Considered one of the most outspoken authorities exploring the possibility that COVID-19 originated from a lab leak in China, British author and science journalist Nicholas Wade was called by Republicans to testify at the initial Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic hearing on March 8.
His presence drew the ire of several Democrats—including Rep. Raul Ruiz (D-N.M.), the subcommittee’s ranking Democrat—who accused Wade of having racist views that will hurt “the credibility of this hearing.”
Wade’s 2014 book, “A Troublesome Inheritance: Genes, Race and Human History,” examines the genetic makeup of race and contends that recent human evolution has created racial differences in economic and social behavior….