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'Kindling the crazies' — personal escalation
Fauci accused Paul of kindling the crazies and endangering his family, holding up Paul's 'fire Dr. Fauci' fundraising page. Exchange became explicitly personal.
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Jan 11, 2022 HELP — personal escalation ('kindling the crazies')
Washington Post cut of the January 11, 2022 HELP exchange in which Fauci accuses Paul of 'kindling the crazies' and Paul displays a fundraising page built around attacking Fauci.
Fundraising-page still widely clipped on X
HELP
fundraising
2022
Primary quotes
Fauci
“If anybody is lying here, Senator, it is you.”
Earlier 2021 framing; personal conflict peaked Jan 2022