Sen.Ron Johnson, R-Wis., gave the latest update on what he described as an effort to hold Dr.
Anthony Fauci "accountable" for his controversial handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and detailed his new filibuster strategy for the Senate in a new interview with the "Ruthless" podcast."I think our response to COVID was a miserably failed response, freedom robbing," Johnson said in an exclusive interview released Tuesday morning."It didn't work.
I mean, it simply didn't work.And the fact that Fauci has skated now for six years without accountability, this begins that accountability." In his role as chair of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Johnson authored a report alleging the Biden administration misled the American public during the pandemic. Sen.
Ron Johnson, R-Wis., appeared on the "Ruthless" podcast.(Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)IOWA GUBERNATORIAL HOPEFUL ZACH LAHN TELLS 'RUTHLESS' DEMOCRATS ARE HIDING THEIR BAD POLICIESThe interview took place just days after the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, led by Sen.
Rand Paul, R-Ky., released Fauci’s daily journal entries.In the journal, Fauci chronicles his rapid rise to celebrity status, interactions with the Trump and Biden teams as they grappled with the pandemic, and his thoughts on the virus' origins, which remains a point of dispute. Fauci will testify in a Senate Homeland Security hearing on Wednesday. Fauci's handling of the pandemic, his guidance on public health measures and lockdowns, his views on what started the virus, and the U.S.' alleged ties to the Chinese lab thought by some to be the cause of the crisis, have been major points of contention for Republicans. As director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), Fauci served on the COVID task forces under Presidents Donald Trump and Joe Biden, and he was the latter's chief medical advisor until stepping down in 2022."I appreciate Chairman Paul calling...