Get the hook!
“If I disagreed with them,” Barr responded.
So he’s basically saying “If I didn’t want to”
“Why would Barr ignore ethics officials on the matter of a Mueller recusal?”
Because Donald Crime told me to.
He’ll follow the brave lead of the Acting AG, Whittaker, and ignore the ethics committee. Heaven forbid that experts in ethics should override his personal deeply held views.
i think the GOP has become the party of narcissists who have no doubt that they know what’s best, experts and knowledgeable people be damned, not to mention the law. It’s quite frightening since these folks seem to think ethics are for losers.
These people don’t care about ethics or following the law, which is why the House needs to get a move on and start forcing people to come testify non stop.
Barr referring to the founding fathers - “They believed
part of that self control ultimately came from religious values,” he
continued.
Bullsh*t! Show some self control and go eff yourself.
Funny that he keeps putting out supposed reasons and then she asks for specifics and he has nothing for the most part!
All this is on the record. It’s not going down the memory hole.
He’s deliberately pretending not to understand the premise of her line of questioning here. Not very reassuring.
His lack of understanding offers assurance that he’ll fit seamlessly into President Stupid’s cabinet.
The Idiocracy is upon us.
update: Krugman has dubbed them, “the Team of Morons”. Yeah, that fits.
But VERY condescending.
Why would Barr want to behave unethically?
Got the initials correct…
why would he even ask for a review by the ethics officials if he decides for himself what constitutes a conflict requiring recusal? Clearly he knows best so…
Senator Harris was our State Attorney General in California before running for the Senate. Prior to that she was a prosecutor. I love how she manages to make liars squirm just by cooly repeating the question or asking a followup and not blindly accepting their BS responses. She doesn’t blink while they dance around a question.
Seems like a sound, well research legal opinion.
Not.
He’s been well-versed in the Roberts-Gorsuch Method of Deflection, Obfuscation and Prevarication.
(patent pending)
One slot or the other, i believe the D’s need to have Kamala Harris on the '20 ticket.
Imho, she’s dynamic and inspiring.
Harris was great; Barr, as was previously stated, was slippery as an eel. He wouldn’t even look at the senator when she continued to press him for specifics. I saw that as dismissive and disrespectful.