Dr. Fauci The Fame Obsessed Goblin

Summary

Podcast Summary: “Dr. Fauci The Fame Obsessed Goblin”

The Brett Cooper Show | July 29, 2026
Host: Brett Cooper
Episode Theme:
In this episode, Brett Cooper and her co-host examine Dr. Anthony Fauci’s enduring influence during the COVID-19 pandemic, focusing on his recently leaked diary entries and the broader cultural phenomena that elevated him from bureaucrat to celebrity. The discussion highlights the discrepancy between Fauci’s private and public stances, the consequences of his actions, the cult of personality built around him, and what these dynamics reveal about America’s values and media culture.

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Overview

• The episode critically analyzes the impact of Anthony Fauci’s guidance during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially in light of new revelations from his personal diary.
• Brett and her co-host argue that Fauci’s actions were motivated by ego and the pursuit of fame rather than science or public health.
• The conversation touches on the media’s role in transforming Fauci into a pop culture phenomenon, the damaging societal consequences of lockdowns, and the challenges of holding influential figures accountable.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Leaked Fauci Diary: Public vs. Private Contradictions

[00:32–06:09]

• Fauci’s diary revealed major contradictions:
  • Privately, Fauci acknowledged the lab leak theory was credible as early as February 2020, despite publicly dismissing it.
  • Rand Paul’s reaction:

    “Dr. Fauci’s own diary, in his own words, shows that he knew the lab leak theory was credible from the very first few weeks of the pandemic… Then he spent the next two years telling the American people the opposite and smearing anyone who disagreed. As a conspiracy theorist, that is the definition of a cover up.” [~02:15]

  • Compiled clips underscore Fauci publicly denying the lab leak theory and attributing COVID-19 to animal-human transmission. ([03:13–03:42])
• Discrepancies in lockdown decision-making:
  • Fauci took credit in his diary for convincing NYC and California officials to close schools and businesses, though he publicly denied responsibility:

    “I had nothing to do with it other than the fact that I went on TV and told everybody that they should and that all of the amazing mayors and governors were listening to me. Me, me.” [06:09]

2. Lockdowns: Psychological and Societal Fallout

[04:50–06:09]

• Brett emphasizes the personal and collective cost of school closures and lockdowns — from lost experiences to increased rates of depression, anxiety, and suicidal ideation in young people.
  • “That was the most screwed up time of our lives. We all missed two years of life. I missed the second half of my college experience. Young children missed going to school for the first couple of years. Depression skyrocketed…” [~04:57–05:30]
• Critique that officials like Fauci and Newsom were insulated from the policies’ consequences, even as they imposed them on others.

3. Vaccine Mandates & Messaging: The Ethics of Public Communication

[06:10–08:33]

• Diary shows Fauci understood and privately admitted vaccines’ limited and declining protection, but maintained a robust public line to ensure compliance and support mandates.
  • “[Fauci] admitted crazy idea that the vaccines might not be 100% effective. And that saying that… might hurt their efforts to mandate them.” [06:10]
  • Example diary entry from Nov 2021:

    “I am well aware many people who are vaccinated are still getting infected. And that worried me a lot.” [07:49]

• Brett argues Fauci’s primary motivation was not public health, but preserving his own influence and public standing, often at the expense of transparency.
  • “He was actively trying to cover that up, to push through an agenda. Why? To cover his own ass. So that he could continue being important in government so that he could continue the press conferences, the magazine and interview requests…” [08:10]

4. Fame and Ego: Fauci as Celebrity

[12:27–16:41]

• The hosts highlight Fauci’s diary entries displaying pride in his rising celebrity status:

  • “Big front page article about me, appeared in the Washington Post. Very flattering. The situation with my national and international fame is explosive and really unimaginable. It is not hyperbolic to say that I am the most famous and talked about person in the country and one of the most recognizable persons in the world.” [12:49]

  • Recounts invitations to shows like “Dancing with the Stars” and stories about grandmothers' crushes, affirming a fixation on his own notoriety.
• Commentary from Tom Elliott and social media mockery point out the vacuity and egotism in Fauci’s personal writings:

  • “After spending the last 48 hours poring over Fauci's personal ramblings, my main takeaway is that he's just not that smart. ...the only topic he seems to approach like a professional scientist is how to get booked on Meet the Press…” [11:30]

5. Media & Celebrity Culture: Facilitating the Fauci “Cult”

[16:41–19:18]

