Dr. Anthony Fauci demanded that Americans obey his directives. Now that Congress is demanding answers from him, he is pleading the Fifth Amendment.
On a recent episode of At the Core, I covered Fauci’s appearance before Senator Rand Paul’s committee. He refused to answer question after question – even declining to explain what the Fifth Amendment says.
The irony is hard to miss.
During the COVID era, Fauci expected Americans to submit to lockdowns, masks, social distancing, and vaccine mandates. Businesses were destroyed. Churches were closed. Families were isolated from dying loved ones. People lost their jobs, and members of our military were dishonorably discharged for refusing a shot.
Now, Fauci is invoking the constitutional rights he was unwilling to respect when Americans were making decisions about their own lives, families, and health.
The damage done during COVID cannot simply be swept under the rug. At a minimum, the officials responsible owe the American people honesty, accountability, and a public admission of wrongdoing.
Instead, Fauci wrote a book, appeared on television, profited at the expense of American citizens, and now refuses to answer to the elected representatives of the people.
COVID exposed what happens when fear replaces freedom, and government officials believe they are above the people they serve. Americans sacrificed too much to simply move on without answers. Accountability isn’t about revenge – it’s about ensuring no unelected bureaucrat ever again has the power to shut down churches, destroy livelihoods, silence dissent, and then refuse to answer for it when the American people demand – and deserve – the truth.
Listen to the full episode here.
Sincerely,
