Posted on 06/08/2021 9:00:12 PM PDT by conservative98
A February 2020 statement signed by more than two dozen scientists that claimed the coronavirus naturally jumped from humans to animals was “orchestrated” to hurt then-President Donald Trump politically, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) charged Tuesday night.
“This is the Russia dossier all over again,” Graham told Fox News’ “Hannity.” “This stinks to high heaven. This is lab-gate, China-gate, call it whatever you want to call it.”
Graham was referring to a message published in the British medical journal The Lancet that dismissed the theory that the virus accidentally leaked out of a virology lab in Wuhan, China.
“We stand together to strongly condemn conspiracy theories suggesting that COVID-19 does not have a natural origin … Conspiracy theories do nothing but create fear, rumors, and prejudice that jeopardize our global collaboration in the fight against this virus,” read the statement, which was signed by 27 scientists.
Graham described the message as “political document shaming” Trump, Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) and others who espoused the so-called “lab leak theory” early in the pandemic.
“The media took it and ran, and it changed the course of the election,” Graham told host Sean Hannity. “Why? Because number one, the scientists are tied to this lab. They were covering their ass. They put out a letter not based on science, but a political document trying to destroy the credibility of people who suggested it came out of a lab.”
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Lindsey Graham interview on Fox News on Sean Hannity Tonight 6/8/21 | June 8,21
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZu7WPOR5Nc
“Political Medicine”
The Democrats and the Chinese were working together.
A bit late to the party...
THIS STUNK TO HIGH HEAVEN...FLASHBACK TO LINDSEY MARGINALIZINGTRUMP AND PRAISING FAUCI:
In Break With Trump, Sen. Lindsey Graham Praises Dr. Anthony Fauci
"I have all the respect in the world for Dr. Fauci," Graham, a vocal ally of the president, said during a news conference. "I think any effort to undermine him is not going to be productive, quite frankly."
The senator's comments join a chorus of notable figures who have spoken in defense of Fauci, including Harvard's Public Health Institute director Dr. Ashish Jha, actress Mia Farrow and presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, whose campaign called the administration’s recent attacks on Fauci a "disgusting attempt to pass the buck."
The Washington Post reported Saturday that the White House is blocking press appearances by Fauci, whose sober, science-based take on the surge in Covid-19 cases across the nation puts him in opposition to Trump's overt optimism and desire to move on to reopening the economy, with several media outlets receiving a "lengthy" list from the White House of “wrong” comments made by Fauci that the New York Times characterized as "opposition research."
Admiral Brett Giroir, who oversees the federal coronavirus testing effort, said on Sunday that "Dr. Fauci is not 100% right" and implied he doesn't consider factors like economic impact in his comments, saying, "He looks at it from a very narrow public health point of view."
Last week, after Fauci remarked that the current state of the pandemic is "really not good" with new daily case records, President Trump pushed back, saying, "I think we are in a good place … I disagree with him."
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Yes! You got it!
Thanks
He knows EXACTLY which quarter the wind is coming from at all times.
Skeptics that the Russian collusion delusion was a Democrat dirty trick were covering their ass, too.
Flimsey Grahamnesty, I’m looking at you.
Skeptics???
They were deniers and some of them like Fauci were complicit in its development.
Great recollection!
He helped push the Russian collusion delusion along, going so far as to threaten President Trump about doing anything about it.
He thinks we are stupid.
He has good reason to after being re-elected twice after THREE amnesty votes.
He KNOWS he has been voting for a permanent Democrat majority since he became a Senator.
The people of South Carolina apparently don’t.
“It change the election!”
Not only did Lindsey ignore Trump’s warning, he shamed Trump. It changed the election. Because Lindsey was worried about his own ass.
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