WSJ editorial board rips Dems, media for protecting Fauci in midst of ‘gain of function’ research lies
July 26, 2021 | Jon Dougherty
The editorial board of The Wall Street Journal took Democrats and the left-leaning media to task over their refusal to address “gain of function” research of the kind being performed at a Chinese lab where some theorize the COVID-19 virus escaped and which was funded, in part, with money from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases run by Dr. Anthony Fauci for decades.
The board accused the media overall of “groupthink” by ignoring the issue because it may give “the populist right” led by politicians like Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) political ammunition in their quest to potentially hold U.S. officials like Fauci accountable.
The editorial comes on the heels of another tense back-and-forth between Fauci and Paul during the former’s testimony before the Senate last week in which the libertarian-leaning Kentucky Republican accused Fauci of lying to lawmakers during previous sessions when he testified that neither he nor his agency had ever funded gain-of-function research.
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