Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) strongly criticized Dr. Anthony Fauci during his appearance before the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic on Monday. She raised concerns about various issues, including dog experiments and the masking of children in schools, while also questioning the validity of his scientific approach.
Greene began her questioning by referencing a previous statement made by Fauci, in which he asserted that he embodied the essence of science.
“You said you represent science. Do you represent science? Mr. Fauci? Yes or no. Yes or no,” the congresswoman said as Fauci responded that it was not a yes or no answer.
“I don’t think it is,” Fauci said, prompting Greene to say, “We’ll take that as a you don’t know what you represent.”
“As director of the NIH, you did sign off on these so-called scientific experiments. And as a dog lover, I want to tell you this is disgusting and evil, what you signed off on,” she said. She proceeded to display an image of the research revealed by White Coat Waste Project (WCW), which entailed the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), overseen by Fauci, awarding a university $424,455 in public funds to conduct a lymphatic filariasis vaccine effectiveness study on dogs from September 16, 2020, to January 15, 2022.
WCW deemed these tests “unnecessary,” because they involved “injecting the puppies with an experimental drug and intentionally infesting them with flies that carry a disease-causing parasite before euthanizing them. And these experiments that happened to beagles were paid for by the American taxpayer. And I want you to know, Americans don’t pay their taxes for animals to be tortured like this. So the type of science that you are representing, Mr. Fauci, is abhorrent, and it needs to stop,” she said, also asserting that Fauci represents “the type of science where you confess that you made up the COVID rules, including six-feet social distancing and masking of children.”
Fauci refuted the claim that he fabricated the rules, leading to a back-and-forth exchange between the two parties.
“Are you saying this is fake news?” Greene said, as Fauci responded, “I didn’t make anything up. … I’ve said that it is not based in science, and it just appeared.”
“But this is science,” she said, holding up the picture of the cruel dog experiment.
“What does dogs have to do with anything that we’re talking about today?” Fauci quipped.
“Your scientific experiments. This is what you signed off on. But you also told the American people they had to distance by six feet. They had to wear a mask. But let’s also talk a little bit further about the type of science that you represent,” Greene continued.
“NIH scientists made $710 million in royalties from junk drugmakers — a fact that’s been hidden. Let’s talk about the fact, about is it right for scientists and doctors getting paid by the American people, government taxpayer paychecks, to get patents where they’re paid millions and hundreds of millions of dollars and royalty fees? Especially when the NIH and these government agencies — most powerful agencies in our country — are recommending medical suggestions and advice and making up guidelines like six-feet distancing and masking of children,” Greene said, asking Fauci, “Do you think that’s appropriate? Do the American people deserve to be abused like that, Mr. Fauci.”
Greene then famously REFUSED to call Fauci a doctor, “Because in my time that man does not deserve to have a license. As a matter of fact, it should be revoked, and he belongs in prison,” she added.
