"In a brief opening statement, Dr. Fauci noted that he had testified before Congress more than 200 times during the 38 years he ran the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, including during the Covid pandemic.

“Over that period, I proved that I believe in and respect the value of legitimate congressional oversight,” he said.

“However,” Dr. Fauci added, “given Senator Paul’s obvious obsession with calling for my prosecution, his repeated slanderous comments about me, and recently his publicly releasing my unredacted personal diary aimed at embarrassing and intimidating me, the only conclusion I can reach is that the sole reason he is calling me before this committee is to get me to say something that could vindicate his repeated public pledges that I end up, in his words, ‘behind bars.’” —New York Times

Such a polite way of saying what so many Americans are thinking. We know that Fauci was desperately trying to save lives during a terrifying pandemic. What exactly is Rand Paul trying to do?

As long as this blockbuster hearing is convened, maybe we could hear about some real issues:

Losing the Strait of Hormuz?
Tariffs?
Voter suppression?
Racism and sexism in the DOD?
ICE murders?

No? Nothing on those?