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Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback and noted COVID-19 vaccine skeptic Aaron Rodgers blasted Dr. Anthony Fauci on Monday, calling the infectious disease expert an “absolute coward” days after he repeatedly pleaded the Fifth during highly contentious Senate testimony last week.

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Talk show host and former NFL player Pat McAfee asked Rodgers about his mindset entering his last season in the league, to which Rodgers replied, “I'm gonna plead the Fifth. Like that absolute coward Tony Fauci.”

Fauci testified in front of a Senate committee last week after Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., published his diary entries from 2019 to 2022, refusing to answer questions and invoking his Fifth Amendment rights.

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