52,440 --> 00:16:57,880 Speaker 9: had friends who lived because of Anthony Fauci, because he 280 00:16:58,160 --> 00:17:03,480 Speaker 9: was willing to look at experimental drugs in a different 281 00:17:03,520 --> 00:17:08,120 Speaker 9: way than they had looked at them before, and that 282 00:17:08,359 --> 00:17:12,240 Speaker 9: really resulted in live saved. And he has done so 283 00:17:12,480 --> 00:17:19,879 Speaker 9: many other things in his career to thwart epidemics, to 284 00:17:20,400 --> 00:17:23,840 Speaker 9: save lives, not just in the United States but all 285 00:17:23,960 --> 00:17:28,040 Speaker 9: over the world. He has been a dedicated public servant 286 00:17:28,160 --> 00:17:31,560 Speaker 9: who could have made a lot more money outside of 287 00:17:31,640 --> 00:17:36,400 Speaker 9: government than inside, but he stayed. And now we are 288 00:17:36,480 --> 00:17:41,280 Speaker 9: at a point where members of Congress and yes, you, 289 00:17:41,560 --> 00:17:47,520 Speaker 9: Rand Paul, are on a witch hunt, and you're. The 290 00:17:47,840 --> 00:17:50,320 Speaker 9: best I can say for Rand Paul is that he's 291 00:17:50,400 --> 00:17:53,200 Speaker 9: being really honest. I mean, he has said now over 292 00:17:53,240 --> 00:17:56,440 Speaker 9: a period of years, he wants Anthony Fauci in a 293 00:17:56,520 --> 00:17:59,520 Speaker 9: jail cell. He has said it out loud. He wants 294 00:17:59,640 --> 00:18:03,240 Speaker 9: him in a jail cell. That's the point of this hearing. 295 00:18:03,880 --> 00:18:07,680 Speaker 9: That's why they're doing this. They want to take something 296 00:18:07,880 --> 00:18:13,360 Speaker 9: that Anthony Fauci says and then claim it amounts to perjury, 297 00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:17,840 Speaker 9: and they want to prosecute him. They want to convict him, 298 00:18:18,080 --> 00:18:21,439 Speaker 9: and they want to throw him in prison. That's the 299 00:18:21,600 --> 00:18:25,000 Speaker 9: point of this hearing. There is no other point of 300 00:18:25,040 --> 00:18:25,600 Speaker 9: this hearing. 301 00:18:26,480 --> 00:18:27,560 Speaker 3: Let me just stop there. 302 00:18:27,840 --> 00:18:30,920 Speaker 4: I wanted you to hear how far the media will 303 00:18:30,960 --> 00:18:35,480 Speaker 4: go to defend the indefensible. Let me just rebut that 304 00:18:35,600 --> 00:18:38,480 Speaker 4: real quick so we can go through what this hearing 305 00:18:38,640 --> 00:18:43,960 Speaker 4: was actually about. Okay, why America is frustrated, and I 306 00:18:44,000 --> 00:18:49,719 Speaker 4: will say this to Harvey Levin at TMZ. Americans remember 307 00:18:49,800 --> 00:18:53,320 Speaker 4: the shifting guidance that wasn't based in science and they 308 00:18:53,359 --> 00:18:57,400 Speaker 4: were lied to. We remember being told mass were necessary 309 00:18:57,960 --> 00:19:02,480 Speaker 4: before they were then told mandated to wear them. We 310 00:19:02,600 --> 00:19:07,119 Speaker 4: remember the six foot distancing became a nationwide standard with 311 00:19:07,359 --> 00:19:11,879 Speaker 4: no scientific data backing it. We remember changing guidance on 312 00:19:12,000 --> 00:19:14,479 Speaker 4: schools and then travel, and then the vaccines, and then 313 00:19:14,480 --> 00:19:17,160 Speaker 4: the boosters and then more boosters and the more vaccine boosters, 314 00:19:17,440 --> 00:19:20,440 Speaker 4: and we were told that if we got the vaccine, 315 00:19:20,440 --> 00:19:23,760 Speaker 4: we wouldn't get COVID. Those were lies. This has nothing 316 00:19:23,760 --> 00:19:26,480 Speaker 4: to do with putting Anthony Faucie in jail. This is 317 00:19:26,520 --> 00:19:31,840 Speaker 4: about a man who was drunk on power, who chose 318 00:19:32,040 --> 00:19:36,359 Speaker 4: to be a dictator and a tyrant, a take away Americans' rights, 319 00:19:36,960 --> 00:19:41,200 Speaker 4: take away our basic ability to gather to worship, to sing, 320 00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:45,280 Speaker 4: to go to church, to go to school, to open 321 00:19:45,480 --> 00:19:50,119 Speaker 4: our businesses. That is what today was about. It was 322 00:19:50,160 --> 00:19:52,480 Speaker 4: about the fact that we were lied to, and we 323 00:19:52,520 --> 00:19:56,480 Speaker 4: were told that it was all based on scientific evidence. 324 00:19:57,240 --> 00:19:58,120 Speaker 3: We know it to a lie. 325 00:19:58,880 --> 00:20:02,000 Speaker 4: Hell, we now even know, apparently that Anthony Fauci suffered 326 00:20:02,440 --> 00:20:04,960 Speaker 4: some side effects in the COVID nineteen vaccine. 327 00:20:05,160 --> 00:20:06,960 Speaker 3: And then what did he do. 328 00:20:07,800 --> 00:20:10,159 Speaker 4: He didn't disclose it and he hid it from the 329 00:20:10,200 --> 00:20:14,119 Speaker 4: American people. One of the striking moments came before the 330 00:20:14,240 --> 00:20:18,240 Speaker 4: subset of question even got underway, Fauci's attorney, of course, 331 00:20:18,280 --> 00:20:22,120 Speaker 4: trying to interject during that hearing, again trying to take 332 00:20:22,200 --> 00:20:26,560 Speaker 4: the shots to protect Anthony Fauci. This is about the 333 00:20:26,680 --> 00:20:33,199 Speaker 4: lack of transparency. This is why Americans still care. And 334 00:20:33,240 --> 00:20:35,159 Speaker 4: when you have the guy that's in charge of this 335 00:20:35,280 --> 00:20:39,479 Speaker 4: country yet again sitting there after telling all of us 336 00:20:39,520 --> 00:20:42,199 Speaker 4: how to live our lives for two years, invoking the 337 00:20:42,200 --> 00:20:45,280 Speaker 4: Fifth Amendment, not even telling us what color tie is 338 00:20:45,280 --> 00:20:48,600 Speaker 4: wearing or what color the carpet is, and knowing that 339 00:20:48,680 --> 00:20:51,879 Speaker 4: he was a liar to the American people with no accountability. 340 00:20:52,480 --> 00:20:56,040 Speaker 4: That is why Americans are angry right now. 341 00:20:56,240 --> 00:20:58,880 Speaker 2: Thank you for listening to the forty seven Morning Update 342 00:20:59,080 --> 00:21:03,160 Speaker 2: with Ben Ferguson. 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