WASHINGTON — Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., and Dr. Anthony Fauci sparred once more during a congressional hearing on the coronavirus pandemic, with Fauci bluntly accusing Paul of fomenting attacks against him that are dangerous, falsehood-laden and politically motivated.
Paul is a trained ophthalmologist whose libertarian outlook has made him a natural opponent to many pandemic restrictions; he and Fauci have argued at several previous hearings, with acrimony between the two only deepening with time.
An especially tense point of contention has been the origins of the coronavirus, with Paul and others having charged Fauci with obfuscation on the matter.
This time around, Paul took issue with an email, made public late last