Raskin slams Republicans for ‘bowing to convicted felon’ Trump who advised People to inject bleach for Covid

Democratic Consultant Jamie Raskin has slammed Republicans for “bowing to convicted felon” Donald Trump after he advised People to inject bleach to treatment Covid-19 on the peak of the pandemic.

Dr Anthony Fauci was referred to as to testify earlier than the Home Choose Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic’s listening to on Monday, as Home Republicans have sought to scrutinize his position as one of many chief faces of the federal authorities’s response to the pandemic.

Republicans have additionally baselessly floated the concept the Nationwide Institute of Allergy and Infectious Illnesses funded so-called gain-of-function analysis that led to the unfold of Covid-19.

The subcommittee falls below the jurisdiction of the Home Oversight and Accountability Committee, which meant that Raskin, the highest Democrat, was allowed to talk in the beginning of the listening to.

Raskin immediately defended Dr Fauci from accusations that he had orchestrated the proliferation of Covid-19 whereas additionally attacking former president Trump and Republicans who bended to his will.

Raskin mentioned that the listening to was meant to divert consideration from the Trump administration’s failures to save lots of lives and in contrast it to the failure of the Oversight Committee to seek out wrongdoing by President Joe Biden throughout its bungled impeachment inquiry.

“The investigation of Dr Fauci exhibits he’s an honorable public servant who has devoted his whole profession to the general public well being and the general public curiosity and he’s not a comic book guide tremendous villain,” he mentioned.

“He didn’t fund analysis to create the Covid-19 pandemic. He didn’t deceive Congress about gain-of-function analysis in Wuhan. And he didn’t set up a lab leak suppression marketing campaign.”

Raskin additionally referenced the truth that Dr Fauci had testified earlier than the committee behind closed doorways again in January and took goal at Trump’s now-infamous suggestion that People inject bleach.

“Right now Dr Fauci’s testimony, together with the 1000’s of pages of paperwork and dozens of closed-door testimony supplied to Home Republicans as a part of the Covid origins investigation will dispel these hysterical claims and reveal that the individuals bowing all the way down to a twice-impeached convicted felon who advised People to inject themselves with bleach now need you to imagine not solely a giant political lie however a giant medical lie too,” he mentioned.

Raskin later added: “They’re treating you, Dr Fauci, like a convicted felon.

“Truly, you most likely want they had been treating you want a convicted felon. They deal with convicted felons with love and admiration. A few of them blindly worship convicted felons.”

Quite a few Democrats – together with Consultant Kathy Castor of Florida and rating Democrat Raul Ruiz – have additionally leaped to defend Dr Fauci.