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After President Biden's proclamation that the coronavirus "pandemic is over" led to Democrats and his own White House appearing to contradict or nuance his statement, Sen. Rand Paul said it shows he is not in charge of much of anything anymore.

In the wake of Biden's interview with CBS News, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, along with Reps. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., and Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, among others, offered varied translations of what Biden told reporter Scott Pelley.

"The pandemic is over. We still have a problem with COVID. We're still doing a lot of work on it. But the pandemic is over," Biden said.

On "Jesse Watters Primetime," Paul, who is a medical doctor, said the entire episode reveals the truth about the administration.

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U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during a rally hosted by the Democratic National Committee (DNC) at Richard Montgomery High School (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

"This may come as a surprise to you, but I am not sure that Joe Biden is fully in charge of the government or fully in charge of his wits, for that matter," Paul said Tuesday.

"The thing is, the response to this [from those in power] has always been about submission and control of the individual. These are the people who truly believe in the nanny state."

Paul pointed to how several Democratic state governorships, like New York, Pennsylvania, California, New Jersey, Rhode Island and others, sought to impose socioeconomic restrictions by executive fiat on their constituents.

"Whether it's your business they want to be in charge of, or your health care they can't give it up," he said, adding that in states like Florida, there effectively "hasn't been [a pandemic] on the ground for a long time."

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Lower Saxony, Hildesheim: A member of staff crazes a figure of a plague doctor wearing a beak mask at the Roemer- und Pelizaeus-Museum Hildesheim (RPM) in the special exhibition "Seuchen. Curse of the past - threat of the future". (Julian Stratenschulte/picture alliance via Getty Images)

"The pandemic was over two years ago in Florida. It's still going on in the minds of Democrats, but it hasn't been on the ground on for a long time."

One relevant response to Biden's proclamation came from NIAID Director Dr. Anthony Fauci, who clashed with Paul on occasion in Senate hearings.

"We are not where we need to be if we're going to be able to, quote, Live with the virus,' because we know we're not going to eradicate it," he said in a recent interview.

In response, Paul said Fauci and other establishment experts are comparable to those during the 17th century European plague that instituted the wearing of bird-beak-like "plague masks" wherein the long arched nasal brim was stuffed with camphor or lavender as a purported prophylactic against viral transmission.

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"Dr. Fauci's science is not far removed from that," Paul said, noting a moment in a recent hearing where the Kentuckian presented the immunologist with his own words from a 2004 C-SPAN appearance wherein Fauci praised natural immunity as an effective deterrent.

"He used to believe that, and now he only wants us to submit. He wants to be in charge if he can get one more hit on television," he said, in terms of how the Brooklyn-born doctor represents the establishment view in that way.

"The [N95] masks did not change the trajectory of the disease at all. The stickers on the floor only made the people who made the stickers richer."

Charles Creitz is a reporter forFox News Digital.

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WASHINGTON Members of the Paducah Area Chamber of Commerce's D.C. Fly-In group met face-to-face with several lawmakers today in our nation's capital.

It is part of a two day trip to rally federal support and money for local projects and initiatives.

The group met with several lawmakers, and two who stood out are U.S. Rep. James Comer of Kentucky District 1 and Sen. Rand Paul.

Lawmakers met the group at the Capitol Visitor Center, which is connected to the U.S. Capitol building.

It's an opportunity for lawmakers to share their perspectives on everything from the legislative session to timely topics.

Comer talked about issues he believes are negatively impacting businesses.

"I believe there are a lot of obstacles to the private sector. I believe that if you talk to any employer in Kentucky in Paducah, Pikeville, whateverand say, 'What are your biggest challenges?' well, obviously, number one is going to be I can't find workers, right? Number two, from a federal government standpoint, is going to be their frustration with dealing with bureaucracies," Comer said.

Paul talked about inflation and what he thinks led to it.

"We're still suffering from the lockdown. We locked it down. We said you don't have to work, but we don't want you to suffer, so here's a bunch of money. We passed it out in $1,400 checks and PPP this and PPP that. But it wasn't money. It wasn't savings. We didn't have a rainy day account," Paul said.

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Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases who is retiring later this year, admitted "certain aspects" of the government's response to the coronavirus pandemic were "botched," including the flip-flop on masking recommendations and the slow rollout of rapid testing nationwide.

"They did not get the commercial involvement in the tests quickly. They stuck to their own tests," Fauci said in an interview that aired Thursday at the Texas Tribune Festival. "We didn't know masks worked outside of the hospital setting.

"There was supposedly a shortage of good masks for the people who were taking care of individuals."

While public health officials have reversed course on some policies, Fauci said that closing down schools at the beginning of the pandemic may have been worth it despite the ensuing learning loss for children.

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Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks during a daily briefing at the White House in Washington on Dec. 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

"There is a misunderstanding that because children do not get as severe disease as a cohort, in general, as the elderly individuals and those with underlying conditions we still lost 1,400 children," Fauci said. "So, although you have to be aware and not deny that there are deleterious consequences for prolonged periods of time for keeping children out of school, remember, the safety of children is also important."

