National correspondent
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- Date
- 2021-10-27 00:00 (day precision)
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- article · publication
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- Philip Bump
By Philip Bump
National correspondent
Today at 10:30 a.m. EDT
On Tuesday, freshman Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-N.C.) gave a speech from the floor of the
House that was as furious as it was terse, as inscrutable as it was accusatory. Over the span of 64
words, he called for the creation of a commission aimed at exploring the origins of
the coronavirus at the heart of the pandemic, called the country's top infectious-disease expert
Anthony S. Fauci a "demon doctor," accused Fauci of lying to Congress, accused Fauci of having
a hand in creating the virus and suggested that Fauci was linked to "funding the torture of
puppies in Africa." It took 65 words just to summarize the claims, which should tell you
something about Cawthorn's succinctness.