GOP senators release texts from Fauci's COVID-era government phone
Republican senators Johnson and Paul released text messages from Dr. Fauci's 2021 communications about COVID-19 vaccine safety for pregnant women.
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Republican Senators Rand Paul and Ron Johnson released text messages from Dr. Anthony Fauci's government cellphone on August 10, 2026, showing 2021 discussions about COVID-19 vaccine safety for pregnant women. The messages were drawn from over 34,000 texts on the device. Reddit commenters questioned whether the released texts demonstrated any wrongdoing, noting they appeared to show normal medical professional deliberation.
- GOP senators released text messages from Dr. Fauci's government phone covering 2021 discussions about COVID-19 vaccine safety for pregnant women.
- Over 34,000 texts were found on the device, with an initial batch released on August 10, 2026.
- Social media commenters questioned whether the texts demonstrated wrongdoing, characterizing them as routine medical professional deliberation about vaccine safety.
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Reaction Reddit users question the release
Multiple Reddit commenters express skepticism about whether the released texts show any wrongdoing, characterizing them as normal medical professional deliberation.
“How are any of these texts supposed to be bad? They just sound like medical professionals doing their job.”
Born_Ruff · r/politics ↗ -
Commenter details the specific texts about pregnancy and COVID vaccine, noting discussions of safety data and consideration of first trimester recommendations.
“The only example in the article of his texts are a discussion about when they should recommend Covid-19 vaccines for pregnant people... It's all sounding like what you would hope is the discussion behind closed doors?”
clowncarl · r/politics ↗ -
Republican Senators Rand Paul and Ron Johnson release text messages from Fauci's government cellphone regarding 2021 discussions about COVID-19 vaccine safety for pregnant women.
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NewsNation and Wall Street Journal report that Senate panel has obtained copy of Fauci's COVID-era phone containing 34,000 texts.
What people are saying verbatim
“How are any of these texts supposed to be bad? They just sound like medical professionals doing their job.”
Born_Ruff, Reddit commenter · Reddit ↗ · Aug 9
“The only example in the article of his texts are a discussion about when they should recommend Covid-19 vaccines for pregnant people... It's all sounding like what you would hope is the discussion behind closed doors?”
clowncarl, Reddit commenter · Reddit ↗ · Aug 9
“Why am I supposed to be outraged by the messages? There is nothing offensive or damaging there.”
pgm_01, Reddit commenter · Reddit ↗ · Aug 9
“So Rand and Johnson think this constitutes as some sort of "evidence" against Fauci? The fact that Fauci was privately thinking through possible concerns about Covid vaccines for women but then didn't just go blurting out those concerns publicly with out any data or scientific resources?”
Cajun-Yankee, Reddit commenter · Reddit ↗ · Aug 9
“Republican Sens. Rand Paul (Ky.) and Ron Johnson (Wis.) on Monday released text messages Dr. Anthony Fauci sent and received in 2021 regarding the safety of the COVID-19 vaccine for pregnant women.”
Max Rego, Reporter · The Hill ↗ · Aug 9
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The only example in the article of his texts are a discussion about when they should recommend Covid-19 vaccines for pregnant people. They comment that the vaccine safety system had 15,000 pregnant woman on it, that there was no safety data, and it shouldn’t matter but they’d review further . Later fauci said that after further discussion, given…
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Okay, but this is what you just said previously. The young people forced to get the vaccine just gave money to the vaccine makers and politicians they pay off. The vaccine was free for no out of pocket cost for years. "We collectively paid for the vaccines with our tax dollars" is a different assertion entirely.
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So Rand and Johnson think this constitutes as some sort of "evidence" against Fauci? The fact that Fauci was privately thinking through possible concerns about Covid vaccines for women but then didn't just go blurting out those concerns publicly with out any data or scientific resources?
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I refuse to talk about this non-issue designed to distract from the war that was designed to distract from the Epstein files.
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How are any of these texts supposed to be bad? They just sound like medical professionals doing their job.
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Why am I supposed to be outraged by the messages? There is nothing offensive or damaging there.