A majority of voters fault Dr. Anthony Fauci, former chief medical adviser to the president, for mismanaging the government's COVID-19 response — and said Congress should investigate, polling by a conservative grassroots group shows.
In the survey conducted for Convention of States Action by The Trafalgar Group, released Monday, found that 52.2% of voters say the congressional investigation should look into Fauci for "inconsistent testimony about his research leading up to the pandemic" — and his actions managing the outbreak, while 44.5% disagreed.
"Had the COVID-19 pandemic been well-managed, it would have been prudent for Congress to hold hearings to talk about what we learned and what could be done better in the future," Mark Meckler, president of Convention of States, said in a statement accompanying results of the Trafalgar survey.
"And yet — despite the fact that the pandemic was horribly mismanaged and that untold millions of Americans continue to pay the price for the COVID-era policies — some that are still in effect — Congress has failed to act."
Other findings of the survey showed that 56-42% of independent voters say Fauci should be investigated by Congress for his inconsistent testimony about his research leading up to the pandemic, and his actions managing the pandemic. But 80.2-16.8% of Republican voters say the same and 25.5%-70% of Democrat voters say Congress should investigate.
"This poll offers a strong and clear message to the new Congress — we want you to investigate Fauci and get to the bottom of this before the next pandemic repeats the same gross mistakes," Meckler said.
The poll surveyed 1,079 likely general election voters and has a margin of error of 2.9%.
The COSA survey's full results were released Monday by the pollster.
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