There shouldn't be a partisan narrative. The problem is that the lab claim was made prior to the emergence of evidence. Asking questions is one thing, but you don't get points for guessing sh!t. It's also pretty tacky to be using this pandemic to score political points. I have my share of complaints on how it was handled but I'm generally going to lean on what the current scientific consensus says more than some troll on 8chan or XXX or Trump's own stupid advice he gave during the pandemic to take hydroxychloroquine. Also, Trump could have fired Fauci at any time. He opted not to. But the bottom line is misinformation is a pandemic in itself.
It's a good thing they're suspending the funding.
Trump could have fired Fauci. He could have fired Fauci after the election, out the door.. He didn't, and that's on him.
But the reason Trump didn't fire him was because of the near-deification of Fauci by almost the entire Democratic Left. Fauci had political capital that was given to him by Democrats and Democratic donors. They ought to be taken to task.
That includes the bulk of the Red Avatars here. Those who were shilling for bats and wet markets as a serendipitous genesis for COVID-19 and defending Fauci ought to be able to say, "Yes, I was wrong."