WEBVTT - After Years of Giving Orders, Fauci Refuses Questions

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<v Speaker 1>Fauci. I inherited Fauci. He was here from the nineteen eighty,

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<v Speaker 1>so I had him for a period of time, and

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<v Speaker 1>I disagreed with him a lot. I would have kind

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<v Speaker 1>of closed down the whole country if I listened to him.

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<v Speaker 1>I went the federalist way, which is basically to let

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<v Speaker 1>the governors decide. And generally speaking, the Republican governors did

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<v Speaker 1>very well. The Democrat governors did not very well. But

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<v Speaker 1>Fauci wanted to have nobody wearing masks, if you remember,

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<v Speaker 1>and then everybody had to wear five masks, as many

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<v Speaker 1>masks as you could get, and it's made a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of mistakes.

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<v Speaker 2>You're listening to the forty seven Morning Update with Ben ferguson.

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<v Speaker 3>Good Thursday morning.

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<v Speaker 4>It's so nice to have you on the forty seven

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<v Speaker 4>Morning Update, and we've got two big stories for you.

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<v Speaker 3>First up, Anthony Fauci.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, he showed up in Congress yesterday and let's just

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<v Speaker 4>say it didn't go very well.

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<v Speaker 3>We break down exactly what he had to say.

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<v Speaker 4>And the second part of the story is the response Americans.

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<v Speaker 4>Furious members of Congress, lived and lawyers for Anthony Fauci.

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<v Speaker 3>It's literally being kicked out of the room. So what

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<v Speaker 3>happens next we break it all down for you.

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<v Speaker 4>Now, before we get to that, I want to ask

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<v Speaker 4>you to join me in praying for the people that

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<v Speaker 4>are in need right now in Israel. There are so

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<v Speaker 4>many needs in Israel and they are still dealing with

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<v Speaker 4>the attacks from terras And that is where I want

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<v Speaker 4>you to join me and go right now to find

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<v Speaker 4>out who you can help pray for by going to

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<v Speaker 4>PRAYIFCJ dot org. As Christians were called to stand with

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<v Speaker 4>God's people and pray for those defending Israel and protecting

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<v Speaker 4>the freedoms we hold, dear, and you have an important

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<v Speaker 4>role that you can play right now, and that is

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<v Speaker 4>understanding that even as the headlines move on the heartache

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<v Speaker 4>and the terror, they do not I Ran and It's

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<v Speaker 4>Terrist proxies are continuing to target the people in Israel.

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<v Speaker 4>Hezbala is continuing its attacks in the North, forcing families

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<v Speaker 4>to live under constant threat. But Israel is not only

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<v Speaker 4>defending her people, she is standing on the front lines

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<v Speaker 4>against terror that threaten us all.

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<v Speaker 3>And that is why the.

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<v Speaker 4>International Fellowship of Christen and jewsus standing firm and standing

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<v Speaker 4>with the people every day they're on the ground providing

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<v Speaker 4>life saving aid near Israel's border with Lebanon. A hes

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<v Speaker 4>blood drone recently struck the home of Yolina. She was

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<v Speaker 4>widowed earlier this year and living alone. Not only was

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<v Speaker 4>she trapped inside by the blasts, but she also said

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<v Speaker 4>this after she was rescued, it's hard these days. I

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<v Speaker 4>don't want to leave and why should she have to

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<v Speaker 4>leave her home? And that is why I'm asking you

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<v Speaker 4>to pray for peace and for Jerusalem and for the

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<v Speaker 4>soldiers and the families and the civilians that are carrying

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<v Speaker 4>this burden. Right now, go to PREYIFCJ dot org to

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<v Speaker 4>get involved. That's PREYIFCJ dot org. It's the forty seven

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<v Speaker 4>Morning Update and it starts right now.

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<v Speaker 2>Story number one.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, if you missed it, it was fireworks on Capitol

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<v Speaker 4>Hill and it had nothing to do with the two

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<v Speaker 4>hundred and fiftieth anniversary celebrating the United States of America.

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<v Speaker 4>This time, it was one of the most controversial public

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<v Speaker 4>officials and I say that in air quotes of this

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<v Speaker 4>country's history in my lifetime. The man in charge of

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<v Speaker 4>the COVID air doctor Anthony Fauci, was forced to return

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<v Speaker 4>and faced lawmakers for the countless lies he's now being

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<v Speaker 4>accused of telling, and within moments the hearing turned into

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<v Speaker 4>political theater unlike anything we've actually seen in Washington in years.

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<v Speaker 3>And that's saying something.

