deposit, plan and pay with easy tools from chase. simplicity feels good. chase. make more of what s yours. dr. fauci knowing it is a crime to lie to congress, do you wish to retract your statement on may 11th where you claimed the nih never funded gain of function in wuhan? i have never lied before the congress, and i do not retract that statement. you take an animal virus and you increase the transmissbility to humans, you are saying that s not gain of function? that s correct. senator paul, you do not know what you are talking about. paul: the war of words between senator rand paul and dr. fauci coming to a head last week with the kentucky republican accusing the administration s top infectious disease expert of lying to congress and requesting that the attorney general garland criminally investigate fauci
function. if you take an animal virus let me finish. and you increase the transmissibility to humans, you re saying that s not? that s correct. and senator paul, you do not know what you are talking about, quite frankly. and i want to say that officially. you do not know what you are talking about. okay, someone got schooled in that heated exchange between senator rand paul and dr. anthony fauci this week, after the republican senator accused fauci of lying to congress about the role the national institutes of health played in funding search in wuhan, china. just the latest example of the deepening divide between science and politics on capitol hill. joining me now is director of progressive programming at siriusxm and usa today contributor and democratic congressional campaign committee adviser. hi, guys. can i get it right? did he get schooled?
this massive surge, all predicted and predictable when you have a combination of delta and low vaccination rates mounting fears that the delta variant with a big assist from the anti-vaccine movement in the country is pushing our country in exactly the wrong direction. are we in danger of backsliding in the fall? could we see shutdowns again do you think? that s what i m worried about. their frustrations bills out the senate oversight hearing when kentucky senator rand paul asked doctor fauci a specific question about the type of research we knew was being conducted at the china wuhan lab. knowing it is a crime to lie to congress do you wish to retract your statement of may 11th where you claim the nih never funded gain of function research. i have never lied before the congress that i do not retract that statement. an animal virus you are saying that that is correct. senator paul, you do not know what you are talking about quite
said and drc. anthony fauci s forceful comment. knowing it s a crime to lie to congress, do you wish to retract your statement that you made. senator paul, i have never lied before the congress. i do not retract that statement. this paper that you re referring to was judged by qualified staff up and down the chain as not being gain of function. what was let me finish. you take an animal virus and increase transmiblts to humans that s not gain of function. that is correct. senator paul, you do not know what you re talking about quite frankly. i want to say that officially. you do not know what you are talking about. those viruses are molecularly impossible to result no one is saying they caused the pandemic.
institute of virology before the pandemic. so why on earth is dr. fauci even still employed? and where are the investigations into his potential but what about those emails that now tell us a lot more about what he knew as early as january 31st of 2020 he was told that it looked like a specific genome might have been manipulated in an email. the frantic emails that went back and forth about do you think there is any chance we funded this? here with more, kentucky senator and also a medical doctor, rand paul. senator, thanks for being with us. appreciate it. i want to go to the heart of this. you ready gain of function, what the nih o definition is. and you know, you taken animal virus. you increase transmissibility to humans.