'He's like an angry, petty tyrant': Top GOP figures call on Fauci to RESIGN after his 'dangerously arrogant' I AM SCIENCE statement and for claiming he NEVER played down theory that Covid-19 came from Wuhan lab Dr Anthony Fauci came under fire on Wednesday after telling MSNBC's Chuck Todd that attacks on him were 'attacks on science' Fauci's comments came after Republican Sens. Marsha Blackburn, Marco Rubio and Tom Cotton called on Fauci to resign Fauci's critics on the right claim he misled the American people on COVID-19 origins and the use of face masks Attacks on Fauci intensified after release of thousands of his emails last week