Liberty, Tyranny, and Accountability: Congressional Hearing on COVID-19 Government Responses

The hearing, "Liberty, Tyranny, and Accountability: Covid-19 and the Constitution," examined the federal and state responses to the Covid-19 pandemic and the effects on the civil liberties of Americans.

Source: House Judiciary GOP

The House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government held a hearing on Tuesday, April 16, 2024. The hearing, “Liberty, Tyranny, and Accountability: Covid-19 and the Constitution,” examined the federal and state responses to the Covid-19 pandemic and the effects on the civil liberties of Americans.

WITNESSES:
Harmeet Dhillon, Founder and CEO, Center for American Liberty
Dr. Joseph Ladapo, State Surgeon General of Florida
Beanie Geoghegan, Co-Founder, Freedom in Education
Michelle Goodwin, Professor of Constitutional Law at Georgetown University

Basically, the democrats defended ALL of their actions: vaccine mandates, the lockdown, businesses and schools closed, parks and beaches closed, children required to wear masks in school, etc.

Tom McClintock, a congressman from California, made perhaps the best argument for NOT doing lockdowns when he said the following:

“So, what did these lockdown leftists do? They closed the schools and forced infected patients into nursing homes. We knew from the beginning that obesity was a major contributing factor to the severity of the disease, and what did these leftists do? They closed the gyms and left the liquor stores open. We knew from the beginning that outdoor transmissions were very rare and that 80% of the infections occurred in people's homes. So, what did these leftists do? They closed the parks and beaches and forced people into their homes. Sweden never closed its schools, never closed its businesses, never required masks or vaccines; they trusted their citizens to make these decisions for themselves. The United States, unfortunately, imposed all of these mandates in the states controlled by the Democrats, and here's the result: The United States has suffered 3,600 deaths per million from COVID; Sweden suffered 2,600 deaths per million. So, let me put it another way: if we had followed Sweden's policies and had Sweden's results, 340,000 more Americans would be alive today. And that doesn't include the millions of additional excess deaths that these policies cause from suicides and drug and alcohol-related deaths.”