Barr seeks to dissociate himself from move on demonstrators outside Lafayette Square
Source: The Washington Post
Attorney General William P. Barr sought to dissociate himself Friday from polices move earlier this week to push back a crowd of largely peaceful demonstrators using horses and gas, claiming that he did not give the tactical order for law enforcement on the scene to move in.
The Associated Press reported that Barr told the news organization that the move against the protesters which has been widely condemned was already in process when he was spotted at the scene near the White House early Monday evening conferring with law enforcement on the ground.
Im not involved in giving tactical commands like that, Barr told the Associated Press. I was frustrated and I was also worried that as the crowd grew, it was going to be harder and harder to do. So my attitude was get it done, but I didnt say, Go do it.?
The Washington Post reported Tuesday that Barr personally ordered the crowd of protesters be pushed back as part of a plan hatched far earlier in the day. According to a Justice Department official, law enforcement authorities, including Barr, had decided to extend the security perimeter outside the White House after earlier demonstrations over the death of George Floyd at police hands in Minneapolis turned violent. When Barr came to the scene Monday afternoon, the official said, he was surprised to see that hadnt been done.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/barr-seeks-to-dissociate-himself-from-move-on-demonstrators-outside-lafayette-park/2020/06/05/47cb96b6-a78e-11ea-bb20-ebf0921f3bbd_story.html
Turbineguy
(37,291 posts)Bengus81
(6,928 posts)These clowns are now like rats leaving the ship...........
agingdem
(7,805 posts)you did this...your hate and bend-over allegiance to your master isn't on the surface, it's skin deep and to the bone..
Hugin
(33,047 posts)exboyfil
(17,862 posts)Walleye
(30,977 posts)Under oath in his Senate hearing said, Im grappling with the word suggest. The GOP merrily voted him in anyway.
ashredux
(2,599 posts)dhill926
(16,314 posts)bucolic_frolic
(43,044 posts)a real knee-slapper! No-responsibility-at-all-itis. Must be going around the Oval Office.
paleotn
(17,881 posts)" I said, go kick their asses. But I didn't mean for them to actually go and kick their asses." That's the weakest, most sniveling excuse I've heard in a long time.
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)when the protestors were pushed back by horse riders, rubber bullets shot at them while gassed.
Archetypist
(218 posts)I would love to read more about that!
niyad
(113,055 posts)I've actually been on here since 2003 or so.. couldn't change my username so I just created a new account.
Brother Buzz
(36,375 posts)Archetypist
(218 posts)Demsrule86
(68,456 posts)Archetypist
(218 posts)Because I don't want ties to my personal name. I'd rather not share that and am not sure why you're asking.
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Archetypist
(218 posts)So he explicitly condoned it, he just did not give a specific order. Such leadership. He could come out and say what happened was wrong, but noooo..
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,290 posts)"Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?"
JudyM
(29,192 posts)Girard442
(6,065 posts)turbinetree
(24,683 posts)since he likes to play semantics with words...........
George II
(67,782 posts)...with the ever changing stories.
KPN
(15,635 posts)with law enforcement] was get it done, but I didnt say Go do it!
Im not involved in giving tactical commands like that. So whatever means of force law enforcement chose to use was okay by him then? Coulda been live rounds?
So basically, he led the charge but takes no responsibility the privilege of royalty.
This bastard needs to be strung up by his toes over a warm fire in Lafayette Park ... maybe thatll melt away his veneer of royalty.
William Seger
(10,775 posts)If we actually had congressional oversight, Barr would be forced to resign.
chia
(2,244 posts)LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(12,564 posts)No one ever says anything directly: "This bothers me. I wish someone would do something about it" has as much force as saying, "Do this." Michel Cohen testified about this before Congress.
elleng
(130,732 posts)no 'concrete' evidence, but as we're not in a court of law (yet,) what we see is perfectly sufficient.
BlueIdaho
(13,582 posts)Hes done nothing but lie since he started kissing Shitlers ass.
NNadir
(33,468 posts)Kid Berwyn
(14,795 posts)Pompeo, Cotten, some Ralph Reed like turd...
DemoTex
(25,390 posts)"Out, damned spot! out, I say!--One: two: why,
then, 'tis time to do't.--Hell is murky!--Fie, my
lord, fie! a soldier, and afeard? What need we
fear who knows it, when none can call our power to
account?--Yet who would have thought the old man
to have had so much blood in him."
The Tragedy of Macbeth - William Shakespeare
Act 5, Scene 1
elleng
(130,732 posts)that's quite enough.
Yeehah
(4,568 posts)I hope these bootlickers get their justice soon.
obamanut2012
(26,046 posts)He had no right to order this.
beachbumbob
(9,263 posts)he speaks NO truth
Marcuse
(7,446 posts)cp
(6,616 posts)Grokenstein
(5,721 posts)EDIT: Oh dammit, someone beat me to it.
Andy823
(11,495 posts)he didn't blame it on President Obama like trump always seems to do.
usajumpedtheshark
(672 posts)Barr: I only directed them to illegally attack peaceful protesters so the BOB (Big Orange Baby) could have his picture taken while profaning a religious instrument and building. It was those park rangers that wanted to use chemical weapons.
I hear they will be changing his department's name to the Dept of Injustice
ProfessorGAC
(64,852 posts)But, we'd hear a different tune had the move been seen as triumphant instead of idiotic, worldwide.
And by the way Billy Boy, it's still your fault!
McCamy Taylor
(19,240 posts)And not the good kind.