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Two Americas, under Fauci, with liberty and justice for none

conservativereview.com · 9d · first reportShare

“Two Americas” may be the most exhausted phrase in American political discourse. We have had two Americas divided by race, class, geography, religion, education, television network, and presidential preference. Now we have two Americas divided by Anthony Fauci. Six years after the pandemic began, America still cannot agree on what happened, who failed, or what accountability would require. In one, Fauci is a criminal who helped finance dangerous research, concealed what he knew about the origins of COVID-19, misled Congress, and used the authority of science to protect himself and the institutions he led from public scrutiny. That’s my America. I suspect it’s yours, too. In the other, Fauci is a secular saint: a brave physician who guided the nation through catastrophe while enduring abuse from Donald Trump, Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.), vaccine skeptics, and assorted right-wing maniacs like us. Fauci’s appearance before the Senate Homeland Security Committee on Wednesday did nothing to b