GOP Chairman Slams Greene for Refusing to Call Fauci ‘Doctor’

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) was reprimanded by Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio), chairman of the House Select Subcommittee on Oversight and Accountability on the Coronavirus Pandemic, for refusing to recognize Anthony Fauci as a doctor while questioning he.

Fauci, who became the face of the government’s response to COVID-19 while serving as head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, testified before the GOP-led committee on Monday for the first time since retiring.

During Greene’s turn to question him, the Georgia Republican refused to call Fauci “doctor” and instead referred to him as “Mr. Fauci.”

“Do you think this is appropriate? The American people deserve to be abused like this, Mr. Fauci, because you are not ‘Dr.’, you are ‘Mr. Fauci’ in my few minutes,” she said, before adding, “No, I don’t need your answer.”

She pressed him on schools requiring children to wear masks during the pandemic and on the 6-foot social distancing guidelines implemented in many public spaces to reduce the spread of COVID-19.

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) quickly objected, asking, “Just in terms of rules of decorum, can we deny that a doctor is a doctor just because we don’t want him to be a doctor?”

“Yes, because in my time that man didn’t deserve to have a license. In fact, it should be revoked and he belongs in prison,” Greene responded.

Wenstrup then reprimanded Greene, saying loudly that “the lady will suspend” and instructing her to recognize Fauci as a doctor.

Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) also said it was “unacceptable” for Greene not to address Fauci with the appropriate title.

“It is completely unacceptable to deny the title to Dr. Fauci, who is here, a respected member of the medical community. And this is actually a personal attack on his character,” he said.

This led Greene to say that Fauci was “not respected” and to double down on his conviction not to address Fauci as a doctor. Wenstrup then urged all committee members to adhere to the rules of decorum and to be “mindful of their observations.”

Greene concluded his interrogation by calling for criminal action against Fauci for “crimes against humanity.”

“Do you know what this committee should be doing? We should recommend that you be prosecuted. We should write a criminal complaint because you should be prosecuted for crimes against humanity. You belong in prison, Dr. Fauci,” Greene said, without giving Fauci time to respond.

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