Trump presses Barr (again) to target his enemies before election

[Nevilledog]

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/trump-presses-barr-again-target-his-enemies-election-n1239083

A few weeks ago, Donald Trump sat down with Fox Business' Maria Bartiromo and the president threw a bit of a tantrum about his perceived enemies "spying on his campaign" in 2016, which he insisted constituted "treason" and "the crime of the century." None of this reflected reality in any meaningful way.

But it was the next part of his tantrum that mattered more: Trump added that he doesn't want Attorney General William Barr to be "politically correct" -- a phrase the president clearly does not understand the meaning of -- before publicly pressing the Republican lawyer to target his perceived political enemies before Election Day.

"Bill Barr has the chance to be the greatest of all time, but if he wants to be politically correct, he'll be just another guy, because he knows all the answers, he knows what they have, and it goes right to Obama and it goes right to Biden," Trump said.

All of this was, to be sure, ridiculous. And yet, in his latest interview with Fox News' Laura Ingraham, the president made eerily similar comments:

"Bill Barr can go down as the greatest attorney general in the history of our country or he can go down as just another guy. It depends. They have all the stuff -- you don’t need anything else. You know, they want everything. You don’t need anything else. They all lied to Congress. They were liars. They were cheaters. They were treasonous. There was treason."


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[ProudMNDemocrat]

1. Trump has no concept of what Treason means.....

Trump has given aid and comfort to a hostile foriegn entity by not standing up to said entity. By ignoring bounties on the heads of American soldiers, Trump had given Russia the okay to kill our troops overseas. Trump has given Russia aid to interfere in the election on his behalf.

Spying on his campaign did not happen. Nor does that constitute Treason. Benedict Arnold was a TRAITOR.

[rusty fender]

2. I think that Barr

will claim that Obama/Biden “spied” on the Trumpass campaign. Will he have proof of an actual crime having been committed by them? Absolutely not, but it will not stop him from making the claim in order to slander Biden before the election.

Have you noticed how quiet that slimey-ass AG has been

[hvn_nbr_2]

3. I honestly would not be surprised to see Barr arrest Biden and Harris before the election.

Consider who Trump gets his advice and instructions from: Putin. We know how Putin deals with opponents. I hope the Secret Service is checking Biden's doorknobs for plutonium.

Call me paranoid. Say aw, shucks, no, that won't happen. Say that's outrageous. Say it can't happen here.