WASHINGTON — Dr. Anthony Fauci said Sen. Rand Paul’s attacks on his response to the coronavirus pandemic were meant to raise money for the Kentuckian’s reelection campaign, as the two clashed again during a Senate committee hearing Tuesday.
Holding up a printout of a page on Paul’s political website that reads “Fire Dr. Fauci,” the chief medical adviser to President Joe Biden noted, “There’s a little box that says, ‘Contribute here.’ You can do $5, $10, $20, $100. So you are making a catastrophic epidemic for your political gain.”
Paul responded that it was Fauci who was playing politics by seeking retribution against those in the medical field who have disagreed with his pronouncements on COVID-19.
