The ad, first obtained by Fox News, features several clips highlighting a number of Fauci's previous statements casting doubt on federal coronavirus vaccine mandates. "There's no secret that I feel that we should not have central [vaccine] mandates from the federal government," Fauci stated just last month while encouraging businesses to "seriously consider the idea of mandating vaccination in the enterprise for which they are responsible whether that's a university or a place of business."
"I don't see it on a national level merely because of all the situations you have upon encroaching upon a person's freedom to make their own choice of their own health," Fauci spoke in yet another highlight from July 2020.
Fauci was also quoted as saying that the federal government does not "want to be mandating" vaccines and that doing so would be "unenforceable and not appropriate."
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"Joe Biden and his entire administration repeatedly promised there would be no vaccine mandate. They lied – and the RNC is holding them accountable," RNC rapid response director Tommy Pigott told Fox News in a Thursday statement.
The video, expected to drop Thursday, follows the Biden administration’s implementation of broad mandates on all businesses with over 100 employees, requiring employees to either be vaccinated or regularly tested.
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The Biden administration is also requiring vaccines for all federal workers and contractors. Fauci also recently backed the idea of a vaccine mandate for air travelers.
"I would support that if you want to get on a plane and travel with other people that you should be vaccinated," Fauci said last week.
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The White House has not explicitly taken a federal vaccination requirement for air travel off the table, but with Fauci’s ability to bend Biden’s ear on health matters, the administration could easily sway that way if the president chooses to follow Fauci.
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Regardless of the controversy, William and Mary announced that Dr. Anthony Fauci will receive an honorary degree from the college and will also deliver remarks at its 2020 in-person commencement ceremony.
The college will give him an honorary Doctor of Science.
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“Dr. Fauci exemplifies the value of service that runs so deep in our university,” said W&M President Katherine A. Rowe, who hosted a virtual Community Conversation with Dr. Fauci on Feb. 18. “He’s a public servant, who studied classics before turning to medicine. This breadth serves him well as he helps our nation navigate the challenge of our time. He is the ideal person to speak to William & Mary’s Class of 2020, who completed their degrees and launched professional lives amid the COVID-19 pandemic.”
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