Ted Cruz Responds to ‘Unelected Technocrat’ Dr. Fauci’s Attacks During CBS Interview, Lays Out ‘The Facts’

U.S. Sen Ted Cruz (R-TX) has responded to attacks from NIAID director and chief medical advisor to the president Dr. Anthony Fauci.

Fauci brought up Jan. 6 and laughed in an interview that aired today on CBS’ “Face the Nation” when asked about Cruz previously suggesting that he should be “prosecuted.”

Additionally, taking a cue from interviewer Margaret Brennan, Fauci attacked Republicans who have criticized him, accusing them of being “anti-science” and using him as a “scapegoat.”

Cruz tweeted out in response, “Fauci is an unelected technocrat who has distorted science and facts in order to exercise authoritarian control over millions of Americans.”

“He lives in a liberal world where his smug ‘I REPRESENT science’ attitude is praised,” Cruz insisted and added, “Here are the facts:”

(1) On May 11, Fauci testified before a Senate Committee that “the NIH has not ever and does not now fund gain-of-function research in the Wuhan Institute of Virology.”

(2) On October 20, NIH wrote they funded an experiment at the Wuhan lab testing if “spike proteins from naturally occurring bat coronaviruses circulating in China were capable of binding to the human ACE2 receptor in a mouse model.” That is gain of function research.

(3) Fauci’s statement and the NIH’s October 20 letter cannot both be true. The statements are directly contradictory.

(4) 18 USC 1001 makes it felony, punishable by up to 5 years in prison, to lie to Congress.

Cruz explained, “No amount of ad hominem insults parroting Democrat talking points will get Fauci out of this contradiction.”

“Fauci either needs to address the substance—in detail, with specific factual corroboration—or DOJ should consider prosecuting him for making false statements to Congress,” Cruz concluded, ignoring the Jan. 6 swipe that Fauci took at him.

Fauci is an unelected technocrat who has distorted science and facts in order to exercise authoritarian control over millions of Americans.

He lives in a liberal world where his smug “I REPRESENT science” attitude is praised.

Here are the facts:

— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) November 28, 2021

(2) On October 20, NIH wrote they funded an experiment at the Wuhan lab testing if “spike proteins from naturally occurring bat coronaviruses circulating in China were capable of binding to the human ACE2 receptor in a mouse model.” That is gain of function research.

— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) November 28, 2021

No amount of ad hominem insults parroting Democrat talking points will get Fauci out of this contradiction.

Fauci either needs to address the substance—in detail, with specific factual corroboration—or DOJ should consider prosecuting him for making false statements to Congress.

— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) November 28, 2021