Bill Barr says Trump will 'burn the whole house down' and destroy the GOP if he doesn't win the 2024
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Source: Business Insider/Tom Porter
Former Attorney Bill Barr said that Donald Trump would seek to destroy the Republican Party if defeated in his bid to become its 2024 presidential nominee.
In an op-ed in The New York Post published on Tuesday, Barr addressed Trump's announcement last week that he was seeking the Republican Party candidacy for the White House in 2024.
He said that if Trump loses the nomination, it could tear the GOP apart.
"Unless the rest of the party goes along with him, he will burn the whole house down by leading 'his people' out of the GOP," Barr said, referring to the former president's hardline supporters in the party.
Read more: https://www.businessinsider.com/barr-says-trump-will-destroy-gop-if-loses-2024-nomination-2022-11
Link to Barr's full op-ed: https://nypost.com/2022/11/21/trump-threatens-to-burn-down-the-gop-its-time-to-move-on/
Ocelot II
(115,658 posts)3auld6phart
(1,044 posts)You created that orange bastard
ZonkerHarris
(24,216 posts)Ocelot II
(115,658 posts)ZonkerHarris
(24,216 posts)3catwoman3
(23,965 posts)His dirt nap is long overdue.
sop
(10,141 posts)Then he can nap.
Polybius
(15,364 posts)He can ruin them then too. I guess we are on our own in 2032.
mzmolly
(50,984 posts)the GOP.
wryter2000
(46,025 posts)We have a winner
True Blue American
(17,982 posts)MzMolly for Post of the Day! Or Year!
mzmolly
(50,984 posts)Thanks!
Wibly
(613 posts)Seems to me the GOP is doing a good job of burning their own house down, even without Trump.
Bill Barr is a fine example, attacking school teachers, acting like he had nothing to do with subverting the Mueller Report, or serving in Trump's cabinet.
Then there is Herschel, and Lindsey and Jim Jordan and the list goes on and on.
ificandream
(9,357 posts)mahina
(17,637 posts)Response to ificandream (Original post)
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jalan48
(13,852 posts)tinrobot
(10,891 posts)Burn it all down.
Lovie777
(12,226 posts)leave us alone.
p.s. Barr will still vote for him
Warpy
(111,222 posts)so it might as well be TFG in a fit of pique who destroys that irreparably corrupt party.
If anybody opposes him, he's going to try to incite violence at the convention, which is why I think 2924 is the year for the national convention to erupt into a Donnybrook.
That tired, filthy, putrid old GOP elephant should have lumbered off to the elephants' graveyard long ago.
vlyons
(10,252 posts)Lead all the MAGA assholes into a new 3rd party, and make the leftover GOP incapable of garnering enough votes to win elections.
Blow the GOP sucker to shreds.
Jilly_in_VA
(9,962 posts)When it gets too dirty for Billy Barr, it's really nasty.
Icanthinkformyself
(218 posts)with that? I don't see it. I hope he takes down the billionaires club he never belonged to as well. That would be the best thing that could happen. The world would rejoice. We could use their money to clean up the mess they made.
Freethinker65
(10,008 posts)mjvpi
(1,388 posts)That was Barr term one.
Mz Pip
(27,434 posts)I cant wait.
Solly Mack
(90,762 posts)He's not lamenting the potential demise of the GOP. He's telling everyone which way the wind is blowing.
NCjack
(10,279 posts)be no restraint on bring guns into the House Chamber.
Boebert and Green are crazy enough to kill someone, including one doing the other.
MyOwnPeace
(16,923 posts)Oh, one could only wish!!!!!!
mahina
(17,637 posts)NCjack
(10,279 posts)LudwigPastorius
(9,126 posts)if only Trump had been impeached, convicted, and disqualified from ever holding office again.
I bet something like an obstruction of justice indictment from the DOJ would have helped that along...ya think?
BigmanPigman
(51,582 posts)Evolve Dammit
(16,719 posts)Martin68
(22,776 posts)advantage in spite of his numerous lies, crimes, and barbarity.
onetexan
(13,033 posts)We already know Americans do not like insurrectionists & election deniers.
liberalmediaaddict
(766 posts)BARR: Trump will burn the Republican party to the ground if he loses.
REPORTER: Will you vote for him if he's the nominee?
BARR: Absolutely.
Red Mountain
(1,730 posts)BARR: Trump will burn the Republican party to the ground if he loses.
REPORTER: Will you vote for him if he's primaried?
BARR: Absolutely.
Temeret
(80 posts)at all.
TNNurse
(6,926 posts)tavernier
(12,374 posts)JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,336 posts)... then someone else will. Where will Trump lead "his people" to? Third party?
If it's not named yet, I'd like to consider the name "Tantrum Party".
Maraya1969
(22,474 posts)I'm all for it.
IronLionZion
(45,404 posts)I'm hoping he's in prison or dead by then since many of his supporters are.
maxsolomon
(33,265 posts)From your mouth to God's ear, Barr.
Actually, I think Trump will drop dead before he's able to accomplish that.
smb
(3,471 posts)His MAGA Peanut Gallery will eat it up and tear down the GQP.
