Speaker 1: Fauci. I inherited Fauci. He was here from the nineteen eighty,
Speaker 1: so I had him for a period of time, and
Speaker 1: I disagreed with him a lot. I would have kind
Speaker 1: of closed down the whole country if I listened to him.
Speaker 1: I went the federalist way, which is basically to let
Speaker 1: the governors decide. And generally speaking, the Republican governors did
Speaker 1: very well. The Democrat governors did not very well. But
Speaker 1: Fauci wanted to have nobody wearing masks, if you remember,
Speaker 1: and then everybody had to wear five masks, as many
Speaker 1: masks as you could get, and it's made a lot
Speaker 1: of mistakes.
Speaker 2: You're listening to the forty seven Morning Update with Ben ferguson.
Speaker 3: Good Thursday morning.
Speaker 4: It's so nice to have you on the forty seven
Speaker 4: Morning Update, and we've got two big stories for you.
Speaker 3: First up, Anthony Fauci.
Speaker 4: Yeah, he showed up in Congress yesterday and let's just
Speaker 4: say it didn't go very well.
Speaker 3: We break down exactly what he had to say.
Speaker 4: And the second part of the story is the response Americans.
Speaker 4: Furious members of Congress, lived and lawyers for Anthony Fauci.
Speaker 3: It's literally being kicked out of the room. So what
Speaker 3: happens next we break it all down for you.
Speaker 4: Now, before we get to that, I want to ask
Speaker 4: you to join me in praying for the people that
Speaker 4: are in need right now in Israel. There are so
Speaker 4: many needs in Israel and they are still dealing with
Speaker 4: the attacks from terras And that is where I want
Speaker 4: you to join me and go right now to find
Speaker 4: out who you can help pray for by going to
Speaker 4: PRAYIFCJ dot org. As Christians were called to stand with
Speaker 4: God's people and pray for those defending Israel and protecting
Speaker 4: the freedoms we hold, dear, and you have an important
Speaker 4: role that you can play right now, and that is
Speaker 4: understanding that even as the headlines move on the heartache
Speaker 4: and the terror, they do not I Ran and It's
Speaker 4: Terrist proxies are continuing to target the people in Israel.
Speaker 4: Hezbala is continuing its attacks in the North, forcing families
Speaker 4: to live under constant threat. But Israel is not only
Speaker 4: defending her people, she is standing on the front lines
Speaker 4: against terror that threaten us all.
Speaker 3: And that is why the.
Speaker 4: International Fellowship of Christen and jewsus standing firm and standing
Speaker 4: with the people every day they're on the ground providing
Speaker 4: life saving aid near Israel's border with Lebanon. A hes
Speaker 4: blood drone recently struck the home of Yolina. She was
Speaker 4: widowed earlier this year and living alone. Not only was
Speaker 4: she trapped inside by the blasts, but she also said
Speaker 4: this after she was rescued, it's hard these days. I
Speaker 4: don't want to leave and why should she have to
Speaker 4: leave her home? And that is why I'm asking you
Speaker 4: to pray for peace and for Jerusalem and for the
Speaker 4: soldiers and the families and the civilians that are carrying
Speaker 4: this burden. Right now, go to PREYIFCJ dot org to
Speaker 4: get involved. That's PREYIFCJ dot org. It's the forty seven
Speaker 4: Morning Update and it starts right now.
Speaker 2: Story number one.
Speaker 4: Well, if you missed it, it was fireworks on Capitol
Speaker 4: Hill and it had nothing to do with the two
Speaker 4: hundred and fiftieth anniversary celebrating the United States of America.
Speaker 4: This time, it was one of the most controversial public
Speaker 4: officials and I say that in air quotes of this
Speaker 4: country's history in my lifetime. The man in charge of
Speaker 4: the COVID air doctor Anthony Fauci, was forced to return
Speaker 4: and faced lawmakers for the countless lies he's now being
Speaker 4: accused of telling, and within moments the hearing turned into
Speaker 4: political theater unlike anything we've actually seen in Washington in years.
Speaker 3: And that's saying something.
