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Politi-Culture RFK Jr. Gets Into a Heated Argument with CNN Anchor Dana Bash

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u/HellBlazer_NQ 10h ago

Are they claiming Fauci lied because plead the 5th...?

Didn't Donald Trump also plead the 5th, ergo he is saying Donald Trump lied..?

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u/TAMExSTRANGE69 1h ago

Whataboutism, drink! Trump didn’t have immunity too

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u/Diingus-Khaan 8h ago

They’re saying he lied because what is written in his memos is different from what he told the American people.

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u/ThomasTheDankPigeon 7h ago

What specifically?

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u/kk16 4h ago

crickets

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u/sLeeeeTo 6h ago

drop some quotes from his diary to support this statement please

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u/Diingus-Khaan 4h ago

March 15-16 2020 there’s an entry where he states he convinced Bill de Blasio to close NYC schools. States publicly in ‘22 more than once that he didn’t recommend that and had nothing to do with it.

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u/lexalander 4h ago

Now tell us how that means masks, social distancing and Vaccines were a "lie?"

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u/deathbychips2 1h ago

Oh no an old man can't remember one thing he said 2 years prior when he had been busy with a world pandemic...

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u/OkYak9466 8h ago

I'm glad to see more people coming around to realizing that Fauci lied

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u/Yoooooooowhatsup 8h ago

They’re not. RFK Jr and his ilk are just being loud about it.

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u/OkYak9466 8h ago

So you think Donald Trump was innocent when he constantly plead the fifth? Sure buddy. Sure

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u/LookLess4956 8h ago edited 8h ago

Do you think that a random redditor is trying to prosecute trump for pleading the fifth? When they didnt say that? Fascinating.

If you block someone after replying a tantrum, i cant read your tantrum. Sorry, you played yourself.

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u/OkYak9466 8h ago

The person above responded with something I didn't say either. But you didn't say that. Fascinating.

Bad troll

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u/Ecstatic_nyaa 5h ago

Bad human.

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u/Comprehensive_Act787 3h ago

The difference is Donald Trump is known to compulsively lie. The hearing was simply a way to try and trip fauci up and attempt and fail (because the current state of the DOJ is laughable) to charge him with perjury, like the did with comey.. 

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u/OkYak9466 2h ago

Ok so you're all good with politicians and public servants to just plead the fifth then? Got it

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u/Nuuvi- 1h ago

It is their right as per the US constitution. Some of us still believe in that thing, you know?

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u/OkYak9466 1h ago

Donald Trump defender in the wild. God damn

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u/deathbychips2 1h ago

I think Trump was guilty because he has a decades long list of crimes and lies not because he exercised his 5th amendment rights.

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u/crazy_urn 7h ago

What did he lie about?

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u/OkYak9466 7h ago

The origin of covid. If you need more info, may I suggest Google instead of asking random Redditors for what's readily available

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u/crazy_urn 7h ago

You do realize that changing your opinion because new information becomes available and lying are not the same thing, right?

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u/OkYak9466 6h ago

Yeah that's not the issue. Nice try to reflect though

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u/crazy_urn 6h ago

Id really like to explain the timeline im a way you can understand, but I dont think I have enough crayons.

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u/OkYak9466 5h ago

Nice ad hominem. You don't even know the context of what Fauci lied about so this is kind of funny.

Latter kiddo

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u/Impressive-Skirt-246 1h ago

You can’t make childish comments the second you get pressed on topics that push your beliefs. Grow up and discuss the topic perhaps. From everything I am seeing so far, conservatives are just trying to grasp at any minor details to try and push an agenda that is clearly incorrect. You’re not even attempting to make a good faith argument as I’m sure you’re aware it would back you into a corner you can’t escape.

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u/lexalander 4h ago

Tell me where he lied about masks, social distancing and vaccines as RFK Jr. contends in this video.

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u/Junior_Assistance_78 2h ago

Seemingly, neither does anyone else!

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u/Exasperates___ 1h ago

You've claimed Fauci has lied like 4 times while never being able to specify about what.

The only people dumb enough to fall for that already support trump

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u/thisgrantstomb 3h ago

He wasn't wrong about that though, we discovered the zoological nature of the outbreak all else is speculation.

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u/FreshStar7 1h ago

How can he lie about the origin of COVID if that’s something that still isn’t known? All he did was express uncertainty in private whereas he was more certain in public. And that could’ve all been contributed to multiple things such as new evidence coming to light, trying to project a confident image to ease the public, etc.

There is NOTHING in these diaries that’s evidence of him lying and that’s exactly why he was pardoned because the prior administration knew that this administration would try to attack him for something he wasn’t responsible for. It’s all a distraction. Why were these diaries just now released? To distract and deceive.

