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Rachel from Monterey, California writes:

Last week, Senator Rand Paul held a hearing aimed squarely at attacking Dr. Anthony Fauci, essentially a physician with a long record of controversial claims going after one of the world’s foremost experts on infectious diseases. Senator Hawley jumped in as well, trying to score points while Dr. Fauci invoked the Fifth Amendment in response to nearly every question. At one point they even removed Fauci’s attorney from the room, which struck me as completely outrageous.

The core issue, of course, is whether the NIH funded research in China that could have contributed to the COVID outbreak. But what stood out just as much was how intensely politicized the entire hearing became. It raises the question: are Republicans planning to use this spectacle as a campaign tool in November? If so, what talking points might they lean on? And if they do weaponize this, how should Democrats respond? 

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