The Washington Examiner’s Paul Bedard writes, “Nearly half the nation believes that COVID-19 czar Anthony Fauci lied about funding virus testing in China, and almost as many want him dumped from the post he’s held for 37 years.

In the latest Rasmussen Reports survey, 49% said he has not told the truth about U.S. funding for “gain-of-function” research.

I’m not alone in wanting Fauci to resign. Now, most Americans want him to resign too. #FauciLied https://t.co/9eifxF9kXG

— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) October 29, 2021

When asked if he should be forced to resign as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, 46% said yes and 40% said no.

The survey followed the recent release of a memo suggesting the United States supported and funded virus testing in China, where it is believed COVID-19 started or was developed.”

Read the entire column.

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A new Gallup poll released Thursday showed that a majority of Americans say the government is doing too much.

Fifty-two percent said government is doing too many things that should instead be handled by individuals and businesses.

Only 43 percent said the government needed to do more.

When Gallup conducted this poll last year they found that 54 percent of Americans wanted the government to have a more active role in fixing the country’s problems.

Americans again favor a reduced government role in solving problems facing the country after supporting a more active government role last year. https://t.co/vLEomXyRd2

— GallupNews (@GallupNews) October 14, 2021

But that’s not all. Support for government intervention appears to be down across the board and in all parties.

The Hill observes, “Thursday’s poll found that members of all parties were less likely now than they were a year ago to favor a more active role for government, with the opinions of independents changing the most.

Fifty-seven percent of independents say the government is doing too much, compared to 38 percent who held the same opinion last year.”

That’s almost a twenty point drop in independents’ faith in government.

Read the Gallup poll.

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Reform, yes. Defund the police? Absolutely not

The Washington Times‘ Beverly Smith-Brown (Lead Coordinator for D.C., Maryland, and Virginia for the Woodson Center’s Voices of Black Mothers United initiative, and President of Momma’s Safe Haven) makes clear that a strong police presence is important to public safety, particularly for minorities.

“Police brutality against unarmed Black people has rightly generated national outrage,” writes Smith-Brown. “But criminal violence takes the lives of far more Black people than police brutality does.”

She continues, “When a Black youth is killed by the hands of the police, it becomes front-page news. But when a Black youth is killed by the hands of a Black or brown person, it becomes just another senseless murder.”

The defund the police movement “has made things worse by pushing law-enforcement away and making them more hesitant about protecting our neighborhoods. Police presence in our neighborhoods is smaller, and it’s making our streets more unsafe…”https://t.co/cMKDapSYfZ

— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) August 3, 2021

Our nation’s capitol is a good example of why a strong law enforcement presence is needed.

“Washington, DC, is not alone in facing a growing epidemic of criminal violence,” Smith-Brown notes. “American cities saw a 33% increase in criminal homicides in 2020. This year, homicide rates in large cities are up nearly 25% percent for the beginning of 2021…”

“This is why we are speaking out against defunding the police,” Smith-Brown declares. “This movement has made things worse by pushing law-enforcement away and making them more hesitant about protecting our neighborhoods. Police presence in our neighborhoods is smaller, and it’s making our streets more unsafe.”

“Black people do not want the police to be pushed out and defunded,” she observed.

Smith-Brown then notes an important poll number.

“In a national poll last year, 81% of Black people said they want more, not less, police presence in their communities.”

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