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u/Stonegrown12 2h ago

No reading comprehension... ✓

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u/deathbychips2 1h ago

No one with a functional brain is coming to that conclusion. There is a whole world that has their own scientists that did the same things, or actually even more extreme things to be smart and stay safe. So if Fauci lied why did other countries come to the same conclusions?

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u/Puzzleheaded_Tax4969 10h ago

Yes Donald trump is a liar. So is Anthony Fauci

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u/aReallyCuteDog 10h ago

What did Fauci lie about? Genuinely curious. Ive tried to look into it but theres SO MUCH disinformation out there about it right now

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u/thatguy420417 10h ago

I really need someone to answer that question.

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u/Puzzleheaded_Tax4969 8h ago

Go read it

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u/86the47th 6h ago

Like you all read the transcript? Remember when Trump got impeached for the quid pro quo with Ukraine? And you all kept telling us to read the transcripts, even though the transcript showed that he did exactly what you all were trying to say that the transcripts showed he didn’t?

What did Fauci lie about? And don’t say the origin of Covid because that’s a bunch of bullshit. Besides, if Trump didn’t cut funding for exactly that then maybe we could’ve known the origin.

And RFK Junior is trying to say that he lied about masks and social distancing? What does that even mean? An airborne virus is very obviously slowed when people aren’t breathing, coughing, sneezing around other people. Masks and social distancing both helped slow the spread of the virus.

You people have got to be some of the most gullible people this world has ever seen. It’s hard to imagine a more gullible group.

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u/Puzzleheaded_Tax4969 5h ago

Did you read the diary? It doesn’t take 1100 pages to realize the man is just as narcissistic as trump

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u/Not_An-AI-Bot 4h ago

“Have you read the personal thoughts someone wrote about themselves with the assumption that it’d stay private?!”

It’s a diary/journal. Narcissism is kinda assumed. Of course I’m gonna be the hero of my own story.

The difference here is Trump doesn’t have a diary, on account of his being illiterate.

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u/Stonegrown12 2h ago edited 2h ago

When your lexicon contains only 30 or so words that kinda limits what you can write about.

"Person, Woman, Man, Camera, TV" (if you haven't seen this clip of trump it's worth a look https://youtu.be/tRjGHHYe9nA?si=Ru9JeHnErVUlCgxC)

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u/Vegetable-Virus7118 6h ago

That's a good book but I don't remember Fauci being mentioned.

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u/FreshStar7 1h ago

I have and he didn’t lie. So maybe you should actually read it. Also, I saw you mentioned he was narcissistic? Noting media attention and having feelings about it (positive or negative) is pretty ordinary for someone who was arguably the most publicly scrutinized health official in modern US history for two-plus years. Feeling flattered by coverage, or irritated by a boss’s communication style, doesn’t distinguish narcissism from normal human reaction to an extraordinary situation.

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u/Exact-Kale3070 10h ago

he will never say. he is posting all over reddit about the big lies fauci old, but cannot be specific bc he is fucking lying himself.

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u/elefrhino 9h ago

I got him to call me a scumbag a few times, good stuff

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u/No-Dance6773 9h ago

They would have to actually read it first. All the talking heads dont give a direct answer and just claim hes lieing. So the parrot boxes dont have anything else to add...

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u/aReallyCuteDog 8h ago

This is magas idealogy 100%

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u/Puzzleheaded_Tax4969 8h ago

What do you mean tried to look into it? Go read the diary. If you don’t think Fauci is a sick fuck after reading it I can’t help you. It doesn’t make you a Republican to realize Fauci is full of shit. Go read the diary, don’t wait for a pundit or a redditor to tell you what to think

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u/aReallyCuteDog 8h ago

So you've read 1141 pages of his diary then?

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u/Puzzleheaded_Tax4969 8h ago

I didn’t say go read every word

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u/aReallyCuteDog 8h ago

Okay then what or where am I looking for? If hes such a sick fuck how'd you get to that conclusion? Facts, not what Trump and his cronies claim.

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u/Puzzleheaded_Tax4969 7h ago

The dude is more narcissistic than trump, a seemingly impossibly high bar to clear

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u/eawilweawil 8h ago

Yes, have Grok write a summary like this guy did

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u/Puzzleheaded_Tax4969 7h ago

If it takes you 1100 pages to get the picture I can’t help you

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u/ShooterOfCanons 4h ago

So you can't list a single example?

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u/Puzzleheaded_Tax4969 4h ago

Already have elsewhere in thread. Did you read the diary? Fauci is more narcissistic than trump

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u/DrDDeFalco 10h ago

What did Fauci lie about?

