# Why is #FauciLied trending? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [January 11, 2022, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-faucilied-trending/957602 "2022-01-11T18:50:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-faucilied-trending/957602/1 "2022-01-11T18:50:35Z")
Not up-to-date on the latest, but this is trending? I hear he is before the US Congress today. Has something come out, stuff which a reasonable person would find problematic or is it more half truths, insinuations and straight up lies that anti vaxxers have been peddling. ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-faucilied-trending/957602/2 "2022-01-11T19:08:35Z")
All I’m aware of is he and Paul are fighting again. Basically, if you already believed he was lying you will still believe that, if you didn’t you won’t…nothing new has been discovered or found or whatever, at least I haven’t heard anything. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-faucilied-trending/957602/3 "2022-01-11T19:52:14Z")
It’s probably this: > **[BREAKING NEWS: GOP Oversight Cmte Releases Emails Showing Fauci CONCEALED Lab...](https://www.yahoo.com/news/breaking-news-gop-oversight-cmte-161200836.html)** > > Ryan Grim and Emily Jashinsky discuss a breaking announcement from Congressional Republicans About Rising: Rising is a weekday morning show with bipartisan hosts that breaks the mold of morning TV by taking viewers inside the halls of Washington... ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-faucilied-trending/957602/4 "2022-01-11T19:54:43Z")
Because this is more political in nature than discussing the factual information pertaining to COVID, let’s move this to P&E. ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-faucilied-trending/957602/5 "2022-01-11T20:02:05Z")
Paul is a moron. ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-faucilied-trending/957602/6 "2022-01-11T21:59:42Z")
Roger Marshall, [according to Fauci](https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/589249-hot-mic-catches-fauci-calling-gop-senator-a-moron). ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-faucilied-trending/957602/7 "2022-01-11T22:06:11Z")
> [@AK84](#): > > I hear he is before the US Congress today. Has something come out, stuff which a reasonable person would find problematic… So you knew where to look. In terms of your question above, what do you think is likely? Eh? ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-faucilied-trending/957602/8 "2022-01-11T22:09:31Z")
> [@AK84](#): > > or is it more half truths, insinuations and straight up lies that anti vaxxers have been peddling. Come on, you know you know the answer to this. What other answer could there be at this point? The anti-vaxxers are so invested in trying to justify their mess that they’ll lie about anything at this point. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-faucilied-trending/957602/9 "2022-01-11T22:16:46Z")
I’m not going to watch a video, but below the video, on a “Hey, click on this to see another video”, you get > [@](#): > > **Ryan & Emily: Docs from new Project Veritas #exposeFauci lab leak report FALL APART on inspection** Project Veritas. All you need to know. There’s lies, damned lies, and statistics. Then there’s Project Veritas. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-faucilied-trending/957602/10 "2022-01-11T22:21:16Z")
> [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](#): > > I’m not going to watch a video, but below the video, on a “Hey, click on this to see another video”, you get I watched the first few minutes of it. Two people reading a letter from a third party describing what they say the emails “may” reveal about how Fauci responded to speculations that the virus might have escaped from a lab. That’s so many levels of “if/maybe/might/possibly” deep it’s essentially useless. If this really were a smoking gun, why not just show the emails? Why are we three levels deep on “analysis”? They might as well just cite a friend of a friend and be done with it. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-faucilied-trending/957602/11 "2022-01-11T22:28:41Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > I watched the first few minutes of it. Two people reading a letter from a third party describing what they say the emails “may” reveal about how Fauci responded to speculations that the virus might have escaped from a lab. Still not going to watch a video. From the description of the video,… > [@](#): > > About Rising: Rising is a weekday morning show with bipartisan hosts that breaks the mold of morning TV by taking viewers inside the halls of Washington power like never before. The show leans into the day’s political cycle with cutting edge analysis from DC insiders who can predict what is going to happen. It also sets the day’s political agenda by breaking exclusive news with a team of scoop-driven reporters and demanding answers during interviews with the country’s most important political newsmakers. Follow Rising on social media: Website: [Hill.TV](http://Hill.TV) Facebook: [HILL TV](http://facebook.com/HillTVLive/) Instagram: @HillTVLive Twitter: @HillTVLive No mention whatsoever about a network. In other words, they exist solely on social media. If they were real journalists, they would be on a real network or news source. Don’t know if they’re biased; don’t care. The most generous reading of that description combined with Horatius’ noble sacrifice of actually watching some of the video tells me that they’re either partisan hacks, or they’re wanna be sensationalists. ---
**Author:** ![MikeF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-faucilied-trending/957602/12 "2022-01-11T23:30:19Z")
WTF is wrong with Rand Paul? Really. Is there anyone on the Dope who is willing to defend him or his behavior? Also, I still don’t know why the mics of the person who is not supposed to be talking aren’t cut off. Fauci rarely interrupts and Paul can’t keep his lying mouth shut. Fauci did pull of a good one showing Paul’s web page asking for money while calling for Fauci to be fired. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2022, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-faucilied-trending/957602/13 "2022-01-11T23:43:43Z")
I can understand people rightly being disgusted with Paul. But he didn’t just stroll in there, the majority of voters in Kentucky want him there. What a country. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2022, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-faucilied-trending/957602/14 "2022-01-12T01:21:21Z")
> [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](#): > > Still not going to watch a video. You definitely didn’t miss anything. My big take-away was a resurgence of my strong preference for reading things myself, not listening to other people read for me. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2022, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-faucilied-trending/957602/15 "2022-01-12T04:34:52Z")
That’s putting it mildly, double-o-seven. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2022, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-faucilied-trending/957602/16 "2022-01-12T05:00:03Z")
It’s not about reality it’s about extreme longing. The crazies desperately, _desperately_ want Fauci to have lied. About something. Anything. Because they are simpletons who personify everything and Fauci is their personification of COVID. And if he lied then COVID doesn’t exist. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2022, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-faucilied-trending/957602/17 "2022-01-12T05:20:21Z")
Which is really funny, given that their hero, the tan-in-a-can loser, publicly stated not only that he had it, but he got treated for it, that he was vaccinated for it, and that people should get vaccinated for it. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2022, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-faucilied-trending/957602/18 "2022-01-12T05:30:12Z")
Actually I was being flippant and I suppose their logic may be more “if he lied then everything we have been told about COVID is wrong” ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2022, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-faucilied-trending/957602/19 "2022-01-12T06:38:08Z")
Which is strange, since Fauci did lie. About masks. Which admittedly was more a case of pious perjury, to save what was then a precious resource for healthcare workers, but surely if you want to “get Fauci” for some reason then there are much more fruitful lines of attack then “Fauci funded Chinese labs where fake Covid was created” since he wanted to I dunno, destroy the economy? When the history of the pandemic is written, Fauci will if anything be criticized more for _understating dangers_ then the opposite as these guys ads suggesting. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2022, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-faucilied-trending/957602/20 "2022-01-12T07:25:01Z")
> [@AK84](#): > > Which is strange, since Fauci did lie. Cite? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-faucilied-trending/957602.md?page=2)