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<v Speaker 4>Anthony Fauci read a simple opening statement not just for

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<v Speaker 4>this country but also for the world to see and

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<v Speaker 4>think about how different this statement is than the man

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<v Speaker 4>that was obsessed with his image, obsessed with being famous,

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<v Speaker 4>obsessed with telling you what you could and couldn't do

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<v Speaker 4>for years during COVID, A man that obsessed with locking

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<v Speaker 4>down the country. A man that said, if you got

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<v Speaker 4>the vaccine, had nothing to worry about. A man that

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<v Speaker 4>said we were going to quarantine to stop the spread

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<v Speaker 4>in two weeks. A man that said you must wear

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<v Speaker 4>a mask, A man that said you couldn't go to

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<v Speaker 4>the hospitals, say goodbody or loved ones.

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<v Speaker 3>Who were dying.

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<v Speaker 4>A man that said you shouldn't gather for Christmas or Thanksgiving.

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<v Speaker 4>A man that said you shouldn't get married and have

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<v Speaker 4>an actual wedding during COVID because it was too dangerous.

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<v Speaker 3>So a man that had.

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<v Speaker 4>No problem telling you what to do with your life,

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<v Speaker 4>shutting down our schools, shutting down countless small businesses ended

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<v Speaker 4>up going bankrupt, shutting down an entire economy where inflation

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<v Speaker 4>went through the roof. Now he didn't have a lot

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<v Speaker 4>to say anymore, isn't that interesting?

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<v Speaker 5>Although it pains me to do so because of the

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<v Speaker 5>respect I have for the legislative branch of government and

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<v Speaker 5>my decades long record of cooperating with Congress. Under the

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<v Speaker 5>advice of my attorneys, I will invoke my right under

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<v Speaker 5>the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution to refrain from answering

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<v Speaker 5>your questions. Thank you.

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<v Speaker 4>Wow, that is doctor Anthony Fauci invoking his Fifth Amendment

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<v Speaker 4>right against self incrimination. The same guy, by the way,

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<v Speaker 4>who also got a presidential pardon from Joe Biden declining

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<v Speaker 4>to answer any questions from sinners investigating the government's pandemic response. Now,

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<v Speaker 4>this is the highest paid member of the United States government.

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<v Speaker 4>We're trying to make sure we never let it happen again.

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<v Speaker 4>And the guy who has quote all the answers and

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<v Speaker 4>had no problem telling you what you could and couldn't

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<v Speaker 4>do with your life, will not answer basic questions.

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<v Speaker 3>There also was another extraordinary moment.

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<v Speaker 4>Fauci's attorney repeatedly attempted to speak during the proceedings, despite

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<v Speaker 4>the committee's chairman's instructions not to. Chairman ran Paul ultimately

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<v Speaker 4>he ordered Capitol police to remove the attorney from the

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<v Speaker 4>hearing room after concluding he was disrupting that hearing.

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<v Speaker 6>Mind you, sir, that's where you were told to sit

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<v Speaker 6>and you're not and now you're disrupting the proceedings. And

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<v Speaker 6>so look, this is the way Anthony Fauchi wants to

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<v Speaker 6>be remembered for a lawyer, not listening to the rules.

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<v Speaker 6>That's the way you want to be remembered. And that's

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<v Speaker 6>what you're going to do. You are not recognized, sir,

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<v Speaker 6>of security police.

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<v Speaker 7>Remove in from the room.

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<v Speaker 6>Let the records state that doctor Fauschi will still have

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<v Speaker 6>the advice of the other half a dozen attorneys that

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<v Speaker 6>he brought along today, Senator Peters.

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<v Speaker 4>Now, as you could hear Senator ram Paul state, he

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<v Speaker 4>still had the counsel literally of like dozens of people

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<v Speaker 4>behind him who were attorneys that he brought with him

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<v Speaker 4>to the hearing. Now, whether you believe Fauci was a

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<v Speaker 4>dedicated public service and he was quote unfairly targeted as

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<v Speaker 4>liberals are saying, this is an individual that now refuses

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<v Speaker 4>to answer no questions out of hearing that it was

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<v Speaker 4>all about what he did after he took away so

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<v Speaker 4>many rights of Americans. He completely changed children's lives forever

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<v Speaker 4>with school that they missed because they shut down schools.

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<v Speaker 4>Doctor Anthony Fauci was the individual behind that, and we

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<v Speaker 4>also now know he lied about it, claiming that that

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<v Speaker 4>is something he never actually did.

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<v Speaker 3>Now.

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<v Speaker 4>Donald Trump got in on the action very quickly, stating

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<v Speaker 4>this for the record at the White House.