• The mainstream and entertainment media portrayed Fauci as a national hero and even a “superhero”—building a cult of personality (with prayer candles, bobbleheads, and widespread adulation).
  • Media soundbites:

    “The single most respected voice in the pandemic, it's Dr. Anthony Fauci, the man who's become known as America's doctor.” [16:41, Brett quoting media]
    “You are seen to many as a superhero.” [16:48, Co-host quoting media]

  • Celebrities fawned over Fauci—e.g., enthusiastic praise from Julia Roberts and Olivia Rodrigo.
  • Host's reaction:

    “No wonder he'd get too big for your britches. That's not healthy for a person. That is not normal.” [16:59]

• Press events included reading fan comments about Fauci, further feeding the cycle of hero-worship.
  • Brett reads:

    “I got my first dose of the Fauci Ouchie. I had a dream that I got the COVID 19 vaccine and met Dr. Fauci…” [18:27]
    “Dr. Fauci prayer candles, but we got my dad one for his birthday in November…might be something there.” [18:49]

6. Reflections: The Need for Accountability and Cultural Self-Examination

[19:18–End]

• Brett reflects on the mass hysteria of 2020, the media’s complicity, and the way people like Fauci benefited from fear and confusion:
  • “Our country was genuinely mentally ill. Like, that is the only way that I can describe it… The person who profited, literally financially profited…were people like Anthony Fauci.” [19:09]
• Critique that those who questioned Fauci were vilified, and that true harm was done by the unchecked celebrity and power bestowed upon a single bureaucrat.
  • “He lied. He covered things up to protect his own image. He constantly bragged about and encouraged his own fame at the expense of the good work that he was supposed to be doing. And then the worst part of all of this is that he and his little friends, his cronies, turned around and gaslit all of us. They said that we were the crazy ones, that we were the science deniers…” [~19:25]
• The episode closes on the ongoing need to remove undue power from public figures and ensure real accountability, with a critical eye on how cultural idolization allowed the situation to develop.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Rand Paul on the diary leak:

  “Fauci’s own diary…shows that he knew the lab leak theory was credible…Then he spent the next two years telling the American people the opposite and smearing anyone who disagreed.” [~02:15]

• Brett, on lockdown consequences:

  “We all missed two years of life…I missed the second half of my college experience. Young children missed going to school for the first couple of years. Depression skyrocketed…” [04:57]

• Fauci’s diary entry (displaying his ego):

  “It is not hyperbolic to say that I am the most famous and talked about person in the country and one of the most recognizable persons in the world.” [12:49]

• Tom Elliott’s commentary:

  “...the only topic he seems to approach like a professional scientist is how to get booked on Meet the Press…” [11:30]

• Brett’s cultural reflection:

  “Our country was genuinely mentally ill. ...The person who profited, literally financially profited…were people like Anthony Fauci.” [19:09]

• Brett, summarizing the theme:

  “You give a power hungry, insecure government official a microphone and a platform, and this is what happens. Six years later, we are still trying to rip that microphone and power out of his hands and hold him accountable...” [End]

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Important Timestamps

• 00:32–03:13 — Introduction of diary revelations and Rand Paul’s accusations
• 03:13–03:42 — Compilation of Fauci denying the lab leak theory
• 04:50–06:09 — Discussion of lockdowns, societal cost, and Fauci’s role
• 06:10–07:49 — Fauci on vaccine efficacy and mandates
• 12:27–16:41 — Fauci’s ego, celebrity status, and media infatuation
• 16:41–19:18 — Media and celebrity worship, social media reactions
• 19:18–End — Reflection on mass hysteria, accountability, and cultural takeaways

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Tone & Style Notes

• The episode blends sharp criticism, sarcasm, meme culture references, and personal reflection.
• Brett’s tone is at times humorous, indignant, and openly incredulous at both Fauci’s behavior and the uncritical idolization from media and celebrities.
• The show appeals to listeners who are skeptical of mainstream narratives and interested in the deeper cultural forces at play.

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Summary Takeaway:
This episode of The Brett Cooper Show paints a portrait of Dr. Fauci not as a selfless public servant, but as a fame-obsessed bureaucrat buoyed by a complicit media and desperate public. Brett and her co-host argue that Fauci’s decisions were driven by ego, resulting in harm and lasting societal change, and call for a reexamination of how America elevates and empowers its “experts.”

Transcript

[Brett]

Flashback.

[Guest/Co-host]

Imagine there's no heaven. It's easy if you try.

[Brett]

No hell below us.

