Elevenlabs AudioNative PlayerDr. Anthony Fauci testifies during a House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus pandemic. [AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib]Senate Republicans staged a McCarthyite witch-hunt against Anthony Fauci Wednesday, an inquisition against science convened for the declared purpose of provoking him into committing perjury. Paul opened by telling Fauci that the pandemic lockdowns “could never have been inflicted without you aiding and abetting the crime.” Last year, the White House replaced a federal public health website with a page declaring the laboratory origin of COVID-19 as a settled fact. Its aim is not to establish how the pandemic began but to criminalize science and public health as such, leaving society defenseless before the next pandemic.