Rand Paul explains dust-up with Fauci at Senate coronavirus hearing: 'He's an extremely cautious person' | Fox News

Rand Paul explains dust-up with Fauci at Senate coronavirus hearing: 'He's an extremely cautious person' | Fox News

Rand Paul explains dust-up with Fauci at Senate coronavirus hearing: 'He's an extremely cautious person'
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., said his tense exchange with Dr. Anthony Fauci during a Senate hearing Tuesday on the U.S. response to the coronavirus outbreak was not personal but that the leading member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force is not all-knowing.

"I don't question Dr. Fauci’s motives," Paul told host Martha MacCallum on "The Story." "I think he's a good person, I think he wants what's best for the country, but he's an extremely cautious person.

“I don't think any of these experts are omniscient,” Paul continued. “I think they have a basis of knowledge but when you prognosticate about the future or advocate for things dramatic and drastic, like closing all the schools, you should look at all the information."

During Tuesday's hearing before the Senate Health Committee, Paul challenged Fauci and argued that his words were not the “end-all” when it came to the coronavirus pandemic. In one of the more tense moments of Tuesday’s hearing, Paul – the only U.S. senator to have had a confirmed case of COVID-19 – said the public health response to the pandemic has been riddled with “wrong prediction after wrong prediction” and that Fauci should not be the one making decisions on issues outside his purview. Click here for more.

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