Bill Barr's interview on CNN was a train wreck

[Nevilledog]

https://www.vox.com/2020/9/3/21419821/bill-barr-cnn-interview-wolf-blitzer

Attorney General Bill Barr went on CNN on Wednesday — and quickly demonstrated why he rarely strays outside the friendly confines of Fox News for TV interviews.

Barr’s interview with Wolf Blitzer began with the attorney general making unsubstantiated claims about circumstances surrounding the shooting of Jacob Blake by police in Kenosha, Wisconsin. It wound down with him going to desperate lengths to substantiate Trump’s baseless, politically motivated claims about how mail-in voting will result in a rigged election. On more than one occasion, Blitzer seemed surprised at how unpersuasive Barr’s arguments were.

The whole spectacle demonstrated how, under Trump, the office of the nation’s top law enforcement official has been diminished to something akin to a campaign surrogate for the president.

The half-hour interview got off to a bad start when Barr presented a flawed argument to try and justify the August 23 shooting of Blake — which sparked protests, looting, and right-wing vigilante violence in Kenosha — then stuck with his case even after Blitzer corrected him.

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[exboyfil]

1. Of course it doesn't matter to 40-45% of the voters

Barr could have gone on the show and bit the head off a chicken.

I can't imagine another four years of these cretins

[Cha]

2. KR!

[mobeau69]

3. Blitzer should've been a hell of a lot more aggressive with the smug pos.

Blitzer let him off easy. Christ, he’s the AG and not sure if it’s a crime to vote twice? Give me a fucking break.

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4. How clueless do you have to be to get pwned by Wolf Blitzer?

This is why Barr doesn't go before House committees anymore.