Congressman Jordan wipes up the floor with the fauch. The esteemed congressman from Ohio was all over the fauch. After the good doctor admitted that the riots ( protests ) did spread the virus it was all down hill for him. The fauch said that in general, large crowds, particularly those including people who aren't wearing masks, contribute to higher infection and transmission rates. He should have stopped there. Here's a bit of the back and forth.
"You should stay away from crowds, no matter where the crowds are," Fauci said.
"Government has stopped people from going to work," Jordan said, citing reports about two people who were arrested after reopening their gym. He added, "Do you see the inconsistency though, Dr. Fauci?"
Fauci said there was "no inconsistency." Jordan replied, "You're allowed to protest — millions of people on one day, in crowds, yelling, screaming — but you try to run your business, you get arrested?"
Fauci, who appeared to be getting increasingly frustrated, said: "I don't understand what you're asking me, as a public-health official, to opine on who should get arrested or not. That's not my position. You could ask me as much as you want, and I'm not going to answer it."
Jordan then claimed that Fauci had said protests increased the spread of the virus, but Fauci pushed back. "I said crowds," he said. "I didn't say specifically — I didn't say protests."
"So the protests don't increase the spread of the virus?" Jordan said.
"I didn't say that," Fauci said. "You're putting words in my mouth."
He added: "I can tell you that crowds are known, particularly when you don't have a mask, to increase the acquisition and transmission, no matter what the crowd is."
Jordan, a Trump allied co-founder of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, used his time to inveigh against government limits on church gatherings and business operations during the pandemic, while Black Lives Matter protests of police violence are allowed.