[Guest/Co-host]

Okay, okay, I'm done. And sure, my friends, without Dr. Fauci, we would not have that cultural beacon of a masterpiece. Or for that matter, this one.

[Brett]

Shout out to our favorite mda, Anthony Fauci.

[Guest/Co-host]

But listen, even though the idolization of Anthony Fauci gave us such incredible content to laugh at and mock at that very weird point of our lives, I am still going to die on the hill that maybe sometimes it can be bad to give the ugly guy a chance. Because yes, before you jumped on my throats, that is exactly what happened with Anthony Fauci. And while four years later we can look back on the COVID era and make fun of things like Fauci and the celebrities making fools of themselves as they fall all over him, we are still dealing with the very real aftermath of COVID 19 and what Fauci encouraged our government to do. Newly released diary entries from Fauci point to one very little man's ego as the reason for it all. So, my friends, today is the day. Well, I guess it has been the day multiple times, but I feel like this really could be the day. Because once again, I think maybe for the eighth time, Dr. Fauci will be testifying in front of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee over the origins of COVID 19. And I know what you guys might be thinking, like, who cares at this point? You're rolling your eyes going, nothing came from the last seven. What is going to change now? Well, something did change. We have some new content from Dr. Fauci this time. Rand Paul, who has essentially dedicated himself to being a public hater of Anthony Fauci. He is not playing around. And I do not know how Fauci will slither his way out of this one because Rand Paul found and released Anthony Fauci's diary. And tldr what you need to know what Anthony Fauci said, said and thought in private. What he wrote in his cute little bedazzled pink purple sparkly diary was very, very different than what he was telling the public. Here are the main points and then we'll get into my personal favorite part of his diary. So one thing that you should note is that his private estimated COVID 19 death rate was much lower than what he told Congress only weeks later. Obviously to try to fear monger the American public and people in government as early as February of 2020. So before the initial lockdowns, he privately acknowledged that the lab leak theory was credible. And this will probably be Rand Paul's main point of questioning today, because obviously the hearing is about the origins of COVID 19. And this is what Rand Paul had to say after he released that part of the diary. He said, Dr. Fauci's own diary, in his own words, shows that he knew the lab leak theory was credible from the very first few weeks of the pandemic. 10 out of 12 scientists on his call believed deliberate insertion was possible. He wrote that the wet market, AKA Wuhan, was never the real source. Then he spent the next two years telling the American people the opposite and smearing anyone who disagreed. As a conspiracy theorist, that is the definition of a cover up. And just to drive this point home even further, here is a compilation of Fauci denying that theory. Just so that we're all refreshed.

[Brett]

It likely jumped species from an animal reservoir into humans and now is spreading among humans. The mutations that it took to get to the point where it is now is totally consistent with a jump of a species from an animal to a human. Are you calling for the closure of the wet markets? I think they should shut down those things right away. I mean, it just, it boggles my mind because what we're going through right now is a direct result of that.

[Guest/Co-host]

One thing I want you to notice as we go through this episode is that there are very few things that make Anthony Fauci smile. Number one, gloating about himself, Anthony Fauci, king of the world, that makes him smile. And number two, shutting things down. In all of these clips, he's totally straight faced. He is the serious scientist. He has come to save the United States, the world at large. From COVID 19. And then Brian Kilmeade from Fox News, he says, you know, should they shut down the wet market factory? Goes. I mean, it's literally a meme. He's like, yes. And then you're gonna see in his diary he's talking about shutting down all of these places. I mean, the man is just titillated over the idea of shutting down the world. The only other thing other than himself that makes him smile. Anyway, moving on. But connected to that point of shutting things, in his diary, he did brag about shutting down schools at NYC and in California and the fact that they did that because of him. So in this entry, he writes, I spoke with Bill de Blasio, mayor of New York City, and convinced him, based on what I was saying publicly and my conversation tonight, to close the NYC schools. He had already decided, based on what I was saying on tv, I went on to tell him that he should close the bars and restaurants in nyc. And he said that he would base this on my recommendation. And then he goes to the conversation that he had somebody in California. This was somebody who worked for Gavin Newsom, and she said that based on my TV appearances and yesterday, the governor has decided to close the schools in California. Of course, not his children's private school, as well as the bars and restaurants, but of course not the Michelin Star restaurant where Gavin Newsom and his friends would have private dinners. Isn't that right? I'm getting angry all over again. That was the most screwed up time of our lives. We all missed two years of life. I missed the second half of my college experience. Young children missed going to school for the first couple of years. Depression skyrocketed. Anxiety skyrocketed. Suicidal ideation in young people skyrocketed. And this man is sitting here gloating in his little diary about how he is shutting down the economy. But the people that he's communicating with, people that he's on TV with, that he's convincing, they faced no ramifications. Their personal lives were totally unimpacted. And actually, for people like Anthony Fauci, he profited. He benefited. We're gonna talk about that later. All of the things that just made him smile. Anyway, moving on. The reason why I read that diary entry to you is because publicly, at the time on television, he denied any involvement in closing those schools.

