Maxine Waters tells Jim Jordan 'shut your mouth' during congressional hearing with Fauci
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WASHINGTON — Rep. Jim Jordan exchanged tense words with infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci during a congressional hearing Thursday on the coronavirus pandemic. Rep. Maxine Waters ended the debate by telling Jordan to "shut your mouth."
During a hearing held by the House Coronavirus Crisis Subcommittee, Jordan, R-Ohio, questioned Fauci on when the federal government can begin drawing back social-distancing and mask-wearing precautions.
"We had 15 days to slow the spread turn into a year of lost liberty. What metrics, what measures? What has to happen before Americans get more freedoms?" Jordan asked Fauci.
Fauci, who heads the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said his priority is to get as many people vaccinated as quickly as possible so that COVID-19 is no longer a threat.
"You're indicating liberty and freedom. I look at it as a public health measure to prevent people from dying and going to the hospital," he said.
Jordan interrupted Fauci when the doctor was explaining quarantine measures would "end for sure" when the level of infection was low enough to prevent another surge of the virus, insisting Americans' liberties had been assaulted.
"Your right to go to church, your right to assemble, your right to petition your government, freedom of the press, freedom of speech (has) all been assaulted," he said.
"I think you're making this a personal thing, and it isn't," Fauci told Jordan.
"It's not a personal thing," Jordan said.
"No, you are. That is exactly what you're doing," Fauci said in an exasperated tone.
Jordan said he wanted a clear standard for when to lift COVID-19 restrictions because Fauci's recommendations carry "a lot of weight."
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