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Ashley B. Moody: “We are now called the free state of Florida.”

Featuring: Ashley B. Moody, Republican | U.S. Senate from Florida

'You Said So Yourself In Your Diary!': Moody Confronts Fauci Over COVID-19 Mask, Vaccine Policies

Published July 30, 2026 | Video Starts at 00:57

So that's how I came here. Fighting for a free state amongst states that had locked their own people down. We are now called the free state of Florida. And I believe our responsibility here is to make sure that government remembers the people are our bosses, that we report to them, that we're accountable to them. (00:57–01:00)

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Asserts that Florida is referred to as the "free state" due to its policies.

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“This is the same grant that funded the work on bat coronaviruses at the Wuhan Institute on Virology.”
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“I was the attorney general in Florida who fought back against the lockdowns, the school closures, the church closures.”
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“We actually empaneled a grand jury of people of all walks of life, all political persuasions.”
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“The trust the American people place in our public health institutions and what happened to that trust during COVID is important.”
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“On March 8, 2020, you [Dr. Fauci] appeared on 60 Minutes to discuss the spread of COVID 19.”
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“Just a few weeks later, the CDC released its guidance recommending that Americans wear masks in public.”
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“In April 5, 2020 interview on CBS said, Every time I get to that podium in the White House briefing room, I always essentially plead with…”
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“By 2022, the consequences of prolonged COVID lockdowns on our children were clear.”
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“We’re still the only state to have empaneled a grand jury.”
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“The grand jury's conclusion was the lockdown mask and social distancing advice...was not based on the best available scientific data.”
'You Said So Yourself In Your Diary!': Moody Confronts Fauci Over COVID-19 Mask, Vaccine Policies | Uploaded July 30, 2026 | 09:26-09:31
“Many recommendations and their accompanying mandates departed significantly from available research.”
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“This is the pardon you have heard so much about.”
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“The only other person that got a pardon like this, I believe, had a last name of Biden.”
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“2014 was also the year that the NIAID or NIH began funding EcoHealth alliances Understanding the Risk of Bat Coronavirus Emergence grant.”
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“The critical issue driving your [Dr. Fauci's] initial recommendation to the American public was scarcity, logistics, not medical evidence.”
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“You bear no responsibility for [the American people's] collapse in trust of their government?”
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