Dr. Anthony Fauci, who led the U.S. response to the Covid-19 pandemic, privately complained about President Donald Trump’s ramblings — and compared him to an “obnoxious adolescent” — in personal diary entries released this weekend.

More than a thousand pages of Fauci’s journal were released by Sen. Rand Paul, who heads the Senate Homeland Security Committee. As part of an investigation into the origins of Covid-19, Paul has called on Fauci to testify on the pandemic before the committee Wednesday. The Kentucky Republican has long peddled the theory that the virus came from a leak at a lab in Wuhan, China, accusing Fauci and other government officials of misleading the public about its source — claims Fauci has denied.

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    can’t get the full Epstein files required by law, but we can get 1,000 pages of a doctor’s personal journals because one deranged senator has a theory

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      Fauci should have said his diary has irrefutable proof the orange diddler raped a bunch of kids with Epstein. That diary would remain sealed tight and never see the light of day

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    Paul might be the stupidest son of a bitch on the planet if he actually thought leaking these was somehow going to validate his conspiracy theory quest.

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    You don’t need a diary to know that, there’s plenty of video evidence where he’s obviously sick of all the bullshit. Totally had the “how am I the only educated person in this room?” vibe toward the end.

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    I think the entire world, minus braindead conservatives, are annoyed by obnoxious adolescent Trump.

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    In conservative circles they’re talking about the diary as if it’s a smoking gun exposing Fauci as some kind of manipulator who covered up the lab origin conspiracy.

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    I knew Tony Fauci in the 90s. Watching him bury his face on live TV when Trump said something stupid was surreal.

    The response to Fauci’s efforts really changed my perspective as a scientist in helping and educating society.

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    Ah yes…Fauci was the one missleading the public…not the turnip who was peddling bleach and fucking horse dewormer…

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    I publicly complained (and still do) about trump’s ramblings. He acts worse than an obnoxious adolescent. I know because I have two at home. It’s objectively factual.