What he’s saying: Paul has an “unhinged obsession with me,” and his motive for the hearing is to “get me to say something — anything — that could vindicate his repeated public pledges that I end up, in his words, quote, behind bars unquote,” Fauci said.

“Although it pains me to do so … under the advice of my attorneys, I will invoke my right under the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution to refrain from answering your questions,” Fauci said.

2:30 Fauci video [threads]

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    MAGA: “Why are we monitoring a problem we don’t have? Cancel that, and send the money to a Billionaire, preferably Me.”

    Program is cancelled, and the problem it was monitoring spreads to America, but we didn’t notice until it was too late, because nobody was monitoring it.

    MAGA: “Oh, that’s how that works. Well, it’s Biden’s fault. Or Obama’s. Or Hillary’s.”