Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., and Dr. Anthony Fauci went at it once again during Tuesday’s Senate hearing on Capitol Hill regarding COVID-19, and members of the mainstream media have stepped in to back the nation’s top doc.

MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinski called Paul’s movement to have Fauci fired “downright sick” and sympathized with how hard it must be to be Dr. Anthony Fauci.

“It’s hard not to get extremely upset to see this happening,” she said. “We are trying to run a country and keep people safe and have the best scientists be given a platform to help Americans be safe. And this idiot is raising money off of defaming him.”