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brooklynite

(94,529 posts)
Wed May 15, 2019, 05:00 PM May 2019

"Madam Speaker, did you bring your handcuffs"?

Washington Post

If Attorney General William P. Barr is worried about being held in contempt of Congress, he didn’t show it Wednesday.

At an event outside the West Front of the Capitol honoring slain law enforcement officers, Barr approached House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), who last week joked about locking up members of the Trump administration in “a jail down in the basement of the Capitol.”

According to a person who witnessed the exchange, Barr shook Pelosi’s hand and said loudly, “Madam Speaker, did you bring your handcuffs?”

Pelosi smiled and responded that the House sergeant at arms was present should it be necessary to arrest anyone, the person said, adding that Barr “chuckled and walked away.
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"Madam Speaker, did you bring your handcuffs"? (Original Post) brooklynite May 2019 OP
Sucker just made his Impeachment a real thing. Wellstone ruled May 2019 #1
What judge? dumbcat May 2019 #8
If and when there are any Wellstone ruled May 2019 #12
Got it. nt dumbcat May 2019 #19
"She who laughs last..." saidsimplesimon May 2019 #2
Oh, you know it's coming. It's the suspense that gets me. TheBlackAdder May 2019 #37
Har de har-har! gratuitous May 2019 #3
What a dumb thing for Barr to say. C_U_L8R May 2019 #4
Such an insolent, condescending Zoonart May 2019 #6
It's as if they're trying to provoke an incident that would allow them to declare martial law. tanyev May 2019 #5
The complacency has emboldened them. coti May 2019 #7
"Complacency" on the part of who? ehrnst May 2019 #14
He threw it in her face that she wasn't going to do a damned thing. coti May 2019 #22
He was trying to rattle her. She didn't take the bait. ehrnst May 2019 #25
I see it a completely different way awesomerwb1 May 2019 #28
You think that the disrespect that they give Dems, especially women, is "earned" by Dems? ehrnst May 2019 #29
Hahahahahaha awesomerwb1 May 2019 #30
Sounds like I hit a nerve... ehrnst May 2019 #32
Hahahaha awesomerwb1 May 2019 #33
That's using a whole a lot of words to say ehrnst May 2019 #34
oh lord awesomerwb1 May 2019 #36
Tag you're it! ehrnst May 2019 #38
He sure rattled a lot of people here StarfishSaver May 2019 #31
Wishful thinking, Bill? edbermac May 2019 #9
Let them swagger. Let them strut. Gore1FL May 2019 #10
My answer to Barr would have been "did you bring your handkerchief ooky May 2019 #11
The Trump administration men love thinking that they've "pwned" Pelosi. ehrnst May 2019 #13
interesting yaesu May 2019 #15
Impeachment will hurt the GOP for decades, and they will blame us for it anyway so... JoeOtterbein May 2019 #16
What a dick! smirkymonkey May 2019 #17
That's in the works, but... Lock him up. May 2019 #23
I think that when she smiles "that smile" whoever is on the receiving end of it ehrnst May 2019 #18
Post removed Post removed May 2019 #20
Not hardly. George II May 2019 #21
The tubby, dumpy, ugly little nazi troll. Mc Mike May 2019 #24
I'm guessing we're among millions who'd be pleased to Hortensis May 2019 #26
She has such class Lefta Dissenter May 2019 #27
These guys have extremely terrible poker faces. Initech May 2019 #35

saidsimplesimon

(7,888 posts)
2. "She who laughs last..."
Wed May 15, 2019, 05:05 PM
May 2019

On full display, the disrespect for Rule of Law and our Constitution by a rumpublican.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
3. Har de har-har!
Wed May 15, 2019, 05:10 PM
May 2019

No Mr. Barr, but hand-cuffing criminals is not really my job. Did you bring your knee pads?

C_U_L8R

(45,002 posts)
4. What a dumb thing for Barr to say.
Wed May 15, 2019, 05:10 PM
May 2019

Bet he didn’t anticipate our Speaker’s smart response. I sense a foreshadowing of when Barr, wearing pink bunny pajamas, is yanked out of bed in the middle of the night by the Capitol Police and frogmarched off in disgrace.

coti

(4,612 posts)
7. The complacency has emboldened them.
Wed May 15, 2019, 06:05 PM
May 2019

That's why you don't allow shit like this to go on and not even try to do anything about it.

