Posted on 07/30/2020 9:38:38 AM PDT by MarvinStinson
House Democrats Madeleine Dean (Penn.) and Pramila Jayapal (Wash.) accused Attorney General William Barr of being sexist and hostile during his contentious Judiciary Committee testimony on Tuesday.
Democrats repeatedly interrupted Barr at the hearing and condemned him as corrupt, racist, and dangerous, but Dean said Wednesday that Barr was "disrespectful" and particularly mistreated women.
"We have to hold him accountable to the American people," Dean said on MSNBC. "You saw his affect yesterday. He was disrespectful, spoke over top of every one of us. In particular, he spoke over women. He was flanked by at least 10 staffers, not a person of color among them . It was so disrespectful, the way he approached Congress, the way he approached our committee."
The Washington Free Beacon compiled a montage of Democrats repeatedly saying they were "reclaiming my time" during their testy interactions with Barr on Tuesday. On several occasions, Republicans on the Judiciary Committee gave Barr time during their questioning periods to respond to Democratic charges.
Jayapal allowed Barr to speak for less than 60 seconds during their six-minute exchange, and he never spoke longer than 10 seconds without being interrupted by her. Yet she told CNN that she had to control her time, because otherwise Barr might testify too much.
"Every witness knows that the way to get away from answering questions is to just be very slow in your answers, to thank the Congress members for that excellent question, to not answer, to obfuscate, because you only have five minutes," she said. "You have to take control of your time, because if you don't, the witness will do it."
She added Barr was a "hostile witness."
Jayapal used much of her time to criticize Barr over the federal dispersal of protesters in Lafayette Park outside the White House on June 1. She accused him of a double standard by not similarly dispersing right-wing protesters at the Michigan State Capitol in May during demonstrations against Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D.) and her coronavirus lockdown orders.
Barr noted the White House is a federal building while Michigan's capitol falls under the state's jurisdiction, but Jayapal interrupted to charge him with prioritizing Trump's "agenda."
He was mean to me Mom.
I would have told them to Bite Me
Barr demonstrated an extraordinary level of self-restraint. The Dems, on the other hand, were complete a-holes.
“He was flanked by at least 10 staffers, not a person of color among them .”
I thought content of character not skin color was important!
“Reclaiming my time!!!””
The man could not get three words in, how could he have been disrespectful???
Right out of the Democrat play book - isolate, ridicule, and lay on the labels of “sexist” (or “homophobe”, “xenophobe”, “racist”, “bigoted”, or whatever, as the situation calls for), then dismiss whatever was said as “UNWORTHY” for dialogue.
Their minds are made up, do not confuse them with facts. And certainly, do not drag reality into the discussion.
Schiff, Nadler, Pelosi, Tlaib, AOC.... ALL are hostile and slashing in their remarks to cabinet like DeVos, and to Kavanaugh during his hearings, Trump himself indirectly, and people under attack for being Trump supporters or staffers.
That’s all okay, of course.
The are so envious of this intelligent man. The democraps have ruined this country.
They embarrassed themselves. For a group that wants to impeach the man, they never gave him a chance to say anything they could hold against him.
Well, that's what happens when you deny someone a five minute bathroom break.
They have to keep their minions energized !
I think Rat outrageousness is directly proportional to their worry about turnout !
If they don’t keep their hordes frothing they might not bother to vote !
Maybe if he’d gotten a piss break, he’d have been nicer.
He could have been a lot more hostile than he was, and he would have been justified. AG Barr settled for standing his ground and making them look rude and often foolish. That was a clown show.
Sexist? It’s amazing that these terms matter to anyone in the Current Year. Racist. Sexist. Homophobic. Transphobic. Etc. They are all meaningless. They have always been meaningless.
There was no “Golden Age” where “racism” meant not following Martin Luther King, Jr. or “colorblindness” or something. The term has always been a Marxist invention used to further Marxist purposes. That’s why the beloved DR3 strategy is such an utter failure.
“Sexist” is just an extension of this Marxist tactic into the sphere of male/female relations. It has nothing to do with “treating women as equals” or “respect” or any of that. It is about driving a wedge between men and women for Marxist ends. That’s why Bill Clinton can rape women without being labeled a “sexist” in any way that hurts his standing on the Left.
These terms are not neutral definitions that have been “hijacked” by the Left. They invented these concepts and got some conservatives to play along.
That’s some serious BS. I watched some of it. They would either level allegations at him or ask him to answer a trap question (like, when did you stop beating your wife?) and then not let him answer. I can’t believe how composed and calm Barr kept himself.
By his eyebrows.
He exuded vibes that showed he was about to mansplain. The sexist. /S
Now shes a shrinking violet? A damsel in distress? Cant have it both ways, rudely berate a man then complain he doesnt treat you like a queen. https://t.co/QEWIFFuZbN— Laura Ingraham (@IngrahamAngle) July 30, 2020
It never occurred to them he may just be biased against stupid people because, well, they’re stupid.
Barr should have gotten up to leave and when they asked him where he was going, he should have returned and asked, do you have a question for me... then when they said reclaiming my time, barr should have left again... and just repeat for every bitch and moaner...
Now can we Repeal 19??
Lying psycho-pathetic b-words.
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