Barr's undermining of the election is downright dangerous

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(CNN) - By repeating false and misleading statements about the potential for voter fraud and post-election violence, Attorney General William Barr has stepped out of his role as the nation's chief law enforcement officer and marred the 2020 elections. This parroting of President Donald Trump's unsupported rhetoric is irresponsible and dangerous, turning the job of the Department of Justice as the protector of voting rights on its head.

This sowing of doubt in the integrity of our elections could be even worse than Barr's other recent comments comparing prosecutors to children, equating Covid-19 health restrictions to slavery and suggesting that some political protesters should be charged with "sedition."

It is perhaps too much to expect the attorney general of the United States to condemn Trump's repeated and unsupported comments that the only way he can lose the upcoming election against his opponent, former Vice President Joe Biden, is if the election is "rigged." A responsible attorney general, who would put the interests of the country over that of the president or party, would surely come out and say that Trump's remarks cross a line.

The remarks have inspired people such as Roger Stone (a Trump ally whose crimes including lying to Congress and whose sentence Trump recently commuted) to say that the President should declare martial law, seize ballots in Nevada and do whatever it takes to stay in power following the election.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/17/opinions/us-election-2020-william-barr-undermining-hasen/index.html

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1. The Trump administration is not preparing for an election

they are preparing for a coup d'é·tat. And they are doing it before our very eyes.

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2. You hit the nail on the head!

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3. Barr is downright dangerous... PERIOD