 

ehrnst

(32,640 posts)
14. "Complacency" on the part of who?
Wed May 15, 2019, 07:29 PM
May 2019

You think that Barr chuckling is "emboldened?"



It's little boy posturing. Please.

Pelosi is not allowing "shit" to go on with no consequences. Are you sure that you're on the right board?

coti

(4,612 posts)
22. He threw it in her face that she wasn't going to do a damned thing.
Wed May 15, 2019, 08:40 PM
May 2019

You can try to see it some other way, if you'd like, but that's what happened.

 

ehrnst

(32,640 posts)
25. He was trying to rattle her. She didn't take the bait.
Thu May 16, 2019, 09:15 AM
May 2019

Trump "throws it" in everyone's face - does that mean he thinks that he's actually winning?

He and Barr are nervous. She's doing her job. Period.

You can try to see it some other way, if you'd like, but that's what happened.

You seem to think that this disrepect was "earned" by Pelosi.

awesomerwb1

(4,267 posts)
28. I see it a completely different way
Thu May 16, 2019, 10:34 AM
May 2019

What Barr did was disrespectful. Arrogant. Pure bravado. Almost taunting her. In line with the way all these russiapublican tools have been testifying. Like they can't be touched.

 

ehrnst

(32,640 posts)
29. You think that the disrespect that they give Dems, especially women, is "earned" by Dems?
Thu May 16, 2019, 10:36 AM
May 2019

Really?

Care to back that up?



awesomerwb1

(4,267 posts)
30. Hahahahahaha
Thu May 16, 2019, 11:58 AM
May 2019

Where did I say anything about Pelosi having "earned" that??

Wow, that's quite a leap. Maybe you need to turn the pc or phone off for a while and take a break from the internet. Wow.

I don't "care to back that up" and I don't care to engage you further either.

awesomerwb1

(4,267 posts)
33. Hahahaha
Thu May 16, 2019, 12:20 PM
May 2019

"Heat"? From your post?

That's hilarious coming from the poster -you- who took my comment completely out of context to justify a very silly and very defensive reply to it.

You leaped to quite frankly, a very stupid conclusion. Nowhere in my initial post did I imply anything even remotely close to any Dem having "deserved" Barr's question to Pelosi. So there's no nerve to be touched, no criticism to any Dem to validate.

Come on internet warrior, you can do it. Put down your weapons (phone, tablet, or laptop) and take a hike in the woods, or a park. Too funny.

awesomerwb1

(4,267 posts)
36. oh lord
Thu May 16, 2019, 02:54 PM
May 2019


Ok, you win. I give up. I'm guilty of writing a post which went over your head and you feel the need to go to cyber war for to defend your strangely incorrect position. I won't take any more of your time as I'm sure there's other cyber battles you need to attend to.

ooky

(8,922 posts)
11. My answer to Barr would have been "did you bring your handkerchief
Wed May 15, 2019, 07:20 PM
May 2019

to wipe Donald's shit off your nose?".

 

ehrnst

(32,640 posts)
13. The Trump administration men love thinking that they've "pwned" Pelosi.
Wed May 15, 2019, 07:25 PM
May 2019

They put that "hen" in her place.

Clueless, every single one of them.

Lock him up.

(6,928 posts)
23. That's in the works, but...
Thu May 16, 2019, 03:27 AM
May 2019

the orange monster would pardon him.

Better wait until he won't be in a position to get any.

Response to brooklynite (Original post)

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
26. I'm guessing we're among millions who'd be pleased to
Thu May 16, 2019, 09:17 AM
May 2019

see him walked out in handcuffs. He can pretend chuckle all he wants because it's never happened, but we've never been here before.

Lefta Dissenter

(6,622 posts)
27. She has such class
Thu May 16, 2019, 09:21 AM
May 2019

and presence of mind. Really, I admire her more and more every day. I totally would have lost my shit on him, which would have made the news for all the wrong reasons.

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