A Department of Education study published last month found that reading scores in children saw their largest decrease in three decades during the pandemic, while math scores saw their first decrease ever.

Other health officials have also called out the response by governments to the pandemic around the world.

The Lancet COVID-19 Commission, a panel of international experts, wrote in a report last week that governments "showed themselves to be untrustworthy and ineffective" during the pandemic by failing to "adhere to basic norms of institutional rationality and transparency."

CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky ordered a reorganization of the public health agency last month, saying that the agency's response to COVID-19 "did not reliably meet expectations" after 75 years of preparation.

Dr. Anthony Fauci was questioned by Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., during a Senate committee hearing on June 16, 2022. (Senate Video Pool)

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., pledged to investigate Fauci if the GOP takes back the House of Representatives or the Senate in the midterm elections.

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Fauci said he has become a "boogeyman" for conservatives but would cooperate with any congressional investigations after he retires.

"I did not like the idea that, in order to maintain my personal and scientific integrity, and in order to fulfill my obligation to the country, as a public health official and as a scientist, I had to publicly disagree with several of the things that [former President Donald Trump], who they follow to the last word, was saying," Fauci said.

Lurie Children's Hospital registered nurse Carolyn Ruyle prepares a dose of a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine on Nov. 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

President Biden declared victory over coronavirus during an interview with "60 Minutes" that aired Sunday.

"The pandemic is over. We still have a problem with COVID. We're still doing a lot of work on it. It's but the pandemic is over," he said.

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When asked by Texas Tribune CEO Evan Smith why more Americans died from COVID-19 during the first year of the Biden administration than during all of 2020 despite the advent of vaccines, Fauci pointed the blame to roughly one-third of Americans who are still unvaccinated.

"If the country doesn't want to get vaccinated, the country doesn't want to wear a mask in an indoor setting, there's not much the president can do about that," Fauci said.

Paul Best is a reporter for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to Paul.best@fox.com and on Twitter: @KincaidBest.

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Brand New Congress was formed by Bernie Sanders staffers to elect progressives

Senate hopeful John Fetterman says he opposes efforts to defund police departments. That could put him at odds with his latest campaign partner, a left-wing political action committee that has called critics of the radical cause "squeamish centrists" and "appeasers."

Brand New Congress, founded by organizers for Bernie Sanders's 2016 presidential campaign, on Tuesday endorsed Fetterman as a "bold, progressive voice" who if elected will bring "transformational change" to the Senate. The organization also announced a joint fundraising initiative with Fetterman that will split contributions between the PAC and Fetterman's campaign.

Brand New Congress has repeatedly called to defund law enforcement and said it supports progressives who are "unapologetic" in supporting that and other "revolutionary change." The group has urged lawmakers to sign Rep. Cori Bush's (D., Mo.) pledge to defund police and has accused former president Barack Obama of "appeasement" for criticizing the movement's slogan.

Fetterman's support for Brand New Congress could undermine his bid to flip a Republican seat in a purple state. Americans have soured on the defund movement in recent years, with 75 percent of voters in a recent poll saying the movement is responsible for a spike in violent crime. Republicans have attacked Fetterman over his support for progressive criminal justice reform measures. Republican candidate Mehmet Oz has run ads highlighting Fetterman's votes as head of Pennsylvania's Board of Pardons to release convicted murderers from prison. A group of Pennsylvania sheriffs criticized Fetterman's calls to release one-third of all state prisoners and his support for left-wing Philadelphia district attorney Larry Krasner.

Fetterman defended his record in a series of television ads, including one in which he claimed he "did whatever it took to fund police" as mayor of Braddock, Pa. Fetterman's campaign spokesman recently said the candidate will "never support defunding the police" if elected.

But Fetterman's collaboration with Brand New Congress is part of a pattern of working closely with proponents of the defund movement. He held a pro-abortion rally on the anniversary of 9/11 with Alexis McGill Johnson, the president of Planned Parenthood and a supporter of the defund movement. Fetterman campaigned last week with three Philadelphia City Council members who have endorsed measures to defund police departments. Fetterman's appointee for secretary of Pennsylvania's Board of Pardons has said she wants to "disarm the police." The official, Celeste Trusty, has also called herself a "friend" and "buddy" of convicted cop killer Mumia Abu-Jamal, the Washington Free Beacon reported.

Brand New Congress, cofounded by Saikat Chakrabarti, a former chief of staff to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez (D., N.Y.), has had limited success since it formed in 2016 to elect candidates in the mold of Sanders, a self-described democratic socialist. The PAC's biggest wins to date have been in helping elect Bush, Ocasio-Cortez, and fellow "Squad" member Rashida Tlaib (D., Mich.). The PAC has never backed a successful Senate candidate. Besides Fetterman, this year it has endorsed only former Kentucky state representative Charles Booker in his campaign against Sen. Rand Paul. Booker during his failed 2020 Senate campaigncalled for defunding police.

Chakrabarti has come under fire for comparing moderate Democrats to pro-segregation Democrats of the 1940s and for wearing a t-shirt supporting Nazi collaborator Subhas Chandra Bose.

Fetterman's campaign and Brand New Congress did not respond to requests for comment.

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