Rep. Jordan repeatedly asked Dr. Fauci how low infections had to go before we reopen. Fauci refused to say. He was not being evasive or senile. He did answer, though indirectly: “You can open when I say so, not a day sooner. Got it?” It was a statement of arrogance, not evasion. It was Fauci expressing his feeling of superiority over the people’s elected representatives. It was a manifestation of Fauci’s hubris: “I am a brilliant scientist and you are an ignorant slob.”

And then Rep. Maxine Waters completed the put-down by ordering Jordan to shut his mouth. It couldn’t be clearer: “We are in charge here. Don’t you understand that, you fool? How dare you question our guru?”

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