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Bill Barr: "The tactic that Trump is using to exert this control over the Republican Party is extortion"
Yahoo News ^
| August 25, 2022
| David Knowles
Posted on 08/25/2022 7:22:45 PM PDT by Macho MAGA Man
Former Attorney General William Barr said that former President Donald Trump was resorting to “extortion” to continue to exert influence over the Republican Party, and said he still hasn’t decided what to make of the FBI search of Mar-a-Lago and the government’s recovery of hundreds of pages of classified documents.
In a lengthy interview published Thursday, former New York Times editor Bari Weiss asked Barr why more Republicans did not simply come out and say that Trump’s claims that election fraud had prevented him from winning the 2020 election were, to use Barr's previous word, “bullshit.”
“The tactic that Trump is using to exert this control over the Republican Party is extortion,” Barr said of his former boss. “What other great leader has done this? Telling the party, ‘If it’s not me, I’m going to ruin your election chances by telling my base to sit home. And I’ll sabotage whoever you nominate other than me.’ It shows what he’s all about. He’s all about himself.”
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: andagain; backstabber; bagpipes; billbarr; billbarrel; buffaloedbill; creepstate; deepstate; extortion; fakenews; policestate; singlepartystate; stolenelection; tds; trump
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I know it's Yahoo but these are Benedict Barr's words.
To: Macho MAGA Man
STFU loser. The tactics you used were meant to overthrow the President of the United States. Maggot.
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posted on
08/25/2022 7:24:26 PM PDT
by
FlingWingFlyer
(Impeach Jo Jo now while we still have a country.)
To: Macho MAGA Man
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posted on
08/25/2022 7:25:12 PM PDT
by
Maudeen
(https://ThereIsHopeInJesus.com)
To: Macho MAGA Man
The tactic that Trump is using to exert this control over the Republican Party is extortion. No, he's simply filling the void the GOP has left by their own inaction and inability to get anything done for the American public.
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posted on
08/25/2022 7:25:33 PM PDT
by
econjack
(I'm not bossy. I just know what you should be doing.)
To: Macho MAGA Man
Toot toot toot.
Smells like Barr.
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posted on
08/25/2022 7:25:52 PM PDT
by
Governor Dinwiddie
(LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
To: Macho MAGA Man
Mention extortion again, Bill, and I’ll have your legs broken.
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posted on
08/25/2022 7:26:35 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: Macho MAGA Man
These are the words of a failing argument, he knows that we know…..
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posted on
08/25/2022 7:27:12 PM PDT
by
capydick
(“Within the covers of the Bible are the answers for all the problems men face.)
To: Macho MAGA Man
Hey Billy, don’t you have some bagpipes to play with, or somthun?
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posted on
08/25/2022 7:27:38 PM PDT
by
Pilgrim's Progress
(http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx D)
To: Macho MAGA Man
Mr. Barr, people are curious. Just how much is Jeb! Bush paying you this time? Is it more than what you got while Trump’s Atty. Gen. so that you would run out the clock on several of Trump’s favorite and urgent issues?
Jeff Sessions was reportedly ‘satisfied and content’ with the totality of such donations that he received from the Bushes.
To: Macho MAGA Man
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posted on
08/25/2022 7:28:18 PM PDT
by
oblomov
To: Macho MAGA Man
im guessing book sales are in the toilet
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posted on
08/25/2022 7:29:15 PM PDT
by
joshua c
(where did my tagline go? if you see it please call someone else. i was tired of it.)
To: Macho MAGA Man
Called political power deal with it
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posted on
08/25/2022 7:29:19 PM PDT
by
dila813
To: Macho MAGA Man
We got woke, you fat, backstabbing joke.
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posted on
08/25/2022 7:29:34 PM PDT
by
RckyRaCoCo
(Please Pray For My Brother Ken.)
To: Macho MAGA Man
Trump is not telling them they must pay up or else.
This is not extortion.
He isn’t asking them to do anything more than remain
faithful to the U. S. Constitution.
Barr is an absolute fool to use that word.
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posted on
08/25/2022 7:31:18 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(I pledge allegiance the flag of the U S of A, and to the REPUBLIC for which stands.)
To: Macho MAGA Man
If telling your base to stay home is extortion, wouldn’t paying off student loans be bribery? Where are Barr’s harsh words of condemnation for Biden?
To: Macho MAGA Man
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posted on
08/25/2022 7:33:43 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
To: Macho MAGA Man
Guess Barr forgot about LBJ’s, Clinton’s and Obama’s modus operandi!😜
I just love using a Latin term which has a legal definition to Bitch Slap a lawyer.... 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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posted on
08/25/2022 7:34:48 PM PDT
by
Lockbox
(politicians, they all seemed like game show hosts to me.... Sting)
To: Macho MAGA Man
Leverage. Every politician who has ever had it, uses it. What a tool.
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posted on
08/25/2022 7:35:35 PM PDT
by
fhayek
To: Macho MAGA Man
For a lawyer Barr sure seems confused about the definition of extortion.
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posted on
08/25/2022 7:35:37 PM PDT
by
TigersEye
(The Democrat Party is criminal, unAmerican and illegitimate )
To: Macho MAGA Man
So...they’re actually scared of MAGA..
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posted on
08/25/2022 7:35:42 PM PDT
by
Aria
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