Uncle Joe
(58,329 posts)when a political party becomes ideologically and/or morally bankrupt, it's only cruel to prolong the misery past its' natural life expectancy.
For all practical purposes, the GOP has become a cult.
Thanks for the thread ificandream
Botany
(70,479 posts)And the bad part of that is???
BTW Barr knew Trump was Russian dirty and that Reagan & HW were running cocaine, selling
weapons to the the Ayatollah, hiding that money in Swiss bank accounts, so as to run an illegal
against peasants in central, and when caught lied their asses off about it.
NoMoreRepugs
(9,401 posts)Evolve Dammit
(16,719 posts)bluestarone
(16,894 posts)AMERICA burns down!! FUCK THAT SHIT!!!
Rebl2
(13,481 posts)Thats what I hope for. What used to be reasonable republicans allowed him to take over the gop. They just fell in line behind him.
Cha
(297,029 posts)and yeah.. good!
patphil
(6,158 posts)Dopers_Greed
(2,640 posts)There isn't a more deserving party to be destroyed than the GOP
Hekate
(90,616 posts)Sounds like extortion to me. Also hes already burning the place down, so how would that be different?
As for burning the house down goodness, think how many if his cultists are in the US House of Representatives, some carrying cans of gasoline and some carrying matches.
Please go away, Bullshit Bill.
CitizenZero
(505 posts)I am so glad that we pretty much have unity on our side. I am grateful to be a Democrat.
jmowreader
(50,546 posts)They should have gotten in front of this shit before they got stuck with him.
NullTuples
(6,017 posts)Oh, that's right - because he's also Federalist Society.
Bristlecone
(10,121 posts)True Blue American
(17,982 posts)Of the enabler's! Has been since Reagan.
Why is the media pretending like he has something worth listening to? He helped scorch the dignity of this country long ago. Made it clear to Trump he would protect him in several pages. The reason Trump hired him.
Pepsidog
(6,254 posts)glorious time we will have watching. In case anyone forgets, Trump is not a team player.
quakerboy
(13,918 posts)He will continue his efforts to burn the whole house down and destroy the GOP either way.
markodochartaigh
(1,138 posts)The corporate Republicans destroyed their party when they decided not to have a brokered convention and they put Trump in charge. The Bushes, Cheneys, Romney, etc. knew this in 2015, that is one reason that they refused to support Trump, even after he was their candidate. For a democracy to function there have to be at least two viable parties which are dedicated to democracy. Authoritarians are not dedicated to democracy. Unless and until the Republicans can develop a viable party dedicated to democracy, democracy in the US will be one election, or coup, away from termination.
Hassler
(3,370 posts)DFW
(54,328 posts)Be my guest.
LiberalLovinLug
(14,168 posts)ie..... You'd BETTER nominate, and vote for Trump, or the "evil" Democrats will win because we will be in disarray.
We are thinking like they are us. They are not. They are all cowards like Lindsey Graham and Mitch McConnell, who maybe deep down want to see their party move on from the choas of Trump, but they'll never abandon Trump unless its very very very very clear that he's a distant second. And that won't happen until they actually nominate their final choice candidate. But make no bones about it, they would rather win with Trump, than take a chance that if he is rejected, he will stir up a damaging rebellion in the party.
chriscan64
(1,789 posts)Or the international order, or God knows what else.
Butterflylady
(3,539 posts)He ruins. What part of that didn't they understand? My god they were even given examples and what about the bankruptcies. Did they not hear about the contractors he stiffed and all the lawsuits. Therr is no pity for a corrupt GOP and their master.
Skittles
(153,138 posts)PLEASE PROCEED
love_katz
(2,578 posts)republianmushroom
(13,554 posts)NH Ethylene
(30,807 posts)Evolve Dammit
(16,719 posts)firepower equals who rules. It has felt for about 10 years, like that is a possibility. WE need to prevent it since GOP seems fine with all of it. Maybe if Pence had been hung they MIGHT have had a problem?? Maybe?
I truly think they would be fine with almost anything Hitler-like (substitute any other autocrat if you prefer). That's who Orange Julius desperately wants to be. Pretty fucking clear. Arm up if you haven't. They certainly have. From MTG to Don Jr. and Lindsey.
twodogsbarking
(9,721 posts)calimary
(81,179 posts)I love the smell of Republicans self-immolating in the morning!
mac56
(17,566 posts)SunSeeker
(51,545 posts)A right wing neighbor down the street here in Orange County, CA is still flying a "Trump Won" flag.
AmBlue
(3,107 posts)...that HAS to have his way! Watching him and DeSantis go at it will be priceless!
Joinfortmill
(14,408 posts)Torchlight
(3,312 posts)get winded pretty damned fast, need a sit-down, and get distracted by a bucket of chicken.
hamsterjill
(15,220 posts)For fear of his tantrum if he doesnt get what he wants?
Im sorry, but where are the adults in all of this?
Aussie105
(5,366 posts)Just waiting for the cleansing power of fire to do its job.
Bring it on!
Trump has no power to do anything if his enablers walk away from him.
And yes, Barr is issuing a threat . . . back Trump or you will be sorry, GOP!