Brianna Keilar defends calling Rand Paul an 'a--' for grilling Fauci on Wuhan lab funding following NIH admission
CNN anchor expressed no contrition over calling Rand Paul an "a--" for grilling Dr. Fauci about the U.S. funneling money to the Wuhan Institute of Virology, the suspected site of the coronavirus pandemic's origination. Paul has focused much questioning and criticism on whether or not U.S. taxpayers were funding risky gain of function research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, something the NIAID director vehemently denied. In May, Keilar went after Paul for his aggressive "WWE" approach. "Nothing brings out Senator Paul’s propensity to act like an a-- like a congressional appearance by Fauci," Keilar said. She later added, "Like Elvis’ Kentucky Rain, Rand Paul’s COVID BS keeps pouring down, and it’s enough to fill the swimming pool in the Senate gym." owever, Fauci has been facing renewed scrutiny after the National Institutes of Health sent a letter to Oversight Committee ranking member Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., admitting to a "li...