Rand Paul, Ted Cruz roar back at Dr. Fauci, who claims criticism of him is 'dangerous' because 'I represent science'
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Sens. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and Ted Cruz (R-Texas) punched back at Dr. Anthony Fauci on Sunday after the infectious diseases doctor claimed that criticism against him is "dangerous."
During an interview that aired on CBS News' "Face The Nation," Fauci took aim at Paul and Cruz, two Republican lawmakers who have been some of Fauci's loudest critics throughout the pandemic.
When confronted with Cruz's assertion that Fauci should be prosecuted for allegedly lying to Congress, Fauci invoked the Jan. 6 riots at the U. S. Capitol.
"I have to laugh at that. I should be prosecuted? What happened on Jan. 6, Senator?" Fauci said.
Fauci added that he believes that one must be "asleep" if they do not understand that he is being made into a "scapegoat" to deflect from former President Donald Trump. It was not clear why Trump was invoked in the interview.
When host Margaret Brennan suggested Republicans are playing "politics around matters of life and death," Fauci let loose, saying criticism against him is "dangerous" because his critics are actually criticizing science.
"Exactly. Exactly. And to me, that's unbelievably bad because all I want to do is save people's lives," Fauci responded. "And, I mean, anybody who's looking at this carefully realizes that there's a distinct anti-science flavor to this. So if they get up and criticize science, nobody's going to k... (Read more)
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