'I'm Starting To Lose My Temper': Rep. Jayapal Eviscerates Bill Barr

[riversedge]

Source: Crooks and Liars



7/28/20 12:09pm

Bill Barr stumbled through his answers as Rep. Jayapal landed blow after blow.


Rep. Jayapal absolutely torched AG Bill Barr during his hearing at the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday afternoon. All that was left after she was done was a steaming carcass and a pile of smoke.

JAYAPAL: Mr Barr, on June 1st, there were protests against the murder of George Floyd and police brutality in Lafayette Park. Let us not be distracted by you or my GOP colleagues as to what these powerful and massive protests were actually about. They were about the persistent killing of black bodies by law enforcement and finally, finally an awakening in America of the conscious of our country. But your direction was to direct federal officers to descend on the protesters and to use weapons, batons and horses to clear the area just so the President could get a photo op. So I do want to ask you, do you think that your response, do you think the response at Lafayette Square to tear gas, pepper spray and beat protesters was appropriate?

BARR: Well, first, to my understanding that no tear gas was used on Monday, June 1st.

JAYAPAL: Mr. Barr, that is a semantic distinction that has been proven false by many fact checkers.

BARR: How is it semantic? Tear gas is a particular compound compound.

JAYAPAL: You talked about chemical irritants and it has been proven false by reports. So just answer the question. Do you think that was appropriate at Lafayette Park to pepper spray tear gas and beat protesters and injure American citizens?..........................................................

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Read more: https://crooksandliars.com/2020/07/rep-jayapal-eviscerates-bill-barr-live-tv

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lots more at link

[regnaD kciN]

1. Strange that all the mainstream media reports on this...

...merely mentioned that there were "heated exchanges" in which Barr "didn't give an inch." Ergo, he "fought to a draw," which counts as a "win" considering the venue.

[crimycarny]

2. About what I expected

Media too concerned with whether or not Trump wears a mask, or whether or not Joe Biden makes a gaffe. Disgusted.

[Lonestarblue]

11. Yes, WaPo has a headline that Democrats tried to shame Barr.

The article itself covered the key points, but a casual reader would assume from the headline that Democrats were on nothing more that a partisan witch hunt solely to make political points instead of trying to hold a lying SG accountable for his obvious bias and misdeeds. The headline should have been simply that Barr appeared before the Judiciary Committee. That’s the kind of subtle dig the media does that drives me crazy.

[Grokenstein]

3. It's that dang ol' "liberal" media we keep being told is "liberal!"

(when is so clearly is not)

[Warpy]

4. I am a fan, she went right to the heart of the matter

with her question about pussyfooting around armed right wing militia that threatened a governor and shut down a state lege for a day while going after peaceful citizens with weapons of war.

That is the kind of thing the DNC needs to hammer home in its upcoming ads. "Meet the Bidens" to that appallingly saccharine piano music they usually do every election season is not going to work.

[Bev54]

5. I am not really a fan of hers

but she did well today, happy to say!

[alittlelark]

6. Awesome !!!

[onetexan]

7. I just watched Pramila's exchange w/ LowBarr - DAMN SHE'S GOOD!!!

https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2020/07/28/pramila-jayapal-bill-barr-lafayette-park-vpx.cnn

She would not relent and let him control the narrative. LowBarr got his ass whooped
Wish she was my Rep

[CTyankee]

8. She was beautiful to watch. She treated him like he was a nasty, little boy which he is...

remember the way Streep played Sister Aloysius in "Doubt"?

[47of74]

9. He's a fucking disgrace to the profession

He should be disbarred forever and held up as an example to the next ten thousand law school classes of what good lawyers are sure as shit fucking not.

[onetexan]

12. spot on. I was wondering what happened to the disbarment review. This rotten man is dangerous.

[Tribetime]

14. That was great thanks for posting link

I can't wait for the day that bar is out hopefully he'll be in a jail cell next to Trump

[lagomorph777]

21. Disbarred Barr behind bars.

When I see that, I'm hitting the bars.

[OilemFirchen]

10. I'm confused.

Is St. John's Episcopal Church federal property? If not, why couldn't the D.C. police department protect it from the invisible rioters?

[onetexan]

13. Exactly. The church wasn't being attacked at all.

[lagomorph777]

22. The church was attacked

by Barr's troops. At least one priest was injured.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/episcopal-priest-describes-being-gassed-and-overrun-by-police-at-lafayette-square-church/2020/06/02/c5dbb282-a4ed-11ea-bb20-ebf0921f3bbd_story.html

[klook]

17. Yeah, a fallacy revealing his fake position

as defender of Federal property. Wish that had been brought out.

[PandoraAwakened]

15. K&R! n/t

[Takebacktherepublic]

16. Wow, just wow

I think the whole undignified circus is appalling. The entire congress has turned into a disgusting shit show that is now akin to the fucking British parliament. Pretty soon they’re gonna start having fist fights when they convene.

Dipshit A - ‘You did xyz, didn’t you?’
Dipshit B - ‘Well, I...

Dipshit A - ‘Answer the question!!’
Dipshit B - ‘ Ok, I uh...

Dipshit A - ‘I reclaim my time! I reclaim my time!!’


Pure theater. 1 step forward, 4 steps back, Repeat.

[klook]

18. Sorry, not really following...

It almost sounds as though you’re disapproving of Rep. Jayapal’s behavior in this interchange. Surely you don’t intend that, so if I missed your point I apologize.

[Takebacktherepublic]

23. No, her line of questioning was great

.... but congress needs to let people answer the questions and accusations. Otherwise they may as well put a cardboard cutout of the person at the table to hurl accusations at all day. It’s all completely pointless and just makes the person asking the questions look like a bully. I really wanted to hear what Barr was gonna say to really hang himself but he was never given the chance. That to me is equally un American as the feds bulling protesters.

[Judi Lynn]

19. Be sure to keep really grasping what you're seeing during the hearings. n/t

[Judi Lynn]

20. She's amazing, certainly prepared for her job. It was a privilege to hear her yesterday.

Maybe not so much for the criminal she questioned.