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Former US attorney general Bill Barr has unleashed a volley of criticism at Donald Trump in his new book, saying the ex-president has shown he has neither the temperament nor persuasive powers to provide the kind of positive leadership that is needed and that the Republican party should move on from him.
In One Damn Thing After Another, Mr Barr writes that his former boss could have won the 2020 election if he had just exercised a modicum of self-restraint, moderating even a little of his pettiness, according to the Wall Street Journal.
He also rejects Mr Trumps so-called Big Lie that he was cheated out of election victory by fraud.
According to the Journal, Mr Barr writes: The election was not stolen. Trump lost it.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/bill-barr-launches-blistering-attack-on-trump-in-new-book/ar-AAUnaav
Nice start but it's still going to take a while for you to wash the Trump stink off Billy boy.
2naSalit
(86,777 posts)MontanaMama
(23,337 posts)He should have outed TFG when he was in the position to do so.
abqtommy
(14,118 posts)Walleye
(31,050 posts)Stargleamer
(1,990 posts)Marcuse
(7,506 posts)FakeNoose
(32,748 posts)Thanks for the laugh of the day
Stargleamer
(1,990 posts)Last edited Thu Mar 3, 2022, 05:37 PM - Edit history (1)
llashram
(6,265 posts)nor his judgement to become involved with trump and his lying duplicitous ways. Barr can kiss my ass in saying younger people, DeSantis, MTG should run for POTUS. Uh uh. The same difference just will be able to cause more damage to our democracy.
He hates America, also. A fascist, possibly racist rethug...
brer cat
(24,605 posts)I have no doubt. I think everyone in trump's inner circle is a racist.
llashram
(6,265 posts)ificandream
(9,387 posts)sakabatou
(42,174 posts)CrispyQ
(36,512 posts)Fuck you Barr, you orange-ass-sucking piece of shit.
Bettie
(16,125 posts)thing against him while he was there.
Too little, too late. He aided and abetted the very worst impulses of this horrid creature.
UTUSN
(70,740 posts)Drumpf wingnut apologists have said it first long ago: If only Drumpf would shut up, stop tweeting, tone down - & he would be FINE. And here is William BARR reaping tons of cash for a book saying the same thing - just exercised a modicum of self-restraint, moderating even a little of his pettiness. And he says it in another way, that Drumpfs AGENDA would be fine without the erratic behavior. Uh, his very AGENDA is ERRATIC.
He says Drumpf lost his grip uh, what GRIP did he ever have to lose? Sort of like how BARR had no integrity to lose, and the in kind pettiness of tell-all bits are not courage. It would have been integrity and courage for BARR never to work for Drumpf in the first place, then not to be his sycophant, and certainly not to undermine institutional freedom. But then, the slimy servility and lack of courage/integrity are his nature.
As for the tell-all bits, how much more than what we have known from the get-go and heard about Drumpf do we need? His zombie followers wont be swayed and the rest of us dont need more, certainly not to buy it.
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https://www.wsj.com/articles/ex-attorney-general-william-barr-urges-gop-to-move-on-from-trump-11645959600?mod=e2twp
Book recounts confrontational meeting in Oval Office and says Republicans need to focus on new leaders
. The election was not stolen, Mr. Barr writes. Trump lost it. Mr. Barr urges conservatives to look to an impressive array of younger candidates who share Mr. Trumps agenda but not his erratic personal behavior. He didnt mention any of those candidates by name. ,,,,
Mr. Barr countered by offering to submit his resignation, according to the book. Accepted! Mr. Trump yelled, banging his palm on the table. Leave and dont go back to your office. You are done right now. Go home! White House lawyers persuaded Mr. Trump not to follow through with Mr. Barrs ouster. .
After the election, Mr. Barr said that Mr. Trump lost his grip and that his false claims of voter fraud led to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol by supporters trying to thwart the certification of Mr. Bidens November, 2020, victory.
The absurd lengths to which he took his stolen election claim led to the rioting on Capitol Hill, Mr. Barr writes.
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Bayard
(22,149 posts)FoxNewsSucks
(10,435 posts)FoxNewsSucks
(10,435 posts)Not just for this, but for getting the Bush Iran/Contra criminals off the hook 30 years ago.
Fuck him.
keithbvadu2
(36,906 posts)Did Barr's lips suddenly lose suction on Trump's ass and now he has tasted the flavor?
SamKnause
(13,110 posts)You did everything in your power to cover for Trump.
You enabled him.
You aided him.
Fuck off you evil piece of shit !!!!!!!!
Baitball Blogger
(46,757 posts)he doesn't like the end result.
mnmoderatedem
(3,729 posts)so now you're scrambling to save your reputation after the fact as well as cash in on book sales rather than putting the stop sign up when you were in position to do so.
What a fricking tool.
no_hypocrisy
(46,187 posts)More popcorn please
Quixote1818
(28,968 posts)patphil
(6,207 posts)The guy's a spinless jerk; only took him a year to get enough courage to say something critical of Trump. He should have warned the nation what Trump was planning when he resigned...I'm sure he knew what the plan was.
As attorney general, his job was to enforce the law. But he used his position for partisan political purposes as a tool for Trump.
He shamed the office of Attorney General.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)Kaleva
(36,343 posts)Had he not been his own worst enemy.
usonian
(9,867 posts)First published in 2017 by
Robert Hale, an imprint of
The Crowood Press Ltd,
Ramsbury, Marlborough
Wiltshire SN8 2HR
www.crowood.com
www.halebooks.com
This e-book first published in 2017
© Dan Latus 2017
All rights reserved.
Is Bill Barr is saying his book is non-fiction?
It's too late to wash the smell off, Bill.
Javaman
(62,534 posts)Fuck him, unless he testifies under oath, his words mean nothing.
PlanetBev
(4,104 posts)Too late, Bill .
LetMyPeopleVote
(145,555 posts)hatrack
(59,592 posts).