Rep. Rosendale's Claims About Fauci and COVID-19 in Montana Discredited

Multiple investigations reveal U.S. Rep. Matt Rosendale's allegations about Dr. Anthony Fauci bringing COVID-19 to Montana as baseless and misleading.

• A fundraising ad by U.S. Rep. Matt Rosendale falsely claimed Dr. Anthony Fauci brought COVID-19 to Montana a year before the outbreak in the U.S.
• Investigations into Rosendale's claims found no evidence to support the allegations, labeling them as inaccurate and baseless.
• The research in question at Rocky Mountain Laboratories involved a different coronavirus, WIV1-CoV, not related to the COVID-19 causing SARS-CoV-2.
• Experts and officials from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases have debunked the claims, emphasizing the lack of connection between the research and the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Rosendale's efforts to cut funding for the lab and reduce a top researcher's salary based on these claims have been criticized as ill-informed.

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