The White House has dismissed the possibility of firing the prominent public health official.
The Florida Republican also argued that Fauci had simply dismissed the possibility of lab leak, despite it being a highly plausible explanation.
"Some scientists were cautious to remain open to a range of possibilities, but others, like Dr. Anthony Fauci .... dismissed the idea that the virus could have come from a lab. It was a massive failure in judgment for a prominent public health official—though in retrospect unsurprising, given his history of holding back the truth based on personal judgments about when he thinks the American people are 'ready' to hear the facts," Rubio wrote.
Senator Marco Rubio published an opinion article on Saturday calling for Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, to be fired. In this photo, Fauci listens during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on May 26 on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.The senator wrote that Biden should"fire" Fauci if he wants to live up to his campaign promises.
"Our work to shed light on COVID-19's origins has just begun, but one thing is clear: Dr. Anthony Fauci has repeatedly demonstrated a history of moving goal-posts when it comes to public health, withholding facts that don't conform with his own narrative, and issuing inappropriate personal judgments that distort the truth," Rubio wrote.
"During the campaign, Biden said, 'I'll choose science over fiction.' Now is his chance to make good on that promise and fire Dr. Fauci," he added.
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