Senator Bernie Moreno of Ohio is not backing away from his blistering criticism of Dr. Anthony Fauci after the former COVID czar appeared before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Wednesday.

Fauci, the former NIAID director and the public face of America’s chaotic pandemic response, was called to testify under subpoena before a committee chaired by Senator Rand Paul.

For many Americans who lived through mandates, school closures, ruined businesses, and government lectures, the hearing was long overdue.

The session, titled “Testimony of Anthony Fauci,” began Wednesday morning in the Dirksen Senate Office Building.

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It followed Paul’s release of what has been described as Fauci’s Diary Package, a collection that raised fresh questions about Fauci’s fixation on fame while the country was staggering under the weight of the pandemic.

Moreno used his time to say what millions of Americans have been thinking for years, especially those who watched bureaucrats gain power while ordinary citizens lost livelihoods.

His confrontation with Fauci quickly became one of the most explosive moments of the hearing.

The Ohio Republican hammered Fauci over what he viewed as narcissistic conduct during a national crisis.

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While families were burying loved ones and small businesses were being crushed, Fauci was treated by the corporate press like a medical celebrity instead of a government official who owed the public serious answers.

“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 asked Fauci.

“It is a total disgrace what you did to this country, and if my Democrat colleagues are standing there defending you, I hope the voters, the United States of America, watch the clips of every one of you doting on a guy who is more interested in being a celebrity than saving American people,” he added.

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That moment alone would have been enough to dominate the day, but Moreno was not finished.

After leaving the hearing, he was approached by The Gateway Pundit’s Alicia Powe, who pressed him on one of the most obvious questions hanging over the entire spectacle.

Powe wanted to know why Fauci was now refusing to answer questions after previously testifying multiple times without the same level of silence.

For a man who spent years appearing on television, issuing sweeping guidance, and scolding Americans from the safety of government authority, the sudden caution did not go unnoticed.

“Senator Bernie Moreno, why do you suspect Anthony Fauci is pleading the fifth after testifying (so many times) before?” she asked.

Moreno did not offer a polished Washington answer or hide behind committee jargon. “Because he’s a piece of sh*t,” Moreno quips.

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That blunt response instantly captured the mood of many Americans who believe Fauci has dodged accountability for too long.

The ruling class may clutch its pearls, but plenty of regular voters are far more interested in answers than in polite theater.

Fauci’s decision to rely on the Fifth Amendment during questioning is certain to fuel more scrutiny.

Democrats and their media allies may try to frame it as routine legal caution, but conservatives see something far more revealing from a man who never seemed shy when cameras were rolling and friendly hosts were tossing soft questions.

The hearing also put Democrats in an uncomfortable position, since several of them continued defending Fauci despite years of public frustration over pandemic policy.

That defense will not be easy to explain to parents, workers, churchgoers, and small business owners who remember exactly how heavy the government boot felt.

Moreno’s message was raw, direct, and impossible to miss.

Fauci may still have admirers in the permanent bureaucracy and legacy media, but in the court of public opinion, the patience of the American people has worn painfully thin.

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