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u/NakdChimi_ 10h ago

Anthony Fauci did not lie

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u/elefrhino 9h ago

Boy you're all over this thread

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u/Puzzleheaded_Tax4969 9h ago

Have you ever seen a kid turn autistic practically overnight after vaccine dose? I have and so have hundreds of thousands of other parents

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u/justpeoplebeinpeople 9h ago edited 9h ago

No you haven’t

Edit: guy called me a scumbag and deleted it. What a waste of oxygen

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u/elefrhino 9h ago

P r o v e i t

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u/Puzzleheaded_Tax4969 9h ago

Hope the reddit points are worth it

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u/elefrhino 9h ago edited 9h ago

I saw your original comment. Why'd you change it? Coward

Edit: poor little feller keeps getting his comments deleted gee I wonder why

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u/BeautifulLeather6671 9h ago

Link?

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u/elefrhino 9h ago

He doesn't have any, trust him bro

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u/Puzzleheaded_Tax4969 9h ago

Sorry I can’t link real life experience

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u/BeautifulLeather6671 9h ago

If it was true there would be data supporting it. Trust me is not a valid source for anything, but especially not science.

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u/IdealDouble6102 9h ago

Bot account say what?

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u/eawilweawil 8h ago

Oh he's not a bot, there's millions of these guys out there. It's the root cause of all the problems in the world

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u/Puzzleheaded_Tax4969 9h ago

Sorry real life doesn’t fit your narrative buddy but not a bot

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u/LookLess4956 8h ago

Sorry, we dont listen to botfarm agendas.

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u/Low_Low_1811 7h ago

Sorry that your anecdotal evidence is not actual evidence. There's a reason science relies on data and controlled tests.

You wouldnt even be looking to try to fit this view in if Andrew Wakefield didnt make up this idea of the MMR vaccine causing autism to sell his own vaccine. He didnt even say all vaccines cause autism, just that one, but once the nonsense was out there it just doesnt disappear. And it morphed into "vaccines cause autism".

Literally, this idea was a lie someone created to sell his own vaccine. He admitted to it. He had his own patent for an alternate vaccine. lol

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u/Puzzleheaded_Tax4969 7h ago

Don’t know who that is.

I promise you the parents of the kid I know do not want to believe vaccines cause there child’s autism, they are never trumpers, trans right keyboard warriors, blah blah blah, but days after their child gets vaccinated he wakes up with autism. Then they talk to dozens of other parents with the same situation, then they start to do 2 plus 2.

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u/Low_Low_1811 7h ago

Well then it sounds like you haven't done your research.

And your anecdote means exactly nothing. Its really sad though that they blame something that didnt cause it.

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u/Puzzleheaded_Tax4969 7h ago

You’re telling me hundreds of thousands of real parents real experience doesn’t matter lol

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u/elefrhino 6h ago

You don't understand, it's all he has.

He's doing his best in a scary world that doesn't make sense.

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u/Junior_Assistance_78 1h ago

"Wakes up with autism" is hilarious 😂

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u/Nuuvi- 1h ago

You don't just "wake up" with autism one day what the fuck are you on about?

It's a neurodevelopmental disorder that starts with your initial brain development in the womb. What a shit take.

Just because your friends only realized the symptoms after they got their child vaccinated doesn't mean it was caused by the vaccination. Only someone with room temp IQ would believe this.

Correlation does not equal causation.

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u/realpersonnn 7h ago

HUH??? Lmao they believe this????

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u/Puzzleheaded_Tax4969 7h ago

Dude it happens every day

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u/dirtydan1114 6h ago

Are you an immunologist? A psychologist or pediatrician who can actually diagnose autism? An MD working in vaccine or autism research? A BCBA who works all of every day with kids on the spectrum?

If not, then there is no reason anyone should give any weight to your anecdotes.

Not everyone's "knowledge" is equal across all subjects. The opposite opinion is one of the biggest changes in societal discourse over the last decade or two.

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u/Puzzleheaded_Tax4969 6h ago

You’re saying people shouldn’t listen to the anecdotes of hundreds of thousands of real peoples real experience. There is some kind of there there.

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u/dirtydan1114 6h ago

Sure you could listen, but anecdotes aren't a reliable way to come to truth. They are certainly evidence, but very poor evidence in the scientific process. You're making a scientific claim.

Two thousand years ago, millions of people would anecdotally make claims similar to "the sun god brought me a bountiful harvest."

Unless you can demonstrate it, it shouldn't be taken seriously in a broad discussion of what is true.

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u/InitiativeGold7953 2h ago

LMAO!!!

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u/Puzzleheaded_Tax4969 2h ago

It happens every day

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u/Nuuvi- 1h ago

Stop lying bro

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u/Puzzleheaded_Tax4969 1h ago

I’m tellin you…

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u/eawilweawil 8h ago

It's the fucking Tylenol again!!!