Speaker 4: Anthony Fauci read a simple opening statement not just for
Speaker 4: this country but also for the world to see and
Speaker 4: think about how different this statement is than the man
Speaker 4: that was obsessed with his image, obsessed with being famous,
Speaker 4: obsessed with telling you what you could and couldn't do
Speaker 4: for years during COVID, A man that obsessed with locking
Speaker 4: down the country. A man that said, if you got
Speaker 4: the vaccine, had nothing to worry about. A man that
Speaker 4: said we were going to quarantine to stop the spread
Speaker 4: in two weeks. A man that said you must wear
Speaker 4: a mask, A man that said you couldn't go to
Speaker 4: the hospitals, say goodbody or loved ones.
Speaker 3: Who were dying.
Speaker 4: A man that said you shouldn't gather for Christmas or Thanksgiving.
Speaker 4: A man that said you shouldn't get married and have
Speaker 4: an actual wedding during COVID because it was too dangerous.
Speaker 3: So a man that had.
Speaker 4: No problem telling you what to do with your life,
Speaker 4: shutting down our schools, shutting down countless small businesses ended
Speaker 4: up going bankrupt, shutting down an entire economy where inflation
Speaker 4: went through the roof. Now he didn't have a lot
Speaker 4: to say anymore, isn't that interesting?
Speaker 5: Although it pains me to do so because of the
Speaker 5: respect I have for the legislative branch of government and
Speaker 5: my decades long record of cooperating with Congress. Under the
Speaker 5: advice of my attorneys, I will invoke my right under
Speaker 5: the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution to refrain from answering
Speaker 5: your questions. Thank you.
Speaker 4: Wow, that is doctor Anthony Fauci invoking his Fifth Amendment
Speaker 4: right against self incrimination. The same guy, by the way,
Speaker 4: who also got a presidential pardon from Joe Biden declining
Speaker 4: to answer any questions from sinners investigating the government's pandemic response. Now,
Speaker 4: this is the highest paid member of the United States government.
Speaker 4: We're trying to make sure we never let it happen again.
Speaker 4: And the guy who has quote all the answers and
Speaker 4: had no problem telling you what you could and couldn't
Speaker 4: do with your life, will not answer basic questions.
Speaker 3: There also was another extraordinary moment.
Speaker 4: Fauci's attorney repeatedly attempted to speak during the proceedings, despite
Speaker 4: the committee's chairman's instructions not to. Chairman ran Paul ultimately
Speaker 4: he ordered Capitol police to remove the attorney from the
Speaker 4: hearing room after concluding he was disrupting that hearing.
Speaker 6: Mind you, sir, that's where you were told to sit
Speaker 6: and you're not and now you're disrupting the proceedings. And
Speaker 6: so look, this is the way Anthony Fauchi wants to
Speaker 6: be remembered for a lawyer, not listening to the rules.
Speaker 6: That's the way you want to be remembered. And that's
Speaker 6: what you're going to do. You are not recognized, sir,
Speaker 6: of security police.
Speaker 7: Remove in from the room.
Speaker 6: Let the records state that doctor Fauschi will still have
Speaker 6: the advice of the other half a dozen attorneys that
Speaker 6: he brought along today, Senator Peters.
Speaker 4: Now, as you could hear Senator ram Paul state, he
Speaker 4: still had the counsel literally of like dozens of people
Speaker 4: behind him who were attorneys that he brought with him
Speaker 4: to the hearing. Now, whether you believe Fauci was a
Speaker 4: dedicated public service and he was quote unfairly targeted as
Speaker 4: liberals are saying, this is an individual that now refuses
Speaker 4: to answer no questions out of hearing that it was
Speaker 4: all about what he did after he took away so
Speaker 4: many rights of Americans. He completely changed children's lives forever
Speaker 4: with school that they missed because they shut down schools.
Speaker 4: Doctor Anthony Fauci was the individual behind that, and we
Speaker 4: also now know he lied about it, claiming that that
Speaker 4: is something he never actually did.
Speaker 3: Now.
Speaker 4: Donald Trump got in on the action very quickly, stating
Speaker 4: this for the record at the White House.
