Elon Musk has taken to his verified Twitter handle to demand the arrest and prosecution of Dr. Anthony Fauci.
In a short tweet, Twitter’s new owner stated, “My pronouns are Prosecute/Fauci.”
Musk had previously targeted the doctor with a tweet that included a humorous image (meme).
My pronouns are Prosecute/Fauci
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 11, 2022
Cool, the bots are so far unable to swarm to the top of my replies!
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 11, 2022
Anthony Fauci is an American physician-scientist and immunologist who currently serves as the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and the president’s chief medical advisor.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the medical advisor advocated for people to get vaccinated and wear masks, but he has come under fire from conservatives and conspiracy theorists for the restrictions and medical advice he provided.
Response
Matt Wallace responded to Elon Musk’s tweet, he said “Fauci purposefully and admittedly lied about multiple things because he thought it was for the greater good. It wasn’t.
“All he did was drastically decrease trust for public health officials going forward and implement many policies/mandates that caused more harm than good.”
Another Twitter user, Paul Zismo said that “It is wrong & dangerous to demonize a Dr. who has dedicated his life to researching & treating Infectious Diseases to SAVE LIVES! Dr. Fauci is a world-renowned Infectious Disease Dr. and Covid is a deadly Infectious Disease that has killed over 1 million Americans. Shame on you.
“You want to prosecute a world renowned Infectious Disease Medical Dr. who has served under 5 Presidents to save lives in America & worldwide?
“But you’re OK with a seditious treasonous criminal that executed 1/6 Capitol attack to overthrow U.S Gov.? My pronouns are Prosecute/Trump.”
Senator Rand Paul, a Kentucky Republican who has had several public spats with Fauci, previously promised to conduct “a full-throated investigation into the origins of the pandemic” regardless of the doctor’s impending retirement at the end of this month. Republican Representatives James Comer and Jim Jordan have accused Fauci of “hiding information” about the origins of the COVID-19.
Former CIA Director and Obama White House official John Brennan expressed his displeasure with Musk’s tweet, “Dr. Fauci is a national hero who will be remembered for generations to come for his innate goodness & many contributions to public health. Despite your business success, you will be remembered most for fueling public hate & divisions. You may have money, but you have no class.”
Another user tweeted “Elon Musk wants to criminalize Anthony Fauci because he disagrees with him. Elon is no champion of free speech.”
Fauci caused more harm to humanity than any other scientist in history.#FauciFiles
— Dr. Eli David (@DrEliDavid) December 12, 2022
Here’s a picture of people protesting Fauci 40 years ago
He’s a career criminal responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths including members of my own family pic.twitter.com/ZxhARfJkau
— Jake Shields (@jakeshieldsajj) December 12, 2022
Fauci pushed fear during the AIDS pandemic despite knowing it mostly only affects gay men
Fauci pushed fear during covid despite knowing it mostly only affects the sick and elderly
Fauci is beholden to the pharmaceutical companies not the American people
— Jake Shields (@jakeshieldsajj) December 12, 2022
My pronouns are he/him, I believe in science, and I support Dr. Fauci. @elonmusk’s continued bad actions kept me from buying a @Tesla and now I am ecstatic to have a @UAW-made @chevrolet Bolt EUV in my driveway! pic.twitter.com/8Jj3kLjaEB
— Eric Sorensen (@ERICSORENSEN) December 12, 2022
AIDS never existed before Anthony Fauci entered government.
COVID never existed before Anthony Fauci funded gain-of-function research.
— Lavern Spicer 🇺🇸 (@lavern_spicer) December 12, 2022
ELON: Fauci lied to Congress and funded gain-of-function research that killed millions of people
— Jack Posobiec 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) December 12, 2022
I strongly disagree. Forcing your pronouns upon others when they didn’t ask, and implicitly ostracizing those who don’t, is neither good nor kind to anyone.
As for Fauci, he lied to Congress and funded gain-of-function research that killed millions of people. Not awesome imo.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 12, 2022
— Di.. (@hd_diya) December 11, 2022
So it's official. You are a full blown QANON far-right extremist now.
You paid $44 billion just to tell us this. Meanwhile, half the nation will stop buying Tesla now that you are so politically vocal.
That can't be good for your stock, or your shareholders losing money.
— TickTockManitowoc (@TManitowoc) December 11, 2022
— music struggles (@musicstruggles1) December 11, 2022
Any thoughts on Covid policy in China?
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) December 11, 2022
I affirm your pronouns Elon.
— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) December 11, 2022
Fuck you. You will get someone killed with your fucking tweets. You will be responsible for a civil war because of you bias and irresponsibility
— Samir Estefan (@samirestefan) December 11, 2022
Elon not playing today.
— Bradley Martyn (@BradleyMartyn) December 11, 2022
For what ? Why are you putting this man’s life and that of his family at risk? Jesus, maybe they should prosecute you!
— cbrs4me (@cbr4me) December 11, 2022
My pronouns are Covid/Censorship. Release the Covid files so the trials can begin! pic.twitter.com/Lockjfv5Dw
— Linda Hale 🇺🇸⭐🇺🇸 Never Give Up (@EndRaceHating) December 11, 2022
Why incriminate Fauci. In an ever evolving field of study, the man was simply trying to do his job.
— Shaurya Garg (@DrShauryaGarg) December 11, 2022
MY PRONOUNS ARE YOU/BETTER/SAY/THAT!
— Lavern Spicer 🇺🇸 (@lavern_spicer) December 11, 2022
My pronouns are : expose them ! 😎
— حسن سجواني 🇦🇪 Hassan Sajwani (@HSajwanization) December 11, 2022
Old Twitter would have likely blocked this tweet at how in the 1980s Fauci (in his own words & writings!) single-handedly fueled the very ugly lie that gay men were spreading AIDS via surface contact. https://t.co/qIQZfiDoak
— MarkHyman (@MarkHyman) December 11, 2022
Those words are a verb and a proper noun, not pronouns 😉
— Sheila O'Flanagan 📚📚📚 (@sheilaoflanagan) December 11, 2022
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