Marjorie Taylor Greene Introduces Bill To Slash Faucie apos;s Salary To 0

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said Thursday she is introducing two bills related to the pandemic with the aim of stripping Dr.
of his government salary and banning so-called vaccine passports. 
In a press release Greene tweeted, the controversial Georgia Republican said her 'Fire Fauci Act' would decrease 'Dr.

Always Wrong's' pay to $0 and the 'We Will Not Comply Act' will 'prevent discrimination against the unvaccinated.' 
Later Thursday, she tweeted a video of herself weight-lifting sans mask. 'This is my Covid protection,' she wrote, along with '#MakeAmericaHealthyAgain' and 'It's time to #FireFauci.' Greene previously owned a CrossFit gym.   
Greene said her goal was to have the 80-year-old Fauci remain unpaid until the can confirm a new director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - except Fauci isn't a political appointee, he's a career civil servant - and so the bill, as she's pitching it, wouldn't work. 
Dr.

Anthony Fauci (left) is being targeted by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (right). The QAnon congresswoman said she was introducing legislation that zeroes out Fauci's salary 
In a press release, Greene outlined her plans for both bills.

The Fauci bill wouldn't actually have the power to remove Fauci from his role
In another tweet Thursday, Greene shared video of herself lifting weights and doing CrossFit maneuvers.

'This is my Covid protection,' the Georgia Republican said 
High-level presidential political appointees need Senate confirmation.  
But in Fauci's case, he's a career civil servant who's held his job since the Reagan administration, advising presidents of both parties. 
When former President Donald Trump suggested to a Miami campaign rally crowd in November that he might fire Fauci after the election, experts pointed to federal laws that would prevent him from directly making the move. 
'There are civil service protections for career federal employees that prevent them from being removed or demoted for political reasons,' Max Stier, president and CEO of Partnership for Public Service, , when tensions between Fauci and Trump were already apparent. 
Trump could have pressured Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, a political appointee, incitasecurity.com to get rid of Fauci - but there's a process Fauci could pursue to stay in his job.  
Greene was correct in noting that Fauci is the , currently making $434,312, according to her office. 
Salary data from 2019 said Fauci was making $417,608.  
The second piece of legislation Greene said she is pursuing would prevent businesses engaged in interstate commerce from discriminating against people based on their vaccination status. 
It would also cut off federal funding to enforce vaccine mandates.
It would allow individuals who have been discriminated against due to their anti-vax status to sue. 
Greene's legislation would also allow anti-maskers to sue. 
It would also prevent the U.S.

government from requiring a vaccine to acquire a passport. 
And prevent airlines and colleges from denying a person access due to vaccine status. 
With the Democrats in majority and only a handful of Republicans leaning into the GOP's emerging anti-vaxxer base, the bill will go nowhere. 
On Twitter, users pointed out that both bills could be April Fools' jokes. 
Democratic Rep.

Ted Lieu tweeted, 'Below is an example of why Members of Congress need good staff. Helps prevent us from introducing stupid, nonsensical bills like the one below from [Greene].'
Lieu had shared a tweet from a reporter who pointed out Fauci's job wasn't subject to Senate confirmation. 
Democratic Rep.

Ted Lieu responded to Greene's plan to fire Fauci through legislation by sharing a reporter's tweet that noted his position wasn't subject to Senate confirmation
Greene has time on her hands to create headlines.  
In early February, the freshman lawmaker was stripped of her committee assignments by the House Democratic majority due to controversial statements she made on social media and ideas she's expressed. 
Greene indicated support on Facebook for assassinating House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

She also has prescribed to the QAnon conspiracy theory - and expressed doubt on the legitimacy of school shootings and the 9/11 terror attacks. 
Since February, Greene has kept busy by making motions to adjourn prior to votes on bills she disapproves of. 
This has delayed the process sometimes by several hours. 
On Tuesday she visited Mar-a-Lago to meet with former President Donald Trump, where they expressed mutual affection for each other.  
While Trump ridiculed mask-wearing, he's touted and taken credit for the swift developments of the three COVID-19 vaccines. 
However, he also quietly got the vaccine before leaving office - instead of taking the shot publicly as part of the other ex-presidents' broader campaign to thwart vaccine hesitancy. 


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