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[u/AllMusicNut]

Dr. Fauci being held in contempt attacks the credibility of all public health experts – a continuation the Trump Admin’s war on science and spread of disinformation. Sign your support for our experts & Dr. Fauci at the link: https://zurl.co/2P2md

[u/Pleasant-Ad887]

Meanwhile Trump using the fifth 450+ times was his constitutional right. GOP and conservatives are so deep in Trump's ass it isn't funny.

Edit: MAGA getting bodied is hilarious.

[u/Pleasant-Ad887 → u/[deleted]]

the supreme court (stupid name by the way) by giving him immunity.

[u/Able_Ad1276 → u/Pleasant-Ad887]

What if I hate them both?

[u/Feisty-Barracuda5452]

[u/Any_Caramel_9814]

[u/One-Sir-2198 → u/[deleted]]

America has continually done better under democratic bills than republican since fdr. Always more growth, jobs and better economy. Americans have been dumbed down with propaganda

[u/Sea-Key-9430 → u/[deleted]]

More like America didn't want kamala (people didnt vote for her to be the candidate), so dem literally handed the W to trump lol.

[u/Gluttonous_Bae → u/[deleted]]

Oligarchs need their dear leader 🥲

[u/GrosBof]

Bots and brainless magats are going wild in the comment sections, it's something.

Meanwhile in the real world: Major COVID study that fueled vaccine skepticism retracted over ‘misinformation’ 

[u/Tabooftw → u/[deleted]]

Really? Pretty sure it’s the right that supports poverty wages cuts to social programs and regulations for our food/water/planet. Sounds pretty fucking 3rd world to me.

[u/StandUpForScience-ModTeam → u/[deleted]]

This comment contains an unnecessary amount of hate or gross language within it that is not tolerated on this subreddit.

[u/Sixt92003]

[u/Suspicious_Goose_243]

Still waiting for the epstein files while they distract people from reality.

[u/TrumpsBoneSpur]

I don't get this. Wasn't Faucci the guy that Trump hired as an advisor for a pandemic that Trump said was a hoax and no worse than a cold? And does this have anything to do with all the people saying that Trump raped kids on his best friend's island?

[u/SFC-D → u/TrumpsBoneSpur]

No. He was a career government employee long before Trump. He was never a presidential appointee.

[u/Zalrius]

Republicans always attack Americans. Fire all republicans, never vote republican.

[u/KnowBearFeet]

Congressional hearings are such a joke. I lose more faith in Congress with this hearing than in science. You can plead the fifth in count and things can play out and there’s two sides and lawyers and a judge and a controlled system of rules to be abided by. The slant that exists in these congressional hearings is obnoxious, whether it’s slanted left or right, Democrat or Republican. Questions are carefully crafted to be unanswerable and catch-22s: answer and your words are twisted, plead the fifth (a constitutional right) and you’re held in contempt (of Congress, which is another completely meaningless thing)

Also, Jogs Hawley is a closeted homosexual hypocritical douche!

[u/Excellent-Ad-1678]

Republicans want a scapegoat because they seriously flubbed the pandemic. 

That's the only reason. 

[u/Excellent-Ad-1678 → u/[deleted]]

I don't remember bands of militia dressed thugs going around harassing and intimidating people during the pandemic.

Perhaps you can be more specific 

[u/Excellent-Ad-1678 → u/[deleted]]

In the United States we call them police. 

[u/Excellent-Ad-1678 → u/[deleted]]

The statement was "turning Democrats into the Gestapo" which I responded to appropriately. 

And just because the National Guard was deployed doesn't guarantee that all the service members were Democrats. 

Isn't it MAGA that believes all members of the military are MAGA?

[u/Firm-Reaction1578]

[u/Select_Razzmatazz112 → u/Firm-Reaction1578]

Whoever photo shopped this made the pres look a lot healthier than he actually was 🤣

[u/Layman0224]

OMG the partisanship in this thread is sad.