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<v Speaker 1>Watch the whole thing today. But more importantly, I was

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<v Speaker 1>a part of the whole Fauci. I inherited Fauci. He

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<v Speaker 1>was here from the nineteen eighties, so I had him

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<v Speaker 1>for a period of time, and I disagreed with him

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<v Speaker 1>on a lot. I would have kind of closed down

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<v Speaker 1>the whole country if I listened to him. I went

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<v Speaker 1>to the federal way, which is basically, let the governors decide,

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<v Speaker 1>and generally speaking, the Republican governors did very well. The

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<v Speaker 1>Democrat governors did not very well. But FOUCHI wanted to

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<v Speaker 1>have nobody wearing masks, if you remember, and then everybody

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<v Speaker 1>had to wear five masks, as many masks as you

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<v Speaker 1>could get, I mean, made a lot of mistakes, and

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<v Speaker 1>he wasn't a big factor for me. He was a

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<v Speaker 1>very big factor for Biden. And if you remember, even

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<v Speaker 1>though we were sort of prime time in terms of

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<v Speaker 1>that whole disaster of COVID, far people died fewer in

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<v Speaker 1>the Trump administration than in the Biden administration. We ran

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<v Speaker 1>We ran it well. Operation Warp Speed was talked about

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<v Speaker 1>as being one of the great success stories anywhere in

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<v Speaker 1>the world. Actually, and we did a good job, but

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<v Speaker 1>many more people died under Biden than died in the

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<v Speaker 1>Trump administration from COVID. COVID was a disaster, but Fauci

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<v Speaker 1>did not help.

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<v Speaker 4>Now, not only is Donald Trump absolutely right, but it

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<v Speaker 4>is important that we remind Americans where we came from

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<v Speaker 4>and where all this started and why doctor Faucia is

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<v Speaker 4>so important. I also want to be clear for millions

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<v Speaker 4>of Americans watching this, Yeah, it's okay to be angry.

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<v Speaker 4>Does Anthony Fauci have the conscial right to plead the

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<v Speaker 4>fifth He absolutely does, And that is not what I'm

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<v Speaker 4>angry about. The question that I'm angry about is this.

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<v Speaker 4>How is it that the most influential public health official

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<v Speaker 4>in my lifetime a man that chose to shut down.

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<v Speaker 4>The United States of America chose not to publicly defend

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<v Speaker 4>those decisions that affected virtually every family in the United

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<v Speaker 4>States of America for years. I go back to remind

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<v Speaker 4>you Americans were told to quote trust the experts. We

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<v Speaker 4>were told to trust the scientists. We were told to

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<v Speaker 4>trust the science. We were told that it was your duty,

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<v Speaker 4>your obligation as a patriotic American to have your business closed,

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<v Speaker 4>for your schools to shut down. Remember when churches went empty.

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<v Speaker 4>How many Americans did not find church a safe place.

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<v Speaker 4>How many of them will never go back to church

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<v Speaker 4>because of what happened. Families literally missed the funerals of

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<v Speaker 4>their own loved ones. Children lost countless years of important education,

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<v Speaker 4>and it's affecting their education right now. When you lose

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<v Speaker 4>those building box of two years of school, we now

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<v Speaker 4>know you never get it back. We also know that

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<v Speaker 4>workers lost their entire careers, small businesses. They disappeared forever

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<v Speaker 4>and never came back. And don't forget about the men

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<v Speaker 4>and women in our military that served their country but

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<v Speaker 4>were fired under the Biden regime for refusing to get

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<v Speaker 4>the vaccine. Now you add that on top of the

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<v Speaker 4>sacrifice birthdays, the weddings, the graduations, right the holiday gatherings.

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<v Speaker 4>Because government leaders insisted that these were quote extraordinary measures

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<v Speaker 4>that were more than necessary. They were mandated, and Anthony

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<v Speaker 4>Fauci was the one who delivered those messages each and

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<v Speaker 4>every day. That is why so many Americans are angry

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<v Speaker 4>and so frustrated by this.

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<v Speaker 2>Now story number two.

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<v Speaker 4>But there's also another part of this. It is the

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<v Speaker 4>fact that Fauci invoked his constitutional right in the most

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<v Speaker 4>ridiculous way. Why did he do it because he doesn't

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<v Speaker 4>want to go to jail? How simple were the questions? Well,

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<v Speaker 4>Senator Josh Hawley, just showing the hypocrisy of Anthony Fauci,

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<v Speaker 4>started asking questions like this, what.

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<v Speaker 7>Day of the week is it today?

