Barr’s Lies Made It All Possible
Bill Barr NOW Says Donald Trump Lost The Election &
GOP Should Dump Him Now
FEBRUARY 27, 2022
Bill Barr, who served as Attorney General
during Donald Trump’s presidency, can be added to the long list of former
insiders who has waited until the Trump regime ended to write a book and tell
his story. Like so many others, he now admits much that no one in the Trump
Administration was willing to say openly while serving under the ex-president.
The Wall Street Journal received
an advance copy of the book, One Damn Thing After Another, which
will be released to the public on March 8th, and has revealed some
of the contents. Among other things, Barr admits that Trump lost the 2020
election, and that it wasn’t rigged — something that Trump himself will not
admit to this day, even after the Big Lie encouraged a mob to attack the
Capitol Building, threatening democracy and the lives of legislators.
Moreover, Barr joins the many rational voices
that have called for the Republican Party to let go of Donald Trump, and focus
on new leaders. He even states that Trump “has neither the temperament nor
persuasive powers to provide the kind of positive leadership that is needed” —
something that a lot of MAGA-branch Republicans still aren’t ready to admit.
Admitting that the election wasn’t stolen
isn’t really new for Barr, though — he has made a trip through positions on the
matter, as Trump’s power waned.
Barr’s Lies Made It All
Possible
While the election was still in the future,
and there was still a possibility of Trump retaining the office, Washington
Post described Barr as
“carry[ing] Trump’s election fraud water with a smile” as he echoed the
then-president’s false claims about mail-in ballots, and insinuating that
election fraud was a widespread issue.
However, by December, as Trump’s loss was
cemented, Barr was making public statements to say that there was no evidence
of voter fraud sufficient to overturn the election — and last summer, with
Trump out of office and re-ensconced in his Florida resort home, Barr was
ready, according to Forbes, to admit that he
suspected all along that the election fraud claims were “bullsh*t” and to pass
the buck, saying he was pressured by Justice Department officials and Mitch
McConnell, who was then trying to maintain his position as Majority Leader, to
repeat the lies.