[Brett]

Just, they always come back and say Fauci was responsible for closing schools. I had nothing to do. I mean, let's get down to the facts.

[Guest/Co-host]

Let's get down to the facts. I had nothing to do with it other than the fact that I went on TV and told everybody that they should and that all of the amazing mayors and governors were listening to me. Me, me. I've had it. I literally have had it. But, my friends, we have more to discuss. Now, again, going in terms of what he said privately versus what he said publicly. He also admitted crazy idea that the vaccines might not be 100% effective. And that saying that acknowledging that to the American public might hurt their efforts to mandate them. I want you to listen to that again. We should not be honest with the American people about these vaccines, about the fact that they really aren't 100% effective, because that could stop us from being able to mandate that they all take something that is not actually effective. So this entry is from August of 2022, and he's talking about more Drama with regard to the cdc. After much going back and forth between the CDC and the other docs, including me and blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, we thought we had gotten them pulled back from making the statement that the vaccines were not effective at all in preventing infection and transmission. The reason this is an issue is that if they came out with that statement, which in fact is not entirely true, since there is some degree, quote, some degree of modest but declining protection, as you would expect. So he is saying they are not 100% effective. He is acknowledging that in his own diary and at most, modest protection, but that modest protection is actually declining. So he said then this would conflict with the statement and the effort of recommending that people get their updated vaccine in September. In addition, it would undermine the DOJ's efforts at mandates for vaccines under circumstances. So obviously we have to lie to the American public because we want them to take the shot. We want them to believe and trust us. We want to make them fearful and indebted to us and make them take this thing that actually might not protect them. Now, on top of that, just to drive that point home even more, to show the extent of what he knew and how he was lying to us a year before in an entry. So this entry was in November, November 17th of 2021. He acknowledges back in 2021, a year before that other one, that people were still getting infected even with the vaccine, and that maybe, maybe vaccine requirements requiring vaccine, cars and proofs, all of these things that he worked so hard to get into place and to protect, that maybe they weren't actually helping. Alex Berenson posted this entry and he said, Fauci 11.17.20, quote, he wrote, I was nervous all night about having gotten infected in that very crowded restaurant, despite the fact that vaccination proof was required to get in. I am well aware many people who are vaccinated are still getting infected. And that worried me a lot. With a normal human being, a normal doctor that cares about the health of his patients, of community, of civilization at large, you would see people continuing to get infected. You would see that the measures that you have encouraged being put into place, the little arrows on the ground as we walk through grocery stores, the masks that everybody, including yourself, had under their nose, the vaccine cards, you see that those are not working, that you yourself got infected and that you would be worried about that, and then you would change course. But instead, as we saw a year later, he was actively trying to cover that up, to push through an agenda. Why? To cover his own ass. So that he could continue being important in government so that he could continue the press conferences, the magazine and interview requests, which we will talk about soon. Maybe, maybe that's why. I mean, it is so incredibly infuriating. All of this is so egregious. And like so many people that I saw talking about this online, I was looking through all of these entries, you know, searching for something that might point to a bigger conspiracy because it was just all so insane. You know, something twisted, brilliant and maniacal that was, you know, destroying our country. Kind of like outsourcing our farming. Which is why I am so proud to work with good Ranchers. So if there is one thing that my husband and I love, it is food. And meals are everything in our house. With our crazy schedules and having a new baby, getting a good dinner on the table can often be stressful. But Good Ranchers makes it easy. Good Ranchers bridges the gap between American families and local farms by delivering 100% American raised meat right to our doors. Now, last week, Alex literally, literally ate one of their rib eyes every single day for lunch to the point that we ran out of good rancher's meat. 