Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene told Dr. Anthony Fauci on Monday that he belongs in prison for his handling of the coronavirus pandemic and urged her colleagues to write a criminal referral for “crimes against humanity.”
Ms. Greene, Georgia Republican, delivered a ferocious attack on Dr. Fauci, saying he doesn’t deserve to be called doctor. She confronted him at the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic hearing with a photo of beagles subjected to animal testing experiments that she said he was responsible for.
“We should be recommending you to be prosecuted. We should be writing a criminal referral because you should be prosecuted for crimes against humanity. You belong in prison,” she said.
Dr. Fauci spent decades as head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and became the face of U.S. government efforts to combat the coronavirus pandemic.
He said his role was to help speed the vaccines to market that saved hundreds of thousands of lives in America and millions of lives globally, and rejected accusations he was involved in promoting the 6-foot social distancing rule.
But Republicans said his pandemic-era declarations fueled the distrust that still seeps through society today.
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Ms. Greene confronted him with his claim that “I represent science” and refused to call him a doctor.
“You’re not doctor, you’re Mr. Fauci,” she said. “That man does not deserve to have a license. As a matter of fact, it should be revoked and he belongs in prison.”
Democrats vigorously objected and demanded she be punished. Subcommittee Chairman Brad Wenstrup, Ohio Republican, said she wouldn’t be reprimanded but directed her to “recognize the doctor as a doctor.”
Dr. Fauci was miffed by much of her questioning, including when she held up the beagle picture.
“What do dogs have to do with anything we’re talking about today?” he said.
The White Coat Waste Project, an animal rights nonprofit, says that under Dr. Fauci, the institute had beagle puppies infested with ticks and poisoned during experiments.
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• Stephen Dinan can be reached at sdinan@washingtontimes.com.
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