Moms for Liberty co-founder Tina Descovich stated that Dr. Anthony Fauci's decision to invoke the Fifth Amendment during congressional questioning left millions of parents seeking answers about pandemic-era school closures, masking policies, and their perceived lasting effects on children.
"The things our children have suffered with the lack of education, with the forced masking, with children in some places being forced to take vaccinations so that they could go to school, the things that they have endured, what our families have been through, America deserves an apology," Descovich told Fox News Digital.
Descovich, who also serves as CEO of Moms for Liberty, indicated that families are still contending with the ramifications of pandemic policies, including learning loss and mental health challenges. She believes that Congress should continue to investigate the decision-making processes and accountability for prolonged school closures during the COVID-19 pandemic.
"Our children are still living with the consequences," Descovich said. "Some schools were closed in California, Chicago, other places for up to two years. Our children suffered mental health ramifications from his policies."
Dr. Anthony Fauci appeared before the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee to answer questions from Republican lawmakers, including Senator Rand Paul, regarding his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to reports, Paul indicated plans to pursue civil contempt proceedings against Fauci after the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases invoked the Fifth Amendment over 100 times during the hearing.
Descovich expressed a desire for reforms to prevent similar situations in the future, emphasizing parental rights in child-rearing.
"Parents have the fundamental right to direct the upbringing of their children," she stated. "Moms for Liberty was born in 2021 because government was overreaching into our families, making decisions on behalf of our children, throwing them out of school, forcing masks on them, forcing them to vaccinate, and it shot Moms for Liberty into the stratosphere immediately because parents were very upset, and our government should have learned a very good lesson in 2020, 2021, don't mess with American moms."