Popehat is mostly right, but Fauci did the thing he has to do to beat a demagogue: a “Have you no shame” moment.

I’m not sure Fauci gets that every encounter he has with Rand Paul helps Rand. It doesn’t matter if people who believe Fauci think he pwned Rand; it matters that people who are culturally invested in hating Fauci saw Paul mix it up with him. He’s their Emmanuel Goldstein.

— HatIsNotIntoCoups (@Popehat) July 20, 2021