{"id":13009,"date":"2021-03-22T09:17:17","date_gmt":"2021-03-22T16:17:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/?p=13009"},"modified":"2021-03-22T09:17:23","modified_gmt":"2021-03-22T16:17:23","slug":"the-rand-paul-anthony-fauci-smack-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/victorhanson.com\/wordpress\/the-rand-paul-anthony-fauci-smack-down\/","title":{"rendered":"The Rand Paul-Anthony Fauci Smack Down"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<a class=\"spreaker-player\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spreaker.com\/user\/9808505\/tc-show-03-19-hour-1-the-rand-paul-antho\" data-resource=\"episode_id=43970452\" data-theme=\"light\" data-autoplay=\"false\" data-playlist=\"false\" data-cover=\"https:\/\/d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net\/images.spreaker.com\/original\/29583274ee35795a4385f6bb3285cd35.jpg\" data-width=\"100%\" data-height=\"400px\">Listen to &#8220;The Rand Paul-Anthony Fauci Smack Down&#8221; on Spreaker.<\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>Listen to Victor Davis Hanson starting at the 20-minute mark<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Listen to &#8220;The Rand Paul-Anthony Fauci Smack Down&#8221; on Spreaker. 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