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The Only Real Important Thing Bill Barr Let Loose During His Hotly Anticipated Hearing
Trump’s Attorney General Bill Barr put plenty of arrogance on display, but not the hubris Democrats had hoped for
Barr referred to General Douglas MacArthur and his famous beach walk in the Philippines several times in explaining both his involvement in, and comportment during a series of events in which protestors were cleared from near the White House, and then President Trump (along with Barr), emerged from the White House to have a photo op (you know, the one with the bible in the President’s hand), in front of a church across the street.
So you can begin and end your assessment of ego right there.
And Barr was absolutely, unquestionably partisan in his replies, using the very same what-about-ism that’s a staple of Fox News and Trump Tweets (although strangely he insisted, under oath, that he doesn’t read Trump’s Tweets), referring multiple times to the shortcomings of the Obama administration when questioned about Trump’s. And in doing so he kind of made it very clear he doesn’t really view himself as an Attorney General who represents the entire nation’s citizens, any more than Trump views himself as everybody’s President. Instead, the message seemed to be: there’s a…
