What Do Republicans Want to ‘Prosecute Fauci’ for, Exactly? – By Bonnie Kristian (Reason) / Dec 16, 2022
Elon Musk reignited the GOP’s interest to bring charges against Anthony Fauci.
“My pronouns are Prosecute/Fauci,” Elon Musk tweeted early Sunday, launching a new round of condemnation from his progressive critics and glee from his growing base of right-wing fans. But Musk, while admittedly a skilled pot-stirrer, is little more than that where the substantive demand of the post is concerned: He can’t investigate—let alone prosecute—retiring National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases chief Anthony Fauci.
The Republican lawmakers who cheered his tweet, however, can do exactly that, particularly after the GOP regains control of the House in less than a month. Yet there’s a crucial piece missing in the vast majority of “prosecute Fauci” discourse, from legislators as much as from Musk: What, exactly, is the anticipated charge?
Reason reached out to the offices of six GOP lawmakers who had positively engaged with Musk’s post and/or previously expressed intent to investigate Fauci next year: Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and Reps. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.), Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), Ronny Jackson (R-Texas), and Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), the latter of whom is the embattled frontrunner to be the new House speaker. Are there specific charges, I asked, which the lawmakers expect to be brought against Fauci after a probe by Congress or some other investigatory body?
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