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<v Speaker 5>On the divisive Council, I respectfully the client to answer

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<v Speaker 5>based upon my rights under the Fifth Amendment of the Constitutional.

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<v Speaker 1>Color tie you're wearing on the.

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<v Speaker 5>Divisive Council, I respectfully declined to answer, based upon my

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<v Speaker 5>rights under the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution.

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<v Speaker 3>What colors the carpet in front of you?

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<v Speaker 1>On the adviceive Council?

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<v Speaker 5>I respectfully declined to answer based upon my rights under

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<v Speaker 5>the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution.

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<v Speaker 4>This is the man that told you how to live

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<v Speaker 4>your life for two years. He won't answer the question

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<v Speaker 4>what color is the carpet, He won't answer the question

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<v Speaker 4>what color tie he was wearing. He won't answer the

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<v Speaker 4>question what day of the week is it. This is

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<v Speaker 4>who Anthony Fauci is now because the deep state and

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<v Speaker 4>the Democratic Party is no longer there to protect him.

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<v Speaker 4>There was also another very interesting moment, I want to

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<v Speaker 4>play for you as well, senter moreno to. Anthony Fauci

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<v Speaker 4>took it up a notch as he explained why so

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<v Speaker 4>many Americans are so angry.

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<v Speaker 8>Those policies were put in place because you had moronic

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<v Speaker 8>politicians listen to the words of a megalomaniac who was

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<v Speaker 8>more interested in having met a Kardashian than the suffering

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<v Speaker 8>of the American people. And that is you your advice

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<v Speaker 8>to communities like that, to idiotic politicians who enforce those rules.

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<v Speaker 8>Arrested that mom for watching a football game with her

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<v Speaker 8>own family outside. When that story broke, I said to myself,

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<v Speaker 8>I cannot stand idly on the side and watch this happen.

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<v Speaker 8>It was about six years ago today that I decided

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<v Speaker 8>I'm going to give up my businesses, sell them all,

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<v Speaker 8>run for office, run for the United States Senate. Here

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<v Speaker 8>I am sitting in front of you six years later saying,

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<v Speaker 8>who the fuck do you think you were for doing that?

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<v Speaker 8>It is a total disgrace what you did to this country.

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<v Speaker 4>Now you may have noticed there that there was some

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<v Speaker 4>very blunt language used by that senator. Why well, it's

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<v Speaker 4>because the newly released diary of Anthony Fauci that has

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<v Speaker 4>become a major source of this controversy, because it offered

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<v Speaker 4>an inside look at Fauci's private observations during one of

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<v Speaker 4>the most consequential periods in modern American history. Yes, he

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<v Speaker 4>cared more about me and the Kardashians and he did

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<v Speaker 4>about the people that were dying. And Republican lawmakers are

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<v Speaker 4>saying this clearly. The diary raises additional questions about his

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<v Speaker 4>decision making in his public messaging, while Fauci and his supporters,

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<v Speaker 4>of course, are saying, no, no, no, he was amazing. Now,

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<v Speaker 4>if you think the media is gonna flinch, you're wrong.

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<v Speaker 4>TMZ's Harvey Levin called the attacks on doctor Anthony Fauci

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<v Speaker 4>one of the most heartbreaking.

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<v Speaker 3>This is not a joke.

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<v Speaker 4>Things He's witnessing government, comparing the push to jail him

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<v Speaker 4>to the fear and prosecution in the McCarthy error. Now,

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<v Speaker 4>to be clear, Harvey didn't give a rats for in

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<v Speaker 4>if you missed your kid's wedding, or you didn't get

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<v Speaker 4>to go to the hospital and witnesses your grandchild being born.

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<v Speaker 4>He doesn't care if your family members couldn't gather for

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<v Speaker 4>your funeral, or couldn't hold your hand while you were

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<v Speaker 4>in hospice care or in the hospital terminally ill with cancer. No,

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<v Speaker 4>he now says you should feel sorry for Anthony Fauci.

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<v Speaker 9>I have not used TMZ's YouTube channel to vent personal

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<v Speaker 9>feelings about issues, but I'm going to do that today.

