It’s frustrating, but an entirely correct response from Fauci, because this isn’t and was never about facts or data or science at all. The hearing is political kabuki of the absolute dumbest variety.
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I can’t wait for the headlines that take this as an admission of guilt and confirmation of all those stupid conspiracy theories
Ah, so that means all the times orangeboi did the same thing it was also an admission of guilt, right? Because that is the correct response to such an unrepentantly imbecilic line of logic.
But to be clear, orangeboi 100% did rape underage girls, amongst a whole fuckload of other heinous things.
Because that is the correct response
Only if you apply logic, which these cultists neither do nor accept from others.
Same with the pardon he got, it's got all the traction it's going to get. Most people have tuned this out by now as old political noise.
My Facebook "friend" already posted he and his conspiracy theorist friends are "batting a thousand" based on this new revelation.
Sadly, its all pretty meaningless.
There's three types of people, those who understand public health measures, those who hate fauci, and those who don't know or care about either.
Fauci taking the 5th won't move anyone between any of those categories, even with the headlines.
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I saw a reel where Hawley said "nothing says honesty like taking the fifth, hey doc"? And then stared at Fauci like he just got owned, not realizing he looks like a moron for saying that.
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It's extremely pragmatic and not at all politically convenient, which is exactly what I'd expect from Fauci.
This is like the McCarthy hearings, that also targeted civil servants. Except this time it is everybody that doesn't kiss the ring.
Absolutely crazy, absolutely without reason, USA is a shitty country, and nobody is doing anything!
The logical result of electing an obvious malignant narcissist, and the American people went ahead and did it anyway.
USA as a country and society has gone insane.
I gotta wonder if there were as sizable a group of Americans that were skeptical of McCarthyism as there is, currently, of Trump's witch hunt.
Arthur Millers estate should release a special edition of The Crucible, dedicated to Trump.
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If they had something he'd be charged. This is a fishing expedition, hoping an 85 year old might slip up and say something that they can frame as incriminating.
Wow, he looks pretty good for 85 and all the shit he's been through. Compare that face to all the other >=75 year-olds in DC politics.
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Biden gave Fauci a full preemptive pardon. Because everybody knew that Republicans would go after Fauci on made up bullshit.
Fauci dedicated his life to saving other peoples' lives. Republicans are evil.
them throwing out his attorney for saying he has rights is just wow.
They what?!
Why am I even shocked anymore.
Welcome to Temu fascism everyone...
yeah it was wild. rand paul was telling him he does not have the right not to answer and faucis attorney said he did and rand goes nuts saying he had no right to speak only fauci should speak and calling the guards to throw him out and he was. wtf! which goes to show that libertarians have full on linked themselves to maga just like republicans.
They were the crazies even before the maga crazies.
I mean im old. Back when I was in college they seemed at least more sincere but I dunno I kinda now wonder if they were always sorta a right wing disaster recovery option. Anyway if your young and at that time it was usually victimless crimes and that is appealing to younger folk and seems like they are very big on individual rights. It did/does not take long though to see how it unravels. Pretty soon you see they are essentially against public infrastructure and want to privatize everything which just does not work for many things. Private enterprise needing real competition to work. You realize to that they pretty much want no regulation and you quickly realize that yeah legalization might be great but it has to be regulated and bad impacts need to be minimized. Again this was when they were not even as goofy and it does not take long to realize it does not really work. This is why while I like the young turks from what I see of it I don't trust cenk. I just can't respect someone who in an adult educated life would take so long to realize how right wing things don't add up. Its great he has seen the light but he might have or just realized he would never be a major player given his race with the side he was initially cheering for.
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I always assumed libertarians were people who didn't want to call themselves republicans because republicans didn't lean into pedophilia hard enough for them.
In the USA, libertarianism was invented after the New Deal in order to allow monopolies and other capital accumulation to occur without government interference.
In 1946, Leonard E. Read founded the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE), an American nonprofit, conservative educational organization which promotes the principles of laissez-faire economics, private property and limited government. According to Gary North, the FEE is the "granddaddy of all libertarian organizations".
I think it’s because fauci was presidently pardoned and that changes the rules since technically you can’t go to jail for what they’re questioning on so he doesn’t need to plead the 5th. But I assume he didn’t want to open doors to other shit
except they keep saying he should be prosecuted. Their own retorict changes the rules again. Oh also they just ignore and violate the law including the constitution on a regular basis.
I just read the rule, he did the right thing by pleading the 5th since if he answers it can lead him to incriminating himself and in this case they were over reaching, go figure
yeah and there is nothing specifically saying a pardon somehow nullifies that right. Its mental gymnastics by the congressmen to somehow say it does not apply.
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Then threatened to hurt him for not answering questions. This is a real witch hunt.
Everyone's just glossing over the personal diary bit. How the hell does a Congress member get someones personal diary?
This is the same bunch that whined about a court order that gave a Special Council access to their seditious text messages. Despicable and deplorable invasions of privacy for all exept themselves.
Rules for me not for thee
Part or all of it was written using 'federal property' aka probably his laptop.
Is that like for programmers when the corp tells them that everything they code on company time belongs to the corp?
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Thank you again Dr. Fauci. This time for giving the big middle finger to this Rapeublican Kabuki Theatre.
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Why not? Anytime the republicans get questioned they same the same thing, or, “I cant remember.”
They never answer the question.
They usually flip out like screaming shit-gibbons who just got goosed.
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Let’s talk more about the child raping rather than this sideshow bullshit.
this is the distraction they needed from the files.
I have said it before and I will say it again. The reublican party as a whole has to go. I get the problems with the democrats but we need to make a new floor for crappiness which the dems are perfect for. They can split or a third party comes up or both but its not going to happen until the republicans cannot win anywhere close to a majority.
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A pandemic embarrasses an entire political party and confirms their inability to do anything other than blame minorities. Since they can't blame the virus for their failures, they blame the closest thing to a virus - the scientific community that was focused on saving American lives.
Republicans can't admit to their mistakes, so they are trying to find a scapegoat.
The 5th is a great right, glad we have it
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Ok open fire.
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