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Fifth Column

Barr Defends Sending Federal Agents To Portland: ‘Since When Is It Okay To Burn Down A Federal Courthouse?’

2020-07-29

[DAILYWIRE] In testimony before the House Judiciary Committee Tuesday, Attorney General William Barr fired back at Democrats, including Rep. Jerry Fester Bestertester Nadler

...the New York representative for life who stepped physically from a Don Martin drawing the pages of Mad® magazine, head of the House Judiciary Committee...
(D-NY) over claims that the Portland, Oregon, protests were "mostly peaceful" and that the Trump administration erred by sending in federal agents to help guard a courthouse from rioters.After officially gaveling in the session, Nadler "opened the hearing by reading off a laundry list of Barr’s perceived transgressions," according to the Daily Mail, accusing Barr of everything from interfering in a number of federal investigations to derailing Democratic efforts to create a national mail-in voting system.

Nadler, as The Daily Wire reported earlier this week, was caught on video over the weekend calling the unrest in Portland a "myth," in an interaction with journalist Austen Fletcher, better known on social media as "Fleccas."

Asked whether he "disavowed" the violence in Portland, Nadler responded that, "That’s a myth that’s being spread only in Washington, D.C."

Fletcher then told Nadler to search for video evidence of the riots online.

Tuesday morning, Nadler, who never clarified his video remarks, doubled down on accusations that violence in Portland is a myth, accusing Barr of creating a campaign commercial for President Donald Trump
...The tack in the backside of the Democratic Party...
when he authorized the deployment of dozens of federal agents to protect a downtown Portland federal courthouse.

"’The president wants footage for his campaign ads, and you appear to be serving it up to him as ordered," Nadler claimed. "The protesters aren’t mobs, they’re mothers, they’re veterans and mayors."

"What unfolds nightly around the courthouse cannot reasonably be caused protest, it is by any objective measure an assault on the government of the United States," Barr fired back. "Since when is it OK to burn down a federal courthouse?"

"The rioters come equipped for fighting," Barr said, adding that what’s taking place nightly in Portland "cannot reasonably be called protests."

Nadler then claimed that Antifa
...the armed wing of the Democratic Party...
, a loose coalition of anarchist groups likely behind the unrest in many major cities, was also a "myth."

"I don’t think it’s a myth, Antifa can be best thought of an umbrella term for a movement compromised of loosely organized groups around the country," Barr responded. "They are definitely organized, but since they have an anarchic temperament they don’t get along very well."

Nadler eventually accused Barr of orchestrating a re-election event for Trump, suggesting that the president and Barr had collaborated ahead of deploying federal agents to Portland in order to create a "campaign commercial" portraying left-leaning agitators as villains.

Without waiting for Barr to respond, Nadler claimed that Barr had "obvious political objectives" in his decision to deploy agents. "Shame on you," he added.

Barr is expected to testify most of Tuesday on a variety of issues.

Posted by:Fred

#20 #17..More like Jabba,The Hut for me.

Posted by: Unosh Hupinelet8756 2020-07-29 16:12

#19 Fun fact:
When you use a panoramic lens to take his picture, the N turns into a W.

Posted by: swksvolFF 2020-07-29 15:03

#18 #16. Nadler might consider stapling his mouth as well.

Posted by: JohnQC 2020-07-29 14:17

#17 The Donks' answer to the Penguin?

Posted by: Procopius2k 2020-07-29 14:15

#16 I thought they stapled most of his stomach years ago. For a time he was the fattest little POS politician in the NYC delegation. Wretched and nasty little snake.

Posted by: NoMoreBS 2020-07-29 12:39

#15 bariatric

Posted by: Frank G 2020-07-29 12:28

#14 When did Nadler have his liposuction?

Posted by: Abu Uluque 2020-07-29 11:08

#13 But it was a "peaceful" burning down of a federal courthouse (sarc).

Posted by: JohnQC 2020-07-29 09:34

#12 Nadler looks and acts like a Shmoo with no intelligence or good humour.

Posted by: AlanC 2020-07-29 09:21

#11 Hey, the Donks were keen about taking down federal property in 1861. They haven't changed much anytime someone with a (R) behind their name was in the White House.

Posted by: Procopius2k 2020-07-29 09:17

#10 Unfortunately I have a friend who believes everything Nadler said. It's all orchestrated by President Trump to get reelected.

Posted by: Deacon Blues 2020-07-29 08:26

#9 If anybody watched Barr's testimony and believes there is hope for this country, then I don't know what to say. That was an utter disgrace.

What, Barr's testimony or the actions of the Dems on the panel, Clem?

From what I saw, Barr did pretty well given the circumstances, grandstanding by Dems and constant interruptions. His 'accusers' were shameful.

Posted by: Mullah Richard 2020-07-29 08:03

#8 Так точно!

Posted by: Clem 2020-07-29 06:50

#7 #6 Без му́ки нет нау́ки.

Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-07-29 06:10

#6 @ #4 - It's not easy, g(r)om, but I'm trying.

Posted by: Clem 2020-07-29 06:05

#5 /\ When the AG Barr casually said a few weeks ago that he "wasn't following the progress of the Durham investigation" and "had not spoken to Durham recently" I certainly lost hope in AG Barr.

Posted by: Besoeker 2020-07-29 05:59

#4 #3 Nil desperandum carburundum illegitami.

Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-07-29 05:57

#3 If anybody watched Barr's testimony and believes there is hope for this country, then I don't know what to say. That was an utter disgrace.

Posted by: Clem 2020-07-29 05:47

#2 He should mention they had to send Feds to stop the previous armed wing of the Dems (the KKK).

Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2020-07-29 04:44

#1 Since when? 2 months ago. Pull your head out Barr!

Posted by: Rex Mundi 2020-07-29 02:24

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