Speaker 1: Watch the whole thing today. But more importantly, I was
Speaker 1: a part of the whole Fauci. I inherited Fauci. He
Speaker 1: was here from the nineteen eighties, so I had him
Speaker 1: for a period of time, and I disagreed with him
Speaker 1: on a lot. I would have kind of closed down
Speaker 1: the whole country if I listened to him. I went
Speaker 1: to the federal way, which is basically, let the governors decide,
Speaker 1: and generally speaking, the Republican governors did very well. The
Speaker 1: Democrat governors did not very well. But FOUCHI wanted to
Speaker 1: have nobody wearing masks, if you remember, and then everybody
Speaker 1: had to wear five masks, as many masks as you
Speaker 1: could get, I mean, made a lot of mistakes, and
Speaker 1: he wasn't a big factor for me. He was a
Speaker 1: very big factor for Biden. And if you remember, even
Speaker 1: though we were sort of prime time in terms of
Speaker 1: that whole disaster of COVID, far people died fewer in
Speaker 1: the Trump administration than in the Biden administration. We ran
Speaker 1: We ran it well. Operation Warp Speed was talked about
Speaker 1: as being one of the great success stories anywhere in
Speaker 1: the world. Actually, and we did a good job, but
Speaker 1: many more people died under Biden than died in the
Speaker 1: Trump administration from COVID. COVID was a disaster, but Fauci
Speaker 1: did not help.
Speaker 4: Now, not only is Donald Trump absolutely right, but it
Speaker 4: is important that we remind Americans where we came from
Speaker 4: and where all this started and why doctor Faucia is
Speaker 4: so important. I also want to be clear for millions
Speaker 4: of Americans watching this, Yeah, it's okay to be angry.
Speaker 4: Does Anthony Fauci have the conscial right to plead the
Speaker 4: fifth He absolutely does, And that is not what I'm
Speaker 4: angry about. The question that I'm angry about is this.
Speaker 4: How is it that the most influential public health official
Speaker 4: in my lifetime a man that chose to shut down.
Speaker 4: The United States of America chose not to publicly defend
Speaker 4: those decisions that affected virtually every family in the United
Speaker 4: States of America for years. I go back to remind
Speaker 4: you Americans were told to quote trust the experts. We
Speaker 4: were told to trust the scientists. We were told to
Speaker 4: trust the science. We were told that it was your duty,
Speaker 4: your obligation as a patriotic American to have your business closed,
Speaker 4: for your schools to shut down. Remember when churches went empty.
Speaker 4: How many Americans did not find church a safe place.
Speaker 4: How many of them will never go back to church
Speaker 4: because of what happened. Families literally missed the funerals of
Speaker 4: their own loved ones. Children lost countless years of important education,
Speaker 4: and it's affecting their education right now. When you lose
Speaker 4: those building box of two years of school, we now
Speaker 4: know you never get it back. We also know that
Speaker 4: workers lost their entire careers, small businesses. They disappeared forever
Speaker 4: and never came back. And don't forget about the men
Speaker 4: and women in our military that served their country but
Speaker 4: were fired under the Biden regime for refusing to get
Speaker 4: the vaccine. Now you add that on top of the
Speaker 4: sacrifice birthdays, the weddings, the graduations, right the holiday gatherings.
Speaker 4: Because government leaders insisted that these were quote extraordinary measures
Speaker 4: that were more than necessary. They were mandated, and Anthony
Speaker 4: Fauci was the one who delivered those messages each and
Speaker 4: every day. That is why so many Americans are angry
Speaker 4: and so frustrated by this.
Speaker 2: Now story number two.
Speaker 4: But there's also another part of this. It is the
Speaker 4: fact that Fauci invoked his constitutional right in the most
Speaker 4: ridiculous way. Why did he do it because he doesn't
Speaker 4: want to go to jail? How simple were the questions? Well,
Speaker 4: Senator Josh Hawley, just showing the hypocrisy of Anthony Fauci,
Speaker 4: started asking questions like this, what.
Speaker 7: Day of the week is it today?
