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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,033 posts)
Sat Nov 16, 2019, 02:52 PM Nov 2019

Barr Suggests Impeachment Inquiry Undermines Voters' Intent [View all]

WASHINGTON — Attorney General William P. Barr on Friday vigorously defended President Trump’s use of executive authority and suggested that House Democrats were subverting the will of voters by exploring whether to remove the president from office for abusing his power.

Mr. Trump campaigned on a vow to upend Washington, and voters were aware of his agenda when they elected him president, Mr. Barr said.

“While the president has certainly thrown out the traditional Beltway playbook and punctilio, he was up front about what he wanted to do and the people decided they wanted him to serve as president,” Mr. Barr said in a speech at a conference hosted by the Federalist Society, a conservative legal group influential in Republican politics.

Mr. Trump’s opponents “essentially see themselves as engaged in a war to cripple by any means necessary a duly elected government,” Mr. Barr added.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/barr-suggests-impeachment-inquiry-undermines-voters-intent/ar-BBWPxaq?li=BBnb7Kz

Barr is so full of shit if you gave him a laxative there'd be little left.

Will of the voters my ass. More a quirk of the electoral college.

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So, when they impeached Clinton, that was ... ? FiveGoodMen Nov 2019 #1
So does the Electoral College, did he complain about that too? dem4decades Nov 2019 #2
Puppet sez whut? 50 Shades Of Blue Nov 2019 #3
Wait till Congress impeaches Barr Pachamama Nov 2019 #4
Luckily our forefathers saw a need to remove a despot in spite of beachbumbob Nov 2019 #5
Exactly - they need to stop the bullshit about overturning voters intent yada yada yada tulipsandroses Nov 2019 #27
Barr forced me to consult a dictionary. rzemanfl Nov 2019 #6
I think Barr meant "Putin's intent" sop Nov 2019 #7
the intent of the people was quite obvious not_the_one Nov 2019 #8
Thanks. I was going to say something similar but you summed it up nicely. politicaljunkie41910 Nov 2019 #18
Exactly! SammyWinstonJack Nov 2019 #25
Au contraire: Collusion with foreign governments undermines voter intent. n/t Beartracks Nov 2019 #9
+1 crickets Nov 2019 #21
& another. Corgigal Nov 2019 #22
Those who have followed the Wellstone ruled Nov 2019 #10
He doesn't even understand what his own job is lame54 Nov 2019 #11
The impeachment clause Zambero Nov 2019 #12
Republicans always tell us they believe in limited government. But then struggle4progress Nov 2019 #13
I'm not the first to say this chriscan64 Nov 2019 #14
How so, duforsure Nov 2019 #15
With any other Prez, there is some truth to that. Hoyt Nov 2019 #16
Pence was elected essentially the same way as Donnie. unblock Nov 2019 #17
He was never elected by the voters. nt Crunchy Frog Nov 2019 #19
Hey! Sheep Dip! We had an election in 2018 too. IADEMO2004 Nov 2019 #20
This!!! Barr, don't be such a tool. n/t Beartracks Nov 2019 #23
"The people" wanted Clinton as president (by a majority of three million). Spider Jerusalem Nov 2019 #24
oh FUCK OFF ALREADY Skittles Nov 2019 #26
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