Conservative pundit Matt Walsh suggested that Republican lawmakers were engaging in toothless grandstanding during Wednesday’s grilling of Dr. Anthony S. Fauci at a Senate committee hearing.
The diminutive former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) boss whose policy advice was instrumental in the trampling of civil liberties during the COVID lockdowns may have invoked the Fifth Amendment, but that didn’t prevent some Republican senators from using Wednesday’s hearing to build their own brands and chase social media clout.
The Daily Wire commentator wasn’t impressed by the aggressive peppering of Fauci by the GOP senators, mockingly expressing skepticism that anything is going to come from the sound and fury.
Wow did you hear what those Republican congressmen said to that bad guy in the hearing? Lol man they really ripped him apart. It was so awesome. What’s that? Oh no the bad guy won’t be arrested or charged with any crime or suffer any consequences of any kind at all. No, there…
— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) July 29, 2026
“Wow did you hear what those Republican congressmen said to that bad guy in the hearing? Lol man they really ripped him apart. It was so awesome. What’s that? Oh no the bad guy won’t be arrested or charged with any crime or suffer any consequences of any kind at all. No, there will be no follow up on the hearing, no relevant legislation passed in response to it, no changes of any kind made at all ever,” he wrote in a post to X.
“But did you see that viral clip of that one senator? He even used a cuss word! A real cuss word! He’s so tough and brave. I’m so impressed. Aren’t you?” Walsh sarcastically asked.
Walsh was referring to Sen. Bennie Moreno (R-Ohio), who slipped into Democrat mode by dropping an f-bomb during his performative questioning of the retired government official.
Moreno to Fauci: Who the fuck do you think you were for doing that? pic.twitter.com/AoUFDfqePe
— Acyn (@Acyn) July 29, 2026
“Here I am sitting in front of you six years later, saying, who the f**k do you think you were for doing that?” Moreno said, referring to an incident where a woman was arrested for refusing to wear a face diaper at a middle school football game.
Agreeing with Walsh’s take on the spectacle was OutKick’s Tomi Lahren. “Bingo,” she wrote in response.
Bingo
— Tomi Lahren (@TomiLahren) July 29, 2026
Others also chimed in.
Remember the brave stands these congressmen made to protect our liberties when the Left was pushing mask and vaccine mandates?
Yeah, me neither.https://t.co/wnMtEqI1v8
— Joe Zaza (@thejoezaza) July 29, 2026
The Congressional GOP is the biggest bunch of worthless cowards this nation has ever seen.
It’s the same pattern, over and over again.
Talk tough… then throw their hands up in the air in defeat.Their official party motto might as well be “Sorry, our hands are tied¯\_(ツ)_/¯!”
— StillLivinginthewoods (@Stillnthewoods) July 29, 2026
🤣🤣🤣 so true
These politicians are contemptible imbeciles https://t.co/v2NiEmDypm
— Anthony Sabatini (@AnthonySabatini) July 29, 2026
Republicans doing everything in their power to reconstruct the illusion of the mighty reckoning we were promised.
Sternly worded rebukes aren’t going to cut it. The people were promised justice.
When are we going to see men in suits go to prison? 🤨 https://t.co/jZT4bvAdHC
— Fight With Memes (@FightWithMemes) July 29, 2026
lol it took me far too long to figure out it was theater, for me it was Trey Gowdy of the micronose tribe when he always talked tough former prosecutor blah blah and let Hillary off the hook. They’re ALL frauds and all getting rich, yes even our pet Republicans
— Shawn Mac (@afterlifeprep) July 29, 2026
The ultimate summary of modern political theater: loud words, absolute zero consequences
— brokenking (@brokenking3610) July 30, 2026
Despite the often withering questioning by Republicans, Fauci – who received a preventive pardon from former President Joe Biden – calmly took the Fifth more than a hundred times during the Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing.
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