Republican U.S. Rep. Matt Rosendale’s campaign ad claims that Dr. Anthony Fauci brought COVID to Montana a year before it broke out in the U.S. This ad is part of his fundraising efforts in his run for a Republican nomination. However, these claims are false. The study Rosendale references from the Rocky Mountain Laboratories in Montana focused on a coronavirus that is genetically different from the virus that causes COVID-19. Rosendale’s claims and proposed amendments to cut research funding are based on misinformation and fear-mongering, and have been widely refuted by virologists and fact-checkers.
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Congressman Off-Base in Ad Claiming Fauci Shipped Covid to Montana Before the Pandemic
