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Republicans are trying to make the news cycle about anything other than Donald Trump and his incredibly unpopular domestic and foreign policy agenda. That’s why they set up this Fauci hearing. And everyone is taking the bait

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trump/lrepublicans were intentionally spreading the virus with no mask policy, superspreader rallies across USA, bullying med profs & those who may have wanted to believe scientists who studied pandemics for decades & protect themselves & others not to. Trying to infect enough to reach herd immunity

Hard to keep track of all the crazy. Attacking nurses, demon sperm doctor, herd immunity doctor, drink your own urine, take horse dewormer, drink disinfectant, use bright lights in your orifices. One good thing he did Operation Warp speed vax Took one, Yet told Americans “don’t get the vaccines…”

Also: it’s not going to work! No voter is asking for a hearing about Anthony Fauci and COVID-19 in 2026 when the war in Iran is increasing gas prices by 50%. Republicans have been pushing for this because it gets retweets from rabid MAGA users on social media. This is made-for-X governing.

Republicans: why are we litigating the past by asking questions about Jan 6. Also Republicans: let's litigate the past, specifically, COVID-19 that happened in 2019 and 2020, well before Jan 6.

So I always head over to a few opposing rw voices to get the word on the curb. Fuentes is saying this is a show and the Fauci diaries prove none of the conspiracies aka nanobots, mass die offs etc. They don't seem impressed 🤷

Trump may deny it but americans voted him out in 2020 because of his poor handling of covid. Not sure reminding that is going to help him.

I think it is more about trying to give their base anything to be excited about. They are really desperate to knock it blown out in November and the signs are their base may sit out.

Completely agree. Anything to protect dear leader, even while he and his family and friends rob the government. But most of them are on the take too.

As much as Democrats narrowly triangulate the exact least-unpopular position based on many spurious polls, the Republicans only look at how many RTs they get.

If they had done this early in 2025 it might have registered more with their intended audience, but now? Trump is too much of a present fuckup for even his supporters-outside of the qanon lunatics- to give much of a shit.

Fear not. Fauci is very adept at dealing with loudmouth malcontents looking for yet more public exposure. And what better exposure than a public congressional committee hearing? Magician’s tool—misdirection.

We all take the bait by: - Quoting Trump - Clicking, viewing and writing about Trump - Posting Trump's Truth Social posts Let's try something NEW. Let's ignore him. It'll drive him mad.

But what will he do if he really gets mad? Nuke some unsuspecting small country? People are humoring him for this reason. He is erratic and violent and has no boundaries.

This rehash of the COVID pandemic and the attempted crucifixion of Fauci is just a feeble attempt at distraction from today’s reality of unaffordable everything. Focus on the thrashing about of the MAGA party now. They don’t have solutions. I can only hope I’m seeing them in their death throes.

And also Musk and Kennedy. All of the conspiracy people who go on and on about Fauci & Bill Gates just produce cricket noises when the REAL monsters are mentioned... Makes you wonder how many of them are in on something...

That is true regarding the electoral situation, but it is disturbing that the GOP is still going hysterical over lab-leak and anti-vaccine conspiracy theories. Anti-vaccine conspiracy theories kill people, and anti-science madness is being used to justify defunding scientific research in the US.

I almost feel, though, it serves to remind people how much life under COVID sucked -- and that it was Donald Trump who was president when it happened.

trump also downplayed it for months in the earliest stages when some of its effects could have been minimized. Despite Operation Warp Speed his rhetoric continued to downplay its severity and his rhetoric also promoted anti-vax notions.

It'll backfire .. especially on unhinged Rand Paul who has often faced accusations of political grandstanding from both Democrats & RepubliCons for high-profile clashes during congressional hearings & lengthy floor speeches = designed more for media attention & fundraising than legislative progress.