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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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To: Macho MAGA Man

The New York Times? Barr should change his name to Benedict Arnold.


21 posted on 08/25/2022 7:35:54 PM PDT by Ge0ffrey
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To: Macho MAGA Man

Timing isn’t this fat f**k’s strong suit

The same day we learn yet another DOJ/FBI corruption against Trump - this time, a confirmation the FBI did indeed suppress the Hunter Biden laptop.


22 posted on 08/25/2022 7:36:28 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: Macho MAGA Man

John Ellis Bush signed a document promising to support the Republican nominee and reneged. So, I don’t want to hear it.


23 posted on 08/25/2022 7:36:37 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana (What was 35% of the Rep. Party is now 85%. And it’s too late to turn back—Mac Stipanovich )
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To: Macho MAGA Man

“The wheels of justice tuuurn very slooowly.”


24 posted on 08/25/2022 7:36:45 PM PDT by Luke21
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To: RckyRaCoCo
It sounds like Billy bagpipe is hitting the bottle a little too much. Extortion, what a crock of billshit.
25 posted on 08/25/2022 7:36:54 PM PDT by Rdct29 (Democrats are the new Nazi's. They think they deserve total control over the people)
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To: Macho MAGA Man

No wonder this tool never accomplished anything positive.


26 posted on 08/25/2022 7:37:01 PM PDT by Jane Long (What we were told was a “conspiracy theory” in 2020 is now fact. 🙏🏻 Ps 33:12)
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To: Macho MAGA Man

Funny...as an enthusiastic of DJT I don’t feel that I’ve been at all extorted. Hmmmm...maybe I’m just not “sophisticated” enough to recognize it. Or maybe swamp creatures are trying...unsuccessfully...to gaslight me.


27 posted on 08/25/2022 7:37:47 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Covid Is All About Mail In Ballots)
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To: Macho MAGA Man

Remember in November


28 posted on 08/25/2022 7:39:54 PM PDT by ptsal (Vote R.E.D. >>>Remove Every Democrat ***)
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To: econjack
Barr is one of those longtime DC denizens who believes everyone is in it for themselves.

It is impossible, unthinkable, to them that someone might actually be concentrated on doing good for his country.

They are that jaded.

29 posted on 08/25/2022 7:39:58 PM PDT by JennysCool ("It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled." - Mark Twain)
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To: Macho MAGA Man

Shut up and play the bagpipes.


30 posted on 08/25/2022 7:42:39 PM PDT by rdl6989 ( )
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To: FlingWingFlyer

So winning (fair) elections is “extortion”?


31 posted on 08/25/2022 7:42:48 PM PDT by gr8eman (Abortion! It's just a murderous ghoul thing!)
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To: Macho MAGA Man

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When Words have no meaning!

Dirty Bill Barr ran protection for Joe Biden’s extortion of firing the Prosecutor in change for a Billion Dollars - and he gave them six hours to fire him. An Act unprecedented in the history of the Country.

Never Before and Never Since.

Barr’s audience is idiots and fools. Anyone that knows his history knows he corrupt. He signed up to run protection for Joe, James, and Hunter - and he was meeting with Lindsey Graham and Mitch McConnell while he was making decisions that Hunter shouldn’t be investigated for this, and Joe shouldn’t be investigated for that.

Lindsey runs out and says the Laptop is Russian disinformation, then he meets with Barr towing Mitch along.

Barr was serving the Deep State when he’s supposed to work for the President.

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32 posted on 08/25/2022 7:42:50 PM PDT by AnthonySoprano (Lindsey Graham: How can anyone be Mad .at Joe Biden)
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To: Macho MAGA Man

Anyone remember all the excuses some freepers made for why Trump should not fire this windbag way back when it would have mattered. Yeah I know the Senate threatened not to replace him so, he could have went with temps and made some headway.


33 posted on 08/25/2022 7:43:02 PM PDT by itsahoot (Many Republicans are secretly Democrats, no Democrats are secretly Republicans. Dan Bongino.)
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To: JennysCool

Bill Barr. the coward. You will be marked as one becasue God sees what oyu did. better to repent Bill and step aside or it gets worse for you.


34 posted on 08/25/2022 7:43:13 PM PDT by ground_fog ( My God this was from today!S)
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To: Macho MAGA Man

Who would want to have anything to do with the republicrat cabal? 😵


35 posted on 08/25/2022 7:43:22 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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To: Macho MAGA Man

Bob Barr, aka the GOP Wilkes Booth’s gang lieutenant


36 posted on 08/25/2022 7:44:24 PM PDT by JudgemAll (Democrats Fed. job-security in hates:hypocrites must be gay like us or be tested/crucified)
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To: Macho MAGA Man

Because of Trump the Republican Party is transitioning from a party of elitists who think their excrement stinkith not into a party of the people who believe America at its best is best able to care those who have been dealt a bad hand. America first sets the standard. MAGA is the standard!!


37 posted on 08/25/2022 7:45:24 PM PDT by elpadre (W )
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In other words, the FBI informed Barr that there was no incriminating evidence at Mar-a-Lago


38 posted on 08/25/2022 7:47:25 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: Macho MAGA Man

Let’s see ? The same Bill Barr of Ruby Ridge and Waco fame ?


39 posted on 08/25/2022 7:47:36 PM PDT by David Moser
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To: Macho MAGA Man
Apparently Bill Barr is the last one to figure out that the key to Trump’s success is that he’s not a Republican.

I know this because this is why I voted for him.

40 posted on 08/25/2022 7:50:02 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("It's midnight in Manhattan. This is no time to get cute; it's a mad dog's promenade.")
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