Speaker 5: On the divisive Council, I respectfully the client to answer
Speaker 5: based upon my rights under the Fifth Amendment of the Constitutional.
Speaker 1: Color tie you're wearing on the.
Speaker 5: Divisive Council, I respectfully declined to answer, based upon my
Speaker 5: rights under the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution.
Speaker 3: What colors the carpet in front of you?
Speaker 1: On the adviceive Council?
Speaker 5: I respectfully declined to answer based upon my rights under
Speaker 5: the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution.
Speaker 4: This is the man that told you how to live
Speaker 4: your life for two years. He won't answer the question
Speaker 4: what color is the carpet, He won't answer the question
Speaker 4: what color tie he was wearing. He won't answer the
Speaker 4: question what day of the week is it. This is
Speaker 4: who Anthony Fauci is now because the deep state and
Speaker 4: the Democratic Party is no longer there to protect him.
Speaker 4: There was also another very interesting moment, I want to
Speaker 4: play for you as well, senter moreno to. Anthony Fauci
Speaker 4: took it up a notch as he explained why so
Speaker 4: many Americans are so angry.
Speaker 8: Those policies were put in place because you had moronic
Speaker 8: politicians listen to the words of a megalomaniac who was
Speaker 8: more interested in having met a Kardashian than the suffering
Speaker 8: of the American people. And that is you your advice
Speaker 8: to communities like that, to idiotic politicians who enforce those rules.
Speaker 8: Arrested that mom for watching a football game with her
Speaker 8: own family outside. When that story broke, I said to myself,
Speaker 8: I cannot stand idly on the side and watch this happen.
Speaker 8: It was about six years ago today that I decided
Speaker 8: I'm going to give up my businesses, sell them all,
Speaker 8: run for office, run for the United States Senate. Here
Speaker 8: I am sitting in front of you six years later saying,
Speaker 8: who the fuck do you think you were for doing that?
Speaker 8: It is a total disgrace what you did to this country.
Speaker 4: Now you may have noticed there that there was some
Speaker 4: very blunt language used by that senator. Why well, it's
Speaker 4: because the newly released diary of Anthony Fauci that has
Speaker 4: become a major source of this controversy, because it offered
Speaker 4: an inside look at Fauci's private observations during one of
Speaker 4: the most consequential periods in modern American history. Yes, he
Speaker 4: cared more about me and the Kardashians and he did
Speaker 4: about the people that were dying. And Republican lawmakers are
Speaker 4: saying this clearly. The diary raises additional questions about his
Speaker 4: decision making in his public messaging, while Fauci and his supporters,
Speaker 4: of course, are saying, no, no, no, he was amazing. Now,
Speaker 4: if you think the media is gonna flinch, you're wrong.
Speaker 4: TMZ's Harvey Levin called the attacks on doctor Anthony Fauci
Speaker 4: one of the most heartbreaking.
Speaker 3: This is not a joke.
Speaker 4: Things He's witnessing government, comparing the push to jail him
Speaker 4: to the fear and prosecution in the McCarthy error. Now,
Speaker 4: to be clear, Harvey didn't give a rats for in
Speaker 4: if you missed your kid's wedding, or you didn't get
Speaker 4: to go to the hospital and witnesses your grandchild being born.
Speaker 4: He doesn't care if your family members couldn't gather for
Speaker 4: your funeral, or couldn't hold your hand while you were
Speaker 4: in hospice care or in the hospital terminally ill with cancer. No,
Speaker 4: he now says you should feel sorry for Anthony Fauci.
Speaker 9: I have not used TMZ's YouTube channel to vent personal
Speaker 9: feelings about issues, but I'm going to do that today.
