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Here Are the Republicans’ Biggest Lies From Their Fauci Show Trial
The Bulwark • • nation
Key Points:
- Republicans have spent five years attempting to rewrite history regarding Donald Trump’s two major controversies: his effort to overturn the 2020 election and his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.
- The GOP has embraced Trump’s false claims of a rigged election, defended his pardons of January 6th rioters, and attacked public servants who investigated the Capitol attack.
- A recent Senate hearing on COVID saw Dr. Anthony Fauci subjected to misinformation and personal attacks, with Republicans falsely accusing him of mishandling the pandemic and misrepresenting facts about vaccines and mask guidance.
- Senators Ron Johnson and Rand Paul promoted conspiracy theories, including false claims that COVID vaccines are dangerous gene therapies and that Fauci’s advice caused thousands of deaths, despite evidence disproving these assertions.
- The hearing highlighted the GOP’s full embrace of revisionist narratives blaming Fauci rather than Trump or other factors for the pandemic’s impact, while selectively dismissing credible scientific evidence.
