Posted on 05/01/2022 10:57:18 AM PDT by RandFan
The Kentucky senator Rand Paul promised on Saturday to wage a vigorous review into the origins of the coronavirus if Republicans retake the Senate and he lands a committee chairmanship.
Speaking to supporters at a campaign rally, the senator denounced what he sees as government overreach in response to Covid-19. He applauded a recent judge’s order that voided the federal mask mandate on planes and trains and in travel hubs.
“Last week I was on an airplane for the first time in two years and didn’t have to wear a mask,” he said, drawing cheers. “And you know what I saw in the airport? I saw at least 97% of the other free individuals not wearing masks.”
Paul has clashed repeatedly with Dr Anthony Fauci, the top US infectious disease expert, over government policies and the origins of the virus.
Paul, who is seeking a third term, said he was in line to assume a committee chairmanship if the GOP wins Senate control. The Senate has a 50-50 split, with the vice-president, Kamala Harris, the tie-breaking vote.
“When we take over in November, I will be chairman of a committee and I will have subpoena power,” Paul said. “And we will get to the bottom of where this virus came from.”
The senator, an ophthalmologist before politics, continued to offer his theory about the origins of the virus.
“If you look at the evidence, overwhelmingly, not 100%, but overwhelmingly the evidence points to this virus being a leak from a lab,” Paul said.
Many US conservatives have accused Chinese scientists of developing Covid-19 in a lab and allowing it to leak.
US intelligence agencies remain divided on the origins of the coronavirus but believe China did not know about the virus before the start of the global pandemic
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Assume for argument’s sake that the evidence is rock solid.
No doubt half of the country would persist in claiming the opposite of the truth.
I’ve seen this phenomenon a few times when it comes to what a law actually says, and what the government people, Congress in particular (and of course the press) flat out lie what it says. And sometimes the vast majority, 90+%, go right along as though the lie was the truth.
Take the virus origin question a step further. Assume for argument’s sake that the evidence is rock solid. What will be done with that knowledge? What is the point? What is the plan, once a source is known? Badmouth the opponent? That’s it? Or is there more planned?
People are going to believe what they want. Still people believe Trump colluded with the Russians in the 2016 election, and that the Hunter Biden laptop from hell is a fake planted by Trump or Republicans. Flat earthers. What happens when a majority of the public is a flat earther?
Sure Rand, nod nod, wink wink.
Watch the water.
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