Speaker 9: Watching Anthony Fauci before a congressional hearing taking the Fifth
Speaker 9: Amendment is just one of the most heartbreaking things I
Speaker 9: have seen in government in my lifetime, and this is
Speaker 9: something we need to reckon with that. I'm going to
Speaker 9: say up front. I have problems the way the CDC
Speaker 9: handled COVID. Think that they did damage to children to adults,
Speaker 9: and I don't think they did it maliciously. I think
Speaker 9: they did it because they were using their judgment and
Speaker 9: were overprotective. And I think at times overstated things they
Speaker 9: said they knew but really didn't. And I have personal
Speaker 9: problems with the way that COVID was handled. That said,
Speaker 9: Anthony Fauci, over a period of decades, has been an
Speaker 9: amazing public servant. In the eighties, I had many friends
Speaker 9: who died of AIDS, a horrible, painful death. And I
Speaker 9: had friends who lived because of Anthony Fauci, because he
Speaker 9: was willing to look at experimental drugs in a different
Speaker 9: way than they had looked at them before, and that
Speaker 9: really resulted in live saved. And he has done so
Speaker 9: many other things in his career to thwart epidemics, to
Speaker 9: save lives, not just in the United States but all
Speaker 9: over the world. He has been a dedicated public servant
Speaker 9: who could have made a lot more money outside of
Speaker 9: government than inside, but he stayed. And now we are
Speaker 9: at a point where members of Congress and yes, you,
Speaker 9: Rand Paul, are on a witch hunt, and you're. The
Speaker 9: best I can say for Rand Paul is that he's
Speaker 9: being really honest. I mean, he has said now over
Speaker 9: a period of years, he wants Anthony Fauci in a
Speaker 9: jail cell. He has said it out loud. He wants
Speaker 9: him in a jail cell. That's the point of this hearing.
Speaker 9: That's why they're doing this. They want to take something
Speaker 9: that Anthony Fauci says and then claim it amounts to perjury,
Speaker 9: and they want to prosecute him. They want to convict him,
Speaker 9: and they want to throw him in prison. That's the
Speaker 9: point of this hearing. There is no other point of
Speaker 9: this hearing.
Speaker 3: Let me just stop there.
Speaker 4: I wanted you to hear how far the media will
Speaker 4: go to defend the indefensible. Let me just rebut that
Speaker 4: real quick so we can go through what this hearing
Speaker 4: was actually about. Okay, why America is frustrated, and I
Speaker 4: will say this to Harvey Levin at TMZ. Americans remember
Speaker 4: the shifting guidance that wasn't based in science and they
Speaker 4: were lied to. We remember being told mass were necessary
Speaker 4: before they were then told mandated to wear them. We
Speaker 4: remember the six foot distancing became a nationwide standard with
Speaker 4: no scientific data backing it. We remember changing guidance on
Speaker 4: schools and then travel, and then the vaccines, and then
Speaker 4: the boosters and then more boosters and the more vaccine boosters,
Speaker 4: and we were told that if we got the vaccine,
Speaker 4: we wouldn't get COVID. Those were lies. This has nothing
Speaker 4: to do with putting Anthony Faucie in jail. This is
Speaker 4: about a man who was drunk on power, who chose
Speaker 4: to be a dictator and a tyrant, a take away Americans' rights,
Speaker 4: take away our basic ability to gather to worship, to sing,
Speaker 4: to go to church, to go to school, to open
Speaker 4: our businesses. That is what today was about. It was
Speaker 4: about the fact that we were lied to, and we
Speaker 4: were told that it was all based on scientific evidence.
Speaker 3: We know it to a lie.
Speaker 4: Hell, we now even know, apparently that Anthony Fauci suffered
Speaker 4: some side effects in the COVID nineteen vaccine.
Speaker 3: And then what did he do.
Speaker 4: He didn't disclose it and he hid it from the
Speaker 4: American people. One of the striking moments came before the
Speaker 4: subset of question even got underway, Fauci's attorney, of course,
Speaker 4: trying to interject during that hearing, again trying to take
Speaker 4: the shots to protect Anthony Fauci. This is about the
Speaker 4: lack of transparency. This is why Americans still care. And
Speaker 4: when you have the guy that's in charge of this
Speaker 4: country yet again sitting there after telling all of us
Speaker 4: how to live our lives for two years, invoking the
Speaker 4: Fifth Amendment, not even telling us what color tie is
Speaker 4: wearing or what color the carpet is, and knowing that
Speaker 4: he was a liar to the American people with no accountability.
Speaker 4: That is why Americans are angry right now.
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