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Tom Elliott on X tweeted about this and he said after spending the last 48 hours poring over Fauci's personal ramblings, my main takeaway is that he's just not that smart. I'd suspected that there would be more private acknowledgments that the whole thing was being intentionally sensationalized, but he seems to have legitimately believed that Covid was a terrifying global pandemic that was being narrowly kept at bay thanks to clever policies like social distancing, cheat masks, and experimental MRNA drugs. When confronted with facts proving the opposite, he simply moved his focus to other topics that he found more interesting, usually Tony Fauci. Nowhere in these 1000 plus pages have I discovered a single thought provoking or even halfway interesting set of ideas. It is just a catalog of his adultations and petty squabbles with anyone not under his spell. The writing itself is sloppy, ungrammatical, and error ridden. The only topic he seems to approach like a professional scientist is how to get booked on Meet the Press and Guys. That's just like the most perfect tweet that I have read as I have been watching all of this unfold online. And Tom simply could not be more accurate. Like guys, this man writes in his diary like a blonde 16 year old girl from a 90s rom com. The obsession with himself and his fame are truly the best and most illuminating parts of these documents. I just to listen to this because again I think it shows you his motivation for everything that he did was not science, was not protecting the American people, it was glorifying himself. Tony Fauci just listen to this. So for example, in May of 2020, so this was soon after lockdown started, he wrote big front page article about me, appeared in the Washington Post. Very flattering. The situation with my national and international fave is explosive and really unimaginable. It is not hyperbolic to say that I am the most famous and talked about person in the country and one of the most recognizable persons in the world. Countless profiles on me in multip media. In another entry he says for better or worse, I am becoming an international celebrity. Calls from all over the world. He goes on and he says POTUS seems to be enamored of me even though I am taking the spotlight away from him. We are developing a very unique and interesting relationship. The entire Secret service corps is coming over to me and chatting. They let me into the first gate without even checking id. Everyone is worried about my health and welfare, probably because it is all over the place that I am almost 80 years old. Oh, you dog, Tony. You young spry Covid fighting. Aiden. Get a grip, get a grip. I'm so over it. Anyway, then he goes on, he says, press still hot and heavy about me. Intense publicity about me continues with stories of grandmothers who have crushes on men. Petitions to vote me sexiest man alive. Major stories about my basketball career at Regis. Now my personal favorite also basketball career. The man's like 4:11. What basketball career was that when you were in middle school? Genuinely need to look into that. Anyway, my personal favorite entry. I have been invited to appear on Dancing with the Stars. No thanks. Dammit, that's the one thing I wanted. Could you imagine guys like that really would have been the cherry on top of the COVID fever dream that we live through. Like we had Stephen Colbert dancing on TV with, you know, vaccine syringes and needles all over the place. We had nurses doing the renegade while they were old people dying in the rooms behind them. Why? Why not? Why not add one more thing and have Anthony Fauci perform for all of us on Dancing with the Stars while all of us normies were locked in our home, while he was out here traveling the world doing photo shoots and dancing on Dancing with the Stars. I mean, genuinely, I could not have imagined anything that would be more perfect. Now don't worry. The comments all over social media have been truly remarkable. For example, Mike Solana posted Fauci really said, dear Diary, I closed the world today. It was scary but cool. They put me on the COVID of InStyle magazine. And then Rand Paul also posted the greatest AI meme of all time. And he said what Anthony Fauci looked like every night when he wrote about how great he is in his diary. Like, that is genuinely what I envisioned. Again, think about 90s Rom com, teenager feet kicking, giggling. That is Anthony Fauci. Now looking through all of this again, you can see by my anger, my passion, I am transported right back to how it felt being an 18 year old in college, watching the world crumble around you. I feel like I am back in the midst of that fever dream. Like, how did we, like how did we get to this point? Tiny, dumb, egotistical man had so much influence and power in the cultural sphere, not just political, because I can understand that, you know, you have egotistical nerds all the time get power in government and they never give it up. But what interests me is how he became an international celebrity. And it goes back to what we talk about a lot, which is idolization. Like, I mean, no wonder he was writing like this in his diary. No wonder he thought of himself like this when this is how the media talked about him.

[Brett]

The single most respected voice in the pandemic, it's Dr. Anthony Fauci, the man who's become known as America's doctor.

[Guest/Co-host]

The nation's top infectious disease expert, Anthony Fauci. You are seen to many as a superhero.

[Brett]

Dr. Anthony Fauci, American hero and New York Yankee fan.

