Attorney General Bill Barr signaled on Tuesday that the Justice Department may take legal action against governors’ stay-at-home orders during the COVID-19 pandemic if the opportunity arises.
Who in the hell does this guy think he is!
Governors have been begging for help from the feds.
Donald tells them, not a chance, it is all on them.
And now Barr sticks his nose in it!
Gawd, Donald and his bunch are the stupidest…
“Look,” Barr explained, "we’re trying to run a death cult here.
“But people shouldn’t worry about the lifting of these egregiously onerous restrictions,” he added. “If you’re white your chances of contracting the virus and dying are actually less than if you’re one of ‘those’ people.”
And the courts are now packed with white Christian nationalist conservative ideologues. I said this is what Barr would do as Trumps enforcer…and lo and behold…
Christo-fascist warrior suddenly decides federalism is not a good idea.
He thinks he’s God’s chosen protector whose duty it is to usher in a generation of Christian authoritarian rule so that when the rapture comes he will be assured a place in heaven.
Republicans: “States’ Rights!!” (unless we don’t like what they’re doing)
As Trump’s partisan hatchetman, Barr makes thuggish threats to help his sole client. He pressures states to prematurely reopen because Dear Leader wants it.
States with sane leaders like Illinois will resist Barr, which is what the Trump regime wants. Why? Because the Trump GOP want this to be an election issue, and cynically are using this as a diversion from their deadly malfeasance.
If states reopen prematurely and many tens of thousands die (as we will see in a few weeks in Georgia and other states run by members of the Trump death cult), expect Trump to then blame it on the states anyway.
Barr and Trump deserve prison.
" National commerce " ? When did something like that come under the auspices of the DOJ in terms of a known public health issue ? They’re just making it up as they go along now. And why not, it’s not like there’s such a thing as congressional oversight now. How did we get to this point…
I am so sick of these fucking Nazis.
Oh, give me a f’ing break. I say bring it on you walrus. Let’s just see how much power Barr or Trump actually have in ordering the states around. This is all beating of the chest to placate his master.
“And if we think it’s justified, we would take a position,” Barr said.
The only “position” Barr’s ever taken is prone.
In eager, sycophantic anticipation of his Dear Leader’s withered, diseased Scepter of State.
This is what happens when you hire a washed up, used car salesman to manage a sensitive and critical role in government.
Gee Barr, it feels like you, your boss and your buddies “want” to see people die. Now why is that?
I cannot wait when the DOJ will be pursuing him and the rest of the Donny Brook Gang in about nine months.
Questions:
What does this mean for state AGs? What role would they play? Any?
Especially since Barr was on Hugh Hewitt’s show. This is to keep the audience of One happy and calm.
Sychophantic Tub of Shit says what? Nudge me when he “goes after” governors who endanger citizens of adjacent states with their reckless abandonment of medical science.
Yeah, never. Don’t need to see JarJar Stinks littering the page with his drivel.
Calling the bluff on this one. They’ve got nothing and are running scared.
No Judge, not matter how right-wing is ever going to find any Governor in violation if the Governor claims he/she is acting in the public well-being ESPECIALLY when POTUS himeself is on record as saying States are on their own.
No one is afraid of the bullies and bluster anymore. Trump’s one-pitch is getting knocked out of the park on every swing.
“Nobody ever comes to my office and slaps
the dick out of my mouth.”
— United States Attorney General Bill Barr
Much as I’d like to see a horde of cherubim hoist Barr’s carcass off towards the pearly gates, I think the rapture’s about as likely as our fifteen cases of coronavirus going to zero.