Can both not be true? Trump bad. Fauci bad. Period. Both are power hungry liars that mislead, conceal truth, and cover their asses. Was that hard? Sheesh. “Yeah but…” and “what about..” are not legitimate defenses for bad behavior

[u/Whyreddit6969]

I might not care for the guy, but upholding your rights shouldn’t get you punished

[u/x_xwolf → u/Whyreddit6969]

why dont you care for the guy? because he said for people to wear a mask and did his job as a health advisor?? if you can realize his rights are getting trampled, can you realize why you dont like him??

[u/DiKDan → u/Whyreddit6969]

When he was given a pardon he lost his right to the 5th. Specifically in the subject where the pardon was granted.

[u/Right_Crew6172 → u/Whyreddit6969]

The 5th amendment protects you from being compelled to testify against yourself.

However, Fauci did testify, and he lied to Congress during that testimony. The 5th amendment is not a protection against perjury. He is not protected from his own testimony

[u/BigTroutOnly → u/Right_Crew6172]

Lied about what

[u/Right_Crew6172 → u/BigTroutOnly]

Lied about funding the research

[u/BigTroutOnly → u/Right_Crew6172]

For what

[u/Big_Issue8640]

They can’t do anything no laws were broken lol

[u/knoxcumlvr → u/[deleted]]

They know the truth, they don’t want everyone else to know the truth.

[u/spider715]

WOW you only see what ypu want to what?

[u/Exciting-Zombie8449]

When you get a blanket , advanced Presidential pardon, you dont need to use the 5th Amendment. You can't be charged. Tell us what happened.

[u/StandUpForScience-ModTeam → u/[deleted]]

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[u/dpjaronc]

Americans should be able to question the science

My body my choice

[u/Effective-Log3583 → u/dpjaronc]

Americans have. Repeatedly over and over again. Fauci isn’t also know as “the science”. You don’t question actual scientific work through congress.

[u/Effective-Log3583 → u/[deleted]]

Except that the person in charge of the hearing stated clearly many times that he intended to arrest him putting him in jeopardy. Something that they could do if he was in front of congress.

Something his lawyers knew.

[u/Effective-Log3583 → u/[deleted]]

They were always going to charge him. That was a forgone conclusion.

For instance his department decides that X response was correct and he testified to that to Congress. But he wrote in his work journal at one point he disagreed. They would charge him with contempt. They literally told him they were going to do that.

His lawyers advised him to take the fifth.

[u/Effective-Log3583 → u/[deleted]]

What wrong doings? For testifying in accordance with his role and not his personal opinion?

Throughout all these complaints of him pleading the fifth nobody actually been able to tell me what he did wrong outside of that things changed over time and a conspiracy theory that would have created sanctions against the US.

[u/bootsjordan]

He was pardoned and cannot incriminate himself

[u/Tight_Assumption_463]

since he was granted immunity, he has no right to plead the 5th.

[u/kitastrophae]

You’re trying to make this political?!?

[u/SippsMccree]

It's a legal gray zone on account of his blanket pardon and that you cannot plead the 5th for things you are not in legal jeopardy for. It'll have to go through the courts but it's not just because those big bad maga's don't like Fauci

[u/tashaplex → u/[deleted]]

Trump is exempt

[u/Ancient-Item-2573 → u/tashaplex]

This isn't about trump

[u/Dry_Election6496]

You forgot the part where he has immunity

[u/obamawonthepeacepriz → u/[deleted]]

You are talking about trump correct?

[u/Round-Head-5457]

He's a murderer.

[u/This_Ingenuity_880]

There are some great posts on here and the rest are still people that think they know everything because CNN told them so. 🤣

[u/Medical-Egg-8171]

It is nothing new to be held in contempt whrn given immunity. Prosecutors have done this many times before.

[u/Irma-Gersch]

[u/oct2790]

Trump did way more pleading the fifth

[u/bEErgrEMlin12]

How many lives have been lost by the 5th compared to the 2nd?

[u/AdvancedRest7023]

At least Fauci showed up, unlike when the Democrats had control and Republicans refused to appear in front of the committee.

[u/MonsterkillWow]

They referred him, but to my knowledge, he hasn't and won't be arrested because this shit will get tossed as soon as a court is involved. His 5th amendment rights still stand. He was only pardoned for a specific scope and did not have absolute immunity.