2026年7月29日 美国东部时间下午3:47 / 福克斯新闻
这位民主党参议员告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，他当时保持沉默是因为该观点被斥为右翼边缘理论
作者：汉娜·布伦南 福克斯新闻
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参议员约翰·费特曼，宾夕法尼亚州民主党人，在出席安东尼·福奇博士出席的参议院听证会后接受了福克斯新闻数字频道的采访，他表示自己本应更积极地探讨新冠病毒源自实验室的可能性。（图片来源：尼古拉斯·巴拉西 为福克斯新闻数字频道拍摄）
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宾夕法尼亚州民主党参议员约翰·费特曼表示，在周三参议院听证会上与安东尼·福奇发生激烈交锋后，他对新冠大流行时期的一大遗憾是没有更有力地发声，探讨病毒源自实验室的可能性。
“我有过遗憾吗？”费特曼说，“是的，我有过。”
在参议院听证会上对福奇进行质询后，费特曼在接受福克斯新闻数字频道采访时表示，他后悔在“实验室泄漏论”被斥为“边缘”观点时没有站出来发声。
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2025年11月10日，宾夕法尼亚州民主党参议员约翰·费特曼在华盛顿特区国会山参议院会议厅外就投票事宜对记者发表讲话。（安德鲁·哈尼克/盖蒂图片社）
“其中一个遗憾肯定是，你知道的，病毒可能来自实验室的这个想法，”费特曼说，“当时这被看作是，你知道的，疯狂的右翼边缘言论。但我当时在想，‘这在我看来挺合理的。’”
在听证会的发言中，费特曼告诉福奇，他不是来攻击他的，而是来检讨自己在整个大流行期间的质疑和犹豫。他透露，在该理论被视为他所谓的“右翼理论”后，他不愿公开支持病毒源自实验室的可能性，尽管他认为这个观点值得被认真考虑。
“我希望下次再发生这种事时，我们可以追随真相，不管姓名后面带有R还是D，或者不管是哪一方，”费特曼告诉福克斯新闻数字频道。
兰德·保罗带中情局举报人出席参议院听证会，指控“深层政府”炮制新冠阴谋论
“这是一场病毒疫情，真正唯一的阵营，未来真的应该是美国人对抗病毒，”他对福克斯新闻数字频道说。
费特曼在听证会上也表达了同样的观点，他解释说，他不想未来再被党派观点“打个措手不及”，并辩称每个人都应该“愿意追求真相”，无论该观点是哪个政党率先提出的。
他还告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，他早就知道福奇会援引第五修正案，福奇在声称参议院委员会主席兰德·保罗“痴迷”于将他送进监狱后，共111次援引第五修正案。费特曼表示，无论如何，他都想为自己在大流行期间的应对方式承担责任。
兰德·保罗在福奇援引第五修正案超百次后寻求以藐视罪指控
宾夕法尼亚州民主党参议员约翰·费特曼在与安东尼·福奇出席参议院国土安全与政府事务委员会听证会并发表讲话后，分享了自己对新冠疫情期间对实验室泄漏论保持沉默的遗憾。（汤姆·威廉姆斯/CQ滚石公司 via 盖蒂图片社；比尔·克拉克/CQ滚石公司 via 盖蒂图片社）
“我知道福奇博士会援引第五修正案，”费特曼说，“所以就像我说的，我表达了我的一个遗憾，就是没有更愿意推动这个想法，”费特曼在谈到实验室泄漏的可能性时说。
费特曼还谈到，他意识到尽管许多人因新冠失去生命，但无数企业也因疫情遭受重创——他将此称为“另一种形式的死亡”。
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“我有亲人因新冠去世，但我也见过、也听过无数失去生意的人的故事，”费特曼说，“这太令人心碎了。”
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The Democratic senator told Fox News Digital he stayed quiet because the idea was dismissed as a right-wing fringe theory
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Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., says one of his regrets from the COVID-19 pandemic was not speaking up more forcefully about the possibility that the virus originated in a lab following a heated exchange with Anthony Fauci at a Senate hearing Wednesday.
“Did I have regrets?” Fetterman said. “Well, I did.”
Speaking to Fox News Digital after questioning Fauci at the Senate hearing, Fetterman said he regretted not speaking up when the lab-leak theory was dismissed as a “fringe” idea.
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U.S. Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., speaks to reporters outside the Senate Chamber during votes on Nov. 10, 2025 on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.(Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
“One [regret] for sure was, you know, this idea that it could have come from the lab,” Fetterman said. “That was like, you know, crazy, right fringe kind of thing. And I was like, ‘It seemed to make sense to me.’”
During his remarks at the hearing, Fetterman told Fauci that he was not there to attack him, but rather to call out his own questioning and hesitancy throughout the pandemic. He revealed that he was reluctant to publicly support the possibility of a lab origin after it became viewed as what he called a “right-wing kind of theory,” even though he thought it deserved consideration.
“I hope the next time this happens, we can follow where the truth is, depending on if there’s an R or D after the name or whatever the side is,” Fetterman told Fox News Digital.
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“It’s a virus, the only side is, really, Americans versus the virus in the future,” he told Fox News Digital.
Fetterman shared the same sentiment during the hearing, explaining that he doesn’t want to be “blindsided” by a partisan idea moving forward, arguing that everyone should be “willing to pursue the truth” despite what political party is spearheading it.
He also told Fox News Digital that he knew Fauci was going to plead the Fifth, which Fauci invoked 111 times after claiming Committee Chairman Rand Paul had an “obsession” with putting him behind bars. Fetterman shared that, regardless, he wanted to hold himself accountable for his own approach during the pandemic.
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Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., shares his regret about staying quiet on the lab leak theory during the COVID-19 pandemic after delivering remarks at the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing with Anthony Fauci.(Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images; Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
“I know Dr. Fauci was gonna take the Fifth,” Fetterman said. “So just like I said, I expressed my one regret, [not] being more willing to push that idea,” Fetterman said, referring to the possibility of a lab leak.
Fetterman also spoke about his acknowledgement that while many lost their lives to the pandemic, countless businesses were also devastated by the pandemic — calling it a “different kind of death.”
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“I’ve had loved ones die from COVID, but I also met and I’ve heard from countless people that lost their businesses,” Fetterman said. “That’s devastating.”
Hannah is a Production Assistant for the Politics team at Fox News Digital.
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