'You need to shut your mouth, Jim': Dem Maxine Waters snaps at Rep. Jordan for asking Fauci when we'll 'get our liberties back' during House shouting match

 Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters told Republican Congressman Jim Jordan to 'shut his mouth' when he asked Dr. Fauci when the pandemic will end and America will get their 'liberties' back.

The House Coronavirus Crisis Subcommittee descended into chaos on Thursday when Jordan probed the White House COVID advisor on restrictions that have been place for a year.

'We had 15 days to slow the spread turned into one year of lost liberty,' Jordan said during the tense session. 'What metrics, what measures, what has to happen before Americans get their freedoms back?' 

'You’re indicating liberty and freedom. I look at it as a public health measure to prevent people from dying and going to hospital,' Fauci told Jordan and said the US will return to normal when enough people are vaccinated. 

'You don't think Americans' liberties have been threatened the last year, Dr. Fauci?" Jordan added. "They've been assaulted!".  

Fauci then told Jordan 'you're making this personal' when the Ohio Rep. said no one was allowed to criticize him.

'You need to respect the chair and shut your mouth!' Waters then interjected. It came after she opened her testimony by saying:' Dr. Fauci, I love you.

Fauci was also chided by Reps. Steve Scalise as  he testified alongside Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky.  

Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters told Republican Congressman Jim Jordan to 'shut his mouth' when he asked Dr. Fauci when the pandemic will end and America will get their 'liberties' back

Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters told Republican Congressman Jim Jordan to 'shut his mouth' when he asked Dr. Fauci when the pandemic will end and America will get their 'liberties' back

'We had 15 days to slow the spread turned into one year of lost liberty,' Jordan said during the tense session. 'What metrics, what measures, what has to happen before Americans get their freedoms back?'

'We had 15 days to slow the spread turned into one year of lost liberty,' Jordan said during the tense session. 'What metrics, what measures, what has to happen before Americans get their freedoms back?' 

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Scalise held up pictures of packed border facilities and accused the U.S. government of operating with a double standard. 

'COVID-positive migrants are released into the country, and that's allowed - but a vaccinated person can't go to a restaurant?' Scalise said. 'Kids packed in crowded, poorly ventilated cells six inches, not six feet, apart for 20 hour a day or more - but we can't open schools for in-person learning?'  

Fauci answered Scalise's questions more delicately, while pushing back on Jordan's assertions. 

'No doubt it's a very difficult situation at the border,' Fauci told Scalise. 'I mean obviously everyone would like to see that situation fixed, I know that it's a very difficult situation,' he added after the Louisiana Republican asked if migrants in custody should be following COVID-19 social distancing protocols.  

Jordan brought up the border too, pointing out how the Biden administration was violating the freedom of the press, by not letting journalists into the overcrowded facilities that Scalise had brought pictures of. 

'Guess what! The press isn't allowed in those facilities,' Jordan said. 

'You¿re indicating liberty and freedom. I look at it as a public health measure to prevent people from dying and going to hospital,' Fauci told Jordan and said the US will return to normal when enough people are vaccinated. 'You don't think Americans' liberties have been threatened the last year, Dr. Fauci?" Jordan added. "They've been assaulted!".

'You’re indicating liberty and freedom. I look at it as a public health measure to prevent people from dying and going to hospital,' Fauci told Jordan and said the US will return to normal when enough people are vaccinated. 'You don't think Americans' liberties have been threatened the last year, Dr. Fauci?" Jordan added. "They've been assaulted!".


Fauci deployed a different tactic, telling Jordan, 'I think you're making this a personal thing and it isn't.' 

'You are, that is exactly what you're doing,' Fauci charged. 

'My recommendations are not a personal recommendation, it's based on the CDC guidance, which is underscored ...' Fauci continued, before being interrupted by Jordan. 

Jordan demanded, again to know 'what measures have to be attained before Americans get their First Amendment liberties back.' 

'I just told you that,' Fauci said. 

'No, you haven't given anything specific,' Jordan shot back. 

'Right now we have about 60,000 infections a day, which is a very large risk for a surge, we're not talking about liberties, we're talking about a pandemic that has killed 560,000 Americans, that's what we're talking about,' Fauci replied. 

Jordan pointed to businesses being closed and people not being able to go to church and continued to press Fauci for a number. 

'When 90 per cent of the members of Congress get vaccinated,' inserted the chairman of the committee, Rep. Jim Clyburn, a South Carolina Democrat, hitting the gavel to tell Jordan his time was up.  

The House's No. 2 Republican, Rep. Steve Scalise (pictured), held up pictures of cramped border conditions and asked Dr. Anthony Fauci why migrants weren't following the rules Americans were forced to

The House's No. 2 Republican, Rep. Steve Scalise (pictured), held up pictures of cramped border conditions and asked Dr. Anthony Fauci why migrants weren't following the rules Americans were forced to 

'My recommendations are not a personal recommendation, it's based on the CDC guidance, which is underscored ...' Fauci continued, before being interrupted by Jordan.

'My recommendations are not a personal recommendation, it's based on the CDC guidance, which is underscored ...' Fauci continued, before being interrupted by Jordan.

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