Cawthorn calls Fauci a ‘punk’ ‘trying to further his own career’

“I normally have a great amount of respect for the people who work here on Capitol Hill, knowing that although we have different ideas on how to accomplish it, we are all trying to work for the betterment of the American people,” Cawthorn said. “I will tell you right now, that is not the case with Anthony Fauci.”

“He is a punk who is trying to further his own career and make himself wealthy and famous,” he continued.

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Cawthorn previously tweeted that Fauci was an “unelected and overpaid bureaucrat” who should not be involved with deciding if China is held accountable for the spread of the coronavirus.

“Unelected and overpaid bureaucrats like Fauci don’t get to decide whether or not we hold China accountable for covering up COVID,” he tweeted. “China must pay.”

Rand’s and Fauci’s heated exchange during the hearing drudged up questions over whether Fauci had previously lied to Congress about the funding given to the Wuhan lab.

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“Sen. Paul, you do not know what you are talking about, quite frankly, and I would like to say that officially. You do not know what you are talking about,” Fauci said.

“No one is saying those viruses caused the pandemic,” Paul responded. “What we’re alleging is that gain-of-function research was done in that lab and NIH funded it. You can’t get away from it — it meets your definition, and you are obfuscating the truth.”

“You are implying that what we did resulted in the deaths of individuals,” Fauci said. “I totally resent that, and if anyone is lying here, senator, it is you.”