Posted on 12/07/2018 7:15:53 AM PST by SeekAndFind
President Trump has nominated a "brilliant man" to replace Jeff Sessions as attorney general, the president said outside the White House Friday. He has tapped William Barr, former attorney general for the late President George H. W. Bush, for the position.
BREAKING; “I think he will serve with great distinction.” President Trump announces William Barr as new attorney general pic.twitter.com/mKzYDZgNj9— TODAY (@TODAYshow) December 7, 2018
Trump said he "did not know" Barr until recently, but found him to be respected by lawmakers from both partIes. He predicted the process will go "very quickly."
However, Democrats have hinted that they will make the nomination process a nightmare for Barr, considering his past criticisms about special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation. He has also reportedly suggested that Hillary Clinton's role in the Uranium One scandal was more worthy of investigation than Russian collusion.
The Mueller probe has been an Achilles heel for the office of attorney general the past couple of years. When Jeff Sessions felt pressured to recuse himself from the investigation because Democrats didn't like an answer he gave during a congressional hearing, Trump never let him forget it, calling him "weak" and "beleaguered."
Barr is another Deep Stater.
Trump is just hoping for a quick confirmation.
“How is he caving ?”
I think the argument would be he’s CIA and was Attorney General for the first Bush.
On the other hand he was confirmed first time around in two days and Joe Biden spoke positively of him.
He can’t make recess appointments because the Bush League Republicans in the Senate will not recess.
You're automatically eliminating Warren, Clinton, Harris, et al.
Sure you want to do that? Outstanding women all.
“No they weren’t. I sure as hell wasn’t. What is the basis for this claim?”
Are you kidding me? You seriously forget all of the post here lauding Sessions when his name was floated?
Or NOW some of you want to act like “no one wanted him”. Pleeeeeeeeeeease.
Troll Alert!
Troll, troll, troll!
You won’t find any from me.
Go find some let’s see where those “we love Sessions” posts actually came from.
I recall a lot of suspicion about the pick on the conservative side, assenting to it almost entirely out of trust for Trump. There was no grassroots call for Sessions to be the pick, that’s absolutely certain.
Well, then, no.
Trump will Never build a Wall, but boy is he good for CAVING to the Deep State.
*****
Why do you run for POTUS and withstand all of the attacks, roadblocks, and treachery that PDJT gas withstood and get back with us!
Gutless fairweather keyboard warrior!
“You won’t find any from me.”
So? You wont find any from me either because I dint have an opinion one way or the other. That doesnt make what I said false.
“Go find some let’s see where those “we love Sessions” posts actually came from.”
They coame from here. Since FR search literally doesnt work that well, you have to use Google, and even then just getting a link to an old thread from back then is difficult.
https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3512579/posts?q=1&;page=21
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3504459/posts
Lots of slams at the people attacking Sessions. No posts saying “pleeeeeease dont confirm him”.
“respected by lawmakers from both parties” - another Deep State appointment.
Bump!
> The “base” were screaming for Sessions
> all of the post here lauding Sessions when his name was floated?
Moving goalposts doesn’t work on me.
Nobody was screaming for him. Period. That statement is 100% outright false. You will not find a single person who had Sessions on their AG wishlist before Trump floated the possibility. All pro-Sessions sentiment was pro-Trump sentiment only.
Certainly not the rabid, frothing at the mouth, angry pit bull that I was praying for...
Guess we will never see Justice for our President in the next two years.
Trump will Never build a Wall, but boy is he good for CAVING to the Deep State.
Trump’s own party is currently colluding with the Mueller Coup.
Seriously, what do you expect from President Trump? Romney and the rest of the Never Trumpers are counting on dupes like you abandoning POTUS as they stab him in the back. Don’t give him what they want.
Nobody was screaming for him. Period. That statement is 100% outright false. You will not find a single person who had Sessions on their AG wishlist before Trump floated the possibility. All pro-Sessions sentiment was pro-Trump sentiment only.
Wrong. Sessions looked to be a good pick given his early support of POTUS. I and many others were happy with that pick. Your recollections are not correct. Sorry.
Next time maybe you’ll get a chance to vote for insiders and frauds like Bush or a Romney and go back home to the D.C. establishment con-jobs and lip service for the next 3 decades.
Trump could nominate Mother Theresa, Jesus and God himself and the Democrats would have a problem with them.
“Trump will Never build a Wall, but boy is he good for CAVING to the Deep State.”
You’ll have another chance to vote against him in 2020.
How dare he actually have criticized Hillary Clinton and defended Donald Trump or had any opinion regarding the investigations doesn’t he know that you can only be a Democrat leftist zombie or else the press will crucify you. They can all go to hell.
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