Eagles coach Vic Fangio mocks Anthony Fauci's Senate hearing spectacle during his own press conference

The start of any NFL training camp is a life-consuming experience that leaves participants with little time for anything else, but Philadelphia Eagles coach Vic Fangio showed Thursday he can still keep up with other things: Like Anthony Fauci's Senate hearing.The defensive coordinator got in front of reporters for a regularly scheduled news conference and promptly fielded the first question that, if you know Philly reporters, wasn't a softball."I'm going to be like Fauci and just take the Fifth Amendment on your question," Fangio said. "Did you guys see that?"Oh, my God."TOP 5 MOMENTS FROM FAUCI'S HEARING: PAUL BOOTS LAWYER, MORENO ERUPTS AS CONTEMPT VOTE LOOMSFangio was kidding.And not kidding.He watched segments of the hearings in which the former Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and a cornerstone member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force during the Covid-19 pandemic testified before senators.Fauci invoked the Fifth Amendment so as to not incriminate himself more than 100 times – 111 times by some counts.Fauci, 85, was subpoenaed to appear before the Senate’s government oversight committee by Chairman Rand Paul (R-Kentucky), who has alleged Fauci should be jailed for covering up the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic and even helped cause the pandemic by funding Coronavirus research in Wuhan, China, where the outbreak began in 2019.RAND PAUL SEEKS CONTEMPT CHARGES AFTER FAUCI INVOKES FIFTH AMENDMENT MORE THAN 100 TIMESFauci refused to answer the most mundane questions despite the fact that President Joe Biden gave him a full, unconditional and preemptive pardon.The good doctor wouldn't even answer questions about the color of his tie or the carpet.And Fangio, who attended the Eagles' Super Bowl celebration at the White House in 2025, was not impressed.(One supposes he's like a lot of Americans who want answers because, like everything else, the NFL was deeply affected by the Covid-19 pandemic).Fangio, 67, did not watch the entire Fauci circus act, according to a source.
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Philadelphia Eagles coach Vic Fangio held a press conference on Thursday. He joked that he would 'take the Fifth Amendment' like Dr. Anthony Fauci did during a Senate hearing. Fangio said this after reporters asked him a tough question. He added, 'Did you guys see that? Oh, my God.'
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- What did Vic Fangio say about Anthony Fauci?
- He said he would 'take the Fifth Amendment' like Fauci did during a Senate hearing.
- When did Fangio make the comment?
- He made it during a press conference at the start of Eagles training camp on Thursday.
- Why did reporters ask him a tough question?
- It was a regular news conference and reporters often ask challenging questions at the start of camp.
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Eagles coach Vic Fangio mocks Anthony Fauci's Senate hearing spectacle during his own press conference
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