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Twitter melts down over Barr press conference
thehill.com ^ | April 18, 2019 - 11:02 AM EDT | By Joe Concha

Posted on 04/18/2019 8:29:32 AM PDT by Red Badger

Twitter exploded throughout Attorney General William Barr's press conference ahead of the release of special counsel Robert Mueller's report, with strong but varying reactions from members of the media.

Barr offered a staunch defense of President Trump during the press conference, where he previewed the report's findings and explained why they led him to conclude that Trump had not obstructed justice.

Barr called the report a vindication of Trump over the allegations of collusion with Russian officials to influence the 2016 election.

All of the top-trending hashtags on Twitter surrounded the Barr press conference and Mueller report on Thursday morning, with Barr's comments and media reaction to them dominating.

The redacted Mueller report will be sent to Congress by CD-ROM at 11 a.m. Thursday.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: barr; twitter
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To: brownsfan

Notice that now, the MSM studiously avoid reporting his tweets....................


21 posted on 04/18/2019 8:40:27 AM PDT by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: bigbob

The meltdown is because the democrats and their media enablers have spend 2 years lying to the people and now it’s all crashing down on them.

If Jeff Sessions had not recused himself and if Mueller had not been appointed, the last two years would have been a complete disaster and most likely Trump would be impeached. The brilliance of Session’s strategy is starting to become clear so some who have the ability to think independently, and more will see the light as events unfold. The same is true about the role Rod Rosenstein has played.

Without Sessions, Rosenstein, and Mueller, today would not be happening, President Trump would be struggling to stay in office if he hadn’t been forced to resign, and things would be much worse in the US and around the world.

Patriots are in charge.

Yours is definitely not the conventional FR take on Sessions.


22 posted on 04/18/2019 8:40:30 AM PDT by samtheman (To steal an election, who do you collude with? Russians in Russia or Mexicans in California?)
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To: V_TWIN

Mike Wallace’s son would never do that.................


23 posted on 04/18/2019 8:41:06 AM PDT by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: Steely Tom

I made the mistake of reading some of the Twitter feed. Wow.....


24 posted on 04/18/2019 8:42:16 AM PDT by blackdog
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To: Red Badger

We’ve arrived. The truth is now controversial.


25 posted on 04/18/2019 8:43:50 AM PDT by IamConservative (I was nervous like the third chimp in line for the Ark after rain had started falling.)
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To: Red Badger

Twatter will do all it can to suppress the thoughts of Trump supporters.


26 posted on 04/18/2019 8:45:18 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Lying Media: willing and eager allies of the hate-America left.)
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To: brownsfan

Trump should lay off the Twitter stuff but as far as defending Trump and the administration, Rudy is not the answer. Cringe worthy listening to him try to answer simple questions...


27 posted on 04/18/2019 8:47:19 AM PDT by Hatteras
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To: Red Badger
Fox’s Chris Wallace: Barr sounded like a counselor to Trump rather than AG

Eric Holder would have told everybody to kiss his black a$$.

28 posted on 04/18/2019 8:47:55 AM PDT by Sans-Culotte (If it weren't for fake hate crimes, there would be no hate crimes at all.)
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To: Enlightened1

Soon we’ll hear from the Game of Thrones people whining about Trump using their fonts and half their name in his tweet.


29 posted on 04/18/2019 8:48:46 AM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: EQAndyBuzz

Yes, hard to figure out this whole line of argument as AG Barr has been professional, definitely not defending Trump.


30 posted on 04/18/2019 8:48:47 AM PDT by Reno89519 (No Amnesty! No Catch-and-Release! Just Say No to All Illegal Aliens! Arrest & Deport!)
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To: EQAndyBuzz

Barr didn’t defend the President. As AG Barr reported his findings.

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But the facts are a defense of the President. See how that works?


31 posted on 04/18/2019 8:48:58 AM PDT by Moonman62 (Facts are racist.)
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To: bigbob

And spent how much money in the process?

If Sessions had not recused himself, this would have died in 2017 without all the waste and all the associated garbage.

Plus we may not have had Democrats get in last year, or was that “part of the plan” somehow?


32 posted on 04/18/2019 8:49:20 AM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Hatteras

Yes, he should be sent back out to pasture.


33 posted on 04/18/2019 8:49:46 AM PDT by Reno89519 (No Amnesty! No Catch-and-Release! Just Say No to All Illegal Aliens! Arrest & Deport!)
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To: Red Badger

As Barr stated although Trump was vocal and disappointed that this investigation was dragging on and hampering him getting his new administration up and running he at no time withheld documents nor barred witnesses to testify nor invoked Exec Privilege. The Redacted report was shared w/ the White House prior to publication as a final opportunity to invoke Exec Privilege and they did not.

So he complained but did not hinder and that is obstruction is some people’s eyes.


34 posted on 04/18/2019 8:50:13 AM PDT by Jimmy The Snake
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To: Red Badger

Chris Wallace needs to move over to CNN... he’s going to destroy FOX if he stays and keeps hiring liberal bimbos...


35 posted on 04/18/2019 8:51:00 AM PDT by GOPJ (If illegals voted Republican Pelosi herself would be down at the border laying bricks. freeperbk1000)
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To: Rebelbase

If they are smart, they’ll be quiet as this is free advertising for them. Makes them relevant.


36 posted on 04/18/2019 8:53:25 AM PDT by Reno89519 (No Amnesty! No Catch-and-Release! Just Say No to All Illegal Aliens! Arrest & Deport!)
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To: Red Badger

Seems to me DJT Doesn’t need defending, he’s squeaky clean by my estimate.

If the Mueller probe had ended in a few months, Mueller wouldn’t need defending either. After two years Mueller needs defending because he screwed the pooch and came up empty.


37 posted on 04/18/2019 8:58:16 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie (All I know is The I read in the papers.)
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To: GOPJ

This is the criminal left that belongs not in a dormitory, but in a penitentiary. The criminal left is not a problem to be solved by the Department of Philosophy or the Department of English—it is a problem for the Department of Justice…. Black or white, the criminal left is interested in power. It is not interested in promoting the renewal and reforms that make democracy work; it is interested in promoting those collisions and conflict that tear democracy apart.
Speech at a Florida Republican dinner, Fort Lauderdale, Florida (April 28, 1970); reported in Collected Speeches of Spiro Agnew (1971), p


38 posted on 04/18/2019 8:58:59 AM PDT by blackdog
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To: V_TWIN

And Chris Wallace sounds like the press secretary for the DNC.


39 posted on 04/18/2019 9:00:52 AM PDT by HombreSecreto (The life of a repo man is always intense)
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To: Ann Archy

A leopard can’t change his spots.


40 posted on 04/18/2019 9:02:51 AM PDT by marajade (Skywalker)
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