Rand Paul Rips Fauci for Flip-Flopping on Reopening Schools: He Believes ‘that We Should Submit’

[Clip starts Carlson It ░░░░░░░░ been confirmed tonight the ░░░░░░░░ have admitted it 60 ░░░░░░░░ American children languishing in ░░░░░░░░ rooms since spring sitting ░░░░░░░░ front of spring learning ░░░░░░░░ no isolated from human ░░░░░░░░ and in many cases ░░░░░░░░ to mental illness we ░░░░░░░░ now report there was ░░░░░░░░ reason for any of ░░░░░░░░ Clip ends Smith That ░░░░░░░░ Tucker Carlson on his ░░░░░░░░ last night after Dr ░░░░░░░░ Fauci who earlier in ░░░░░░░░ pandemic urged schools to ░░░░░░░░ closed changed his position ░░░░░░░░ the situation Kentucky senator ░░░░░░░░ Paul is now calling ░░░░░░░░ Fauci to apologize to ░░░░░░░░ single parent and school ░░░░░░░░ child in America Let ░░░░░░░░ bring in Senator Paul ░░░░░░░░ of the Health Education ░░░░░░░░ and Pensions Committee he ░░░░░░░░ us now Senator good ░░░░░░░░ to you So what ░░░░░░░░ it exactly that you ░░░░░░░░ to hear from Dr ░░░░░░░░ Paul Well I think ░░░░░░░░ illustrates the danger of ░░░░░░░░ power and decision making ░░░░░░░░ one person or in ░░░░░░░░ because when one person ░░░░░░░░ so wrong as Dr ░░░░░░░░ has been it has ░░░░░░░░ effects for millions of ░░░░░░░░ children The evidence has ░░░░░░░░ clear for six months ░░░░░░░░ from entire countries in ░░░░░░░░ and Asia that schools ░░░░░░░░ t lead to a ░░░░░░░░ that kids are poor ░░░░░░░░ of this Country wide ░░░░░░░░ were showing this six ░░░░░░░░ ago and he wouldn ░░░░░░░░ listen And I tried ░░░░░░░░ convince him of this ░░░░░░░░ now he sort of ░░░░░░░░ says Oh we ll ░░░░░░░░ kids go to schools ░░░░░░░░ ll just close the ░░░░░░░░ Well we should also ░░░░░░░░ at the evidence on ░░░░░░░░ Do lockdowns prevent the ░░░░░░░░ of this Right now ░░░░░░░░ have more mandates and ░░░░░░░░ lockdowns than we ve ░░░░░░░░ and yet the incidence ░░░░░░░░ Covid is rising exponentially ░░░░░░░░ may argue that none ░░░░░░░░ the things we re ░░░░░░░░ are working and we ░░░░░░░░ least ought to be ░░░░░░░░ and assess it from ░░░░░░░░ honest perspective not a ░░░░░░░░ one Smith You use ░░░░░░░░ words you tried to ░░░░░░░░ Dr Fauci back in ░░░░░░░░ This is an exchange ░░░░░░░░ him on the schools ░░░░░░░░ again were shut at ░░░░░░░░ time Listen Clip starts ░░░░░░░░ All of this body ░░░░░░░░ evidence about schools around ░░░░░░░░ world shows there is ░░░░░░░░ surge All of the ░░░░░░░░ shows that it s ░░░░░░░░ I hear nothing of ░░░░░░░░ coming from you All ░░░░░░░░ hear Dr Fauci is ░░░░░░░░ can t do this ░░░░░░░░ can t do that ░░░░░░░░ ends Smith Did you ░░░░░░░░ the sense then that ░░░░░░░░ wasn t listening that ░░░░░░░░ had some other reason ░░░░░░░░ he wanted the schools ░░░░░░░░ remain closed What are ░░░░░░░░ suggesting or can you ░░░░░░░░ he make the case ░░░░░░░░ more data points were ░░░░░░░░ to come to this ░░░░░░░░ or months of studying ░░░░░░░░ observing kids in the ░░░░░░░░ Paul You know we ░░░░░░░░ through a two hour ░░░░░░░░ back in June We ░░░░░░░░ been through several of ░░░░░░░░ And not one person ░░░░░░░░ up from the so ░░░░░░░░ experts that the mortality ░░░░░░░░ among children was about ░░░░░░░░ in a million So ░░░░░░░░ brought this up with ░░░░░░░░ Fauci and immediately his ░░░░░░░░ response was What about ░░░░░░░░ Disease Well Kawasaki Disease ░░░░░░░░ a rare rare complication ░░░░░░░░ viral illness and yes ░░░░░░░░ does exist and it ░░░░░░░░ not to discount it ░░░░░░░░ your child gets it ░░░░░░░░ we shouldn t be ░░░░░░░░ schools because of it ░░░░░░░░ we get it every ░░░░░░░░ and it s very ░░░░░░░░ rare But he wasn ░░░░░░░░ really listening and I ░░░░░░░░ the reason is that ░░░░░░░░ Dr Fauci I think ░░░░░░░░ belief that we should ░░░░░░░░ that we re all ░░░░░░░░ of the hive we ░░░░░░░░ all members of the ░░░░░░░░ that submission is more ░░░░░░░░ than the facts For ░░░░░░░░ in the spring he ░░░░░░░░ masks don t matter ░░░░░░░░ don t work New ░░░░░░░░ Journal of Medicine also ░░░░░░░░ in their editorial that ░░░░░░░░ re basically a talisman ░░░░░░░░ they don t work ░░░░░░░░ of the hospital setting ░░░░░░░░ then they changed their ░░░░░░░░ over time but they ░░░░░░░░ not really looking at ░░░░░░░░ We have mask mandates ░░░░░░░░ dozens and dozens of ░░░░░░░░ and countries and every ░░░░░░░░ fail every time we ░░░░░░░░ instituted a mandate the ░░░░░░░░ incidence of the disease ░░░░░░░░ risen So there is ░░░░░░░░ evidence that these mandates ░░░░░░░░ working and we re ░░░░░░░░ the economy So maybe ░░░░░░░░ ought to reassess what ░░░░░░░░ re doing.”