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<v Speaker 9>Watching Anthony Fauci before a congressional hearing taking the Fifth

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<v Speaker 9>Amendment is just one of the most heartbreaking things I

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<v Speaker 9>have seen in government in my lifetime, and this is

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<v Speaker 9>something we need to reckon with that. I'm going to

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<v Speaker 9>say up front. I have problems the way the CDC

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<v Speaker 9>handled COVID. Think that they did damage to children to adults,

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<v Speaker 9>and I don't think they did it maliciously. I think

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<v Speaker 9>they did it because they were using their judgment and

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<v Speaker 9>were overprotective. And I think at times overstated things they

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<v Speaker 9>said they knew but really didn't. And I have personal

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<v Speaker 9>problems with the way that COVID was handled. That said,

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<v Speaker 9>Anthony Fauci, over a period of decades, has been an

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<v Speaker 9>amazing public servant. In the eighties, I had many friends

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<v Speaker 9>who died of AIDS, a horrible, painful death. And I

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<v Speaker 9>had friends who lived because of Anthony Fauci, because he

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<v Speaker 9>was willing to look at experimental drugs in a different

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<v Speaker 9>way than they had looked at them before, and that

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<v Speaker 9>really resulted in live saved. And he has done so

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<v Speaker 9>many other things in his career to thwart epidemics, to

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<v Speaker 9>save lives, not just in the United States but all

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<v Speaker 9>over the world. He has been a dedicated public servant

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<v Speaker 9>who could have made a lot more money outside of

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<v Speaker 9>government than inside, but he stayed. And now we are

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<v Speaker 9>at a point where members of Congress and yes, you,

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<v Speaker 9>Rand Paul, are on a witch hunt, and you're. The

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<v Speaker 9>best I can say for Rand Paul is that he's

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<v Speaker 9>being really honest. I mean, he has said now over

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<v Speaker 9>a period of years, he wants Anthony Fauci in a

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<v Speaker 9>jail cell. He has said it out loud. He wants

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<v Speaker 9>him in a jail cell. That's the point of this hearing.

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<v Speaker 9>That's why they're doing this. They want to take something

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<v Speaker 9>that Anthony Fauci says and then claim it amounts to perjury,

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<v Speaker 9>and they want to prosecute him. They want to convict him,

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<v Speaker 9>and they want to throw him in prison. That's the

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<v Speaker 9>point of this hearing. There is no other point of

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<v Speaker 9>this hearing.

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<v Speaker 3>Let me just stop there.

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<v Speaker 4>I wanted you to hear how far the media will

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<v Speaker 4>go to defend the indefensible. Let me just rebut that

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<v Speaker 4>real quick so we can go through what this hearing

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<v Speaker 4>was actually about. Okay, why America is frustrated, and I

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<v Speaker 4>will say this to Harvey Levin at TMZ. Americans remember

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<v Speaker 4>the shifting guidance that wasn't based in science and they

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<v Speaker 4>were lied to. We remember being told mass were necessary

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<v Speaker 4>before they were then told mandated to wear them. We

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<v Speaker 4>remember the six foot distancing became a nationwide standard with

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<v Speaker 4>no scientific data backing it. We remember changing guidance on

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<v Speaker 4>schools and then travel, and then the vaccines, and then

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<v Speaker 4>the boosters and then more boosters and the more vaccine boosters,

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<v Speaker 4>and we were told that if we got the vaccine,

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<v Speaker 4>we wouldn't get COVID. Those were lies. This has nothing

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<v Speaker 4>to do with putting Anthony Faucie in jail. This is

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<v Speaker 4>about a man who was drunk on power, who chose

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<v Speaker 4>to be a dictator and a tyrant, a take away Americans' rights,

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<v Speaker 4>take away our basic ability to gather to worship, to sing,

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<v Speaker 4>to go to church, to go to school, to open

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<v Speaker 4>our businesses. That is what today was about. It was

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<v Speaker 4>about the fact that we were lied to, and we

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<v Speaker 4>were told that it was all based on scientific evidence.

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<v Speaker 3>We know it to a lie.

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<v Speaker 4>Hell, we now even know, apparently that Anthony Fauci suffered

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<v Speaker 4>some side effects in the COVID nineteen vaccine.

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<v Speaker 3>And then what did he do.

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<v Speaker 4>He didn't disclose it and he hid it from the

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<v Speaker 4>American people. One of the striking moments came before the

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<v Speaker 4>subset of question even got underway, Fauci's attorney, of course,

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<v Speaker 4>trying to interject during that hearing, again trying to take

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<v Speaker 4>the shots to protect Anthony Fauci. This is about the

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<v Speaker 4>lack of transparency. This is why Americans still care. And

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<v Speaker 4>when you have the guy that's in charge of this

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<v Speaker 4>country yet again sitting there after telling all of us

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<v Speaker 4>how to live our lives for two years, invoking the

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<v Speaker 4>Fifth Amendment, not even telling us what color tie is

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<v Speaker 4>wearing or what color the carpet is, and knowing that

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<v Speaker 4>he was a liar to the American people with no accountability.

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<v Speaker 4>That is why Americans are angry right now.

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