Marjorie Taylor Greene Gave A Bizarre Animal Testing Rant Against Fauci. Heres The Truth.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) tore into Dr. Anthony Fauci in an off-topic rant before Congress on Monday while accusing him of personally approving disgusting and evil animal testing on dogs that she said Americans have not agreed to pay for.

I want you to know Americans dont pay their taxes for animals to be tortured like this, the far-right congresswoman told the former head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases while holding up a photo of two beagle test subjects during an unrelated hearing on the COVID-19 pandemic.

As a dog lover, I want to tell you that this is disgusting and evil, what you signed off on, she said while appearing to blame a visibly confused Fauci because of his past role as director of the NIAID, part of the National Institutes of Health. The type of science you are representing, Mr. Fauci, is abhorrent and it needs to stop.

Marge Greene turns the Fauci hearing into a circus pic.twitter.com/zFIRUPnU9K

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Marge Greene turns the Fauci hearing into a circus pic.twitter.com/zFIRUPnU9K
Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 3, 2024

The photo originates from a sand flea experiment involving beagles in the North African country of Tunisia that incorrectly listed the NIAID as a financial sponsor when it was first published in 2021.

The NIAID denied financing the experiment, and the studys publisher issued a correction amid a firestorm of public attacks on the health agency and Fauci which, as demonstrated through Greenes remarks on Monday, continues today.

Regardless of that photos sourcing, similar laboratory testing on beagles and other animals is continuously carried out in the U.S. and abroad using federal funding. These studies include past experiments that were similar to the sand flea study in Tunisia. Animal rights advocates agree that more changes need to be made, including how U.S. taxpayer money is used to support it.