GOP Sen. Bernie Moreno goes off on Fauci: ‘Who the f–k do you think you were?’

Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio) went off on Dr. Anthony Fauci, blaming him for COVID lockdown mandates and asking: “Who the f–k do you think you were for doing that?”

“If, during the time of the COVID pandemic, you were called the racist for calling the virus a ‘Wuhan virus’ or the ‘China virus’; if you thought the six-foot rule was total crap; if you thought the vaccine wasn’t something that you should take; if you thought it was outrageous the way the mass policy was rolled out; if you were fired from your job for not taking that vaccine, including members of the military; if you thought closing schools was catastrophically stupid … saying these things made you somehow a lesser human being,” Moreno said.

Sen. Bernie Moreno, R-Ohio, speaks as Dr. Anthony Fauci appears before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. AP Photo/Allison Robbert

Audience members ostracized by COVID narratives stand up behind Anthony Fauci. REUTERS

The Ohio Republican recalled reading a news story during the pandemic about a mother and her children being arrested for not wearing masks outside while watching a football game — and it prompted him to consider running for Congress.

“When that story broke, I said to myself, ‘I cannot stand idly on the side and watch this happen,'” Moreno told Fauci.

“It was about six years ago today that I decided ‘I’m going to give up my businesses, sell them all, run for office, run for the United States Senate.’

“Here I am sitting in front of you six years later saying, ‘Who the f–k do you think you were for doing that?'”