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Fauci Flip Flop: Republican candidate tries to walk back 'Fauci should be jailed' comment.
Fauci Flip Flop
Republican candidate tries to walk back 'Fauci should be jailed' comment.
Republican candidate Karina Lipsman speaks during a candidates forum on May 5, when she called for chief medical advisor Anthony Fauci to be jailed.
By Michael Lee Pope | Thursday, June 2, 2022
https://twitter.com/MichaelLeePope
Republican congressional candidate Karina Lipsman is trying to walk back her comment that President Biden's chief medical advisor Anthony Fauci "should be jailed" a position she took during a time when she was battling four competitors to get the nomination to run in the Eighth Congressional District. Now that she has secured the nomination in a GOP convention, she is flip flopping on Fauci. In a written statement, she says she no longer stands by the extreme rhetoric that Fauci should be incarcerated even though he has never been charged with a crime.
"I do not believe Dr. Fauci should be jailed," said Lipsman in a written statement. “I do believe Dr. Fauci, and every other government official involved, need to be held to account for the actions taken during the COVID-19 pandemic that wreaked havoc on our economy, our children and our country.”
Lipsman says many people are currently suffering from mental health issues and drug addictions because of the “forced lockdowns.” She describes data on covid mitigation efforts as ”contrary to previous messaging from our government.” Ultimately, she says that she wants to go to Congress to hold government officials accountable. ... "We should expect our elected representatives to ask the hard questions of those in power and demand answers,” she said in the written statement.
Through her campaign manager, Lipsman declined several requests to be interviewed for this story. ... "If you can't answer questions about your flip flop, that's a problem," said Stephen Farnsworth, director of the Center for Leadership and Media Studies at the University of Mary Washington. "The idea that you don't even stand up for what you believe at the moment creates another set of problems for you as a candidate."
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Republican candidate tries to walk back 'Fauci should be jailed' comment.
Republican candidate Karina Lipsman speaks during a candidates forum on May 5, when she called for chief medical advisor Anthony Fauci to be jailed.
By Michael Lee Pope | Thursday, June 2, 2022
https://twitter.com/MichaelLeePope
Republican congressional candidate Karina Lipsman is trying to walk back her comment that President Biden's chief medical advisor Anthony Fauci "should be jailed" a position she took during a time when she was battling four competitors to get the nomination to run in the Eighth Congressional District. Now that she has secured the nomination in a GOP convention, she is flip flopping on Fauci. In a written statement, she says she no longer stands by the extreme rhetoric that Fauci should be incarcerated even though he has never been charged with a crime.
"I do not believe Dr. Fauci should be jailed," said Lipsman in a written statement. “I do believe Dr. Fauci, and every other government official involved, need to be held to account for the actions taken during the COVID-19 pandemic that wreaked havoc on our economy, our children and our country.”
Lipsman says many people are currently suffering from mental health issues and drug addictions because of the “forced lockdowns.” She describes data on covid mitigation efforts as ”contrary to previous messaging from our government.” Ultimately, she says that she wants to go to Congress to hold government officials accountable. ... "We should expect our elected representatives to ask the hard questions of those in power and demand answers,” she said in the written statement.
Through her campaign manager, Lipsman declined several requests to be interviewed for this story. ... "If you can't answer questions about your flip flop, that's a problem," said Stephen Farnsworth, director of the Center for Leadership and Media Studies at the University of Mary Washington. "The idea that you don't even stand up for what you believe at the moment creates another set of problems for you as a candidate."
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