Speaking with Dan Bongino, Paul responded to comments made last week by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer who compared "anti-vaxxers here in this chamber" to "flat earthers" from 400 years ago.

Paul noted that "Schumer left out one thing, when they were denying that the Earth went around the sun. It was the government denying that and it was an independent scientist trying to set them straight."

Paul further explained "the danger is when you let science be controlled by government, or by one sort of monolithic individual like Fauci, it really doesn't have anything to do with science. Science usually discovers the truth eventually. But when science is dictated by the government, that's when you get, you know, Flat Earthers."