[Guest/Co-host]

You've done so much for this country in terms of this crisis. So I really appreciate your insight. I mean, no wonder his brain melted if you were doing 25 press hits a day, seeing people fawning all over you in the comments. Thank you, Dr. Fauci. Thank you so much for saving us. No wonder you'd get too big for your britches. That's not healthy for a person. That is not normal. And we know based on what he was writing and his personality type that he was eating all of it up. He was not just focused on the mission of, you know, making America healthy. He was not focused on the pandemic. He was focused on himself, reading every comment, which we will get to, by the way. And obviously, that changes a person. And it was not just the mainstream media press, the legacy press that was talking about him like that. You have a list, celebrities, the most famous people in the world just clamoring to speak with him, just like Julia Roberts did in this interview. Rad that we have maybe the coolest man on the planet right now. Wow. And there's the room. This is intense. Does anybody else have a.

[Brett]

Hello. Hi there.

[Guest/Co-host]

Good morning.

[Brett]

Good morning.

[Guest/Co-host]

Oh, this is such a thrill. How are you?

[Brett]

Pretty good, I guess.

[Guest/Co-host]

Literally, I'm done. This is such a thrill.

[Brett]

Ow.

[Guest/Co-host]

Wow. I hate. I mean, I am a theater kid. I was an actor, and I'm like. I'm like, you people are just so unserious. Oh, there's the room. This is so. Get a grip. Genuinely get. That is the only thing that I can say now. The last video that I want to share is when he became a public figure with whom you would do press stops. Like this one with Olivia Rodrigo, where he read his own fan comments.

[Brett]

Here's one that says, I got my first dose of the Fauci. Ouchie. I had a dream that I got the COVID 19 vaccine and met Dr. Fauci. Afterwards. I told him that I bought his bobblehead and he was super cool about it.

[Guest/Co-host]

I saw your bobblehead today.

[Brett]

Did you like it?

[Guest/Co-host]

Yeah, it was amazing. It was great.

[Brett]

Ppl made fun of these Dr. Fauci prayer candles, but we got my dad one for his birthday in November, so he lit it every night. And everyone in my immediate family was fully vaccinated, so maybe there's something there.

[Guest/Co-host]

I made, like, a Fauci candle and the Fauci bobblehead right next to each other.

[Brett]

Happy man crush Monday to this hero. Thank you, Dr. Fauci, for all your hard work. We appreciate your intelligence, honest bravery, compassion. We love you. Well, that's very nice to say that again.

[Guest/Co-host]

This is not normal for somebody to skyrocket to that level of fame and then to be basking in all of this, to literally just do a press tour about how remarkable and amazing you are, not because you're really doing all of these substantial things. All he did was put arrows on the floor and shut down schools. That's like. Like, Fauci, you are so brave. Nobody. Nobody could do anything to save us like you have done. We have the prayer candles and the fricking bobbleheads. I mean, it's insane. I look back at that era of our country of culture in 2020, and our country was genuinely mentally ill. Like, that is the only way that I can describe it, between BLM and the COVID lockdowns, the way that we turned on each other, on neighbors, on family, that we cut people off, how rabid and angry everything was. It was a very, very mentally ill time in our country. And. And the person who profited, literally financially profited over all of that anger and division and fear were people like Anthony Fauci. And even though we were harmed by that American culture, also put him in that position because people were so desperate for a hero during a time when there was so much confusion and fear and anguish. And the man who was elevated to that position of power abused it. And he then furthered the fear and the confusion and the misinformation. Most likely, in my opinion, based on what I'm seeing in his diary, because that continued to elevate him. Because with more fear, he would receive more influence and more power. And at the end of the day, that is what he cared about most. He lied. He covered things up to protect his own image. He constantly bragged about and encouraged his own fame at the expense of the good work that he was supposed to be doing. And then the worst part of all of this is that he and his little friends, his cronies, turned around and gaslit all of us. They said that we were the crazy ones, that we were the science deniers, that we were evil, that we were the grandma killers and the cultists, that we did not trust the signs. We didn't trust Tony Fauci enough, even though we saw through him and saw that he was just taking advantage of the position that he was put into. We saw the inconsistencies in what he was saying. We saw what he and his team did to the brave doctors who stood up and pushed back against the science that we were supposed to be trusting. Maybe Fauci, we just didn't really trust you. Maybe we didn't trust you and your InStyle magazine photo shoots. This really is the government pandemic equivalent to you give an ugly guy a chance, you give a power hungry, insecure government official a microphone and a platform, and this is what happens. Six years later, we are still trying to rip that microphone and power out of his hands and hold him accountable, and we'll see if Rand Paul is able to do that today.