MTG refused to address Anthony Fauci as a doctor during a combative House hearing

Mon, 06/03/2024 - 13:50

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene holds up a picture of Anthony Fauci and a quote he said during a 2021 interview — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, a Republican, has repeatedly clashed with Dr. Anthony Fauci, the former leader of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia refused to address Anthony Fauci as a doctor during a hearing.
The Republican chairman admonished Greene for breaking with decorum.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia was reprimanded on Monday for refusing to recognize Dr. Anthony Fauci as a doctor during a combative House hearing on Fauci's role in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.

"Mr. Fauci, because you're not doctor, you're Mr. Fauci in my few minutes," Greene, a Republican, said, addressing Fauci.