After issuing a warning on Thursday that Attorney General William Barr would be the “sleaziest” attorney general since John Mitchell if Barr floated conspiracy theories for President Trump during his presser, “Morning Joe” host Joe Scarborough piled on Barr again Friday, calling his “pathetic performance” the “most remarkable thing” about the Mueller report release day.
“I think the most remarkable thing about yesterday was the fact that a man who had had the respect of attorneys on both sides of the aisle, Attorney General Barr, humiliated himself, shamed himself by just a pathetic performance,” Scarborough said. “I’m not so sure that he didn’t do that — I’m not so sure he didn’t do that to gain actually the sort of notoriety he got yesterday. He took the heat from Donald Trump. You’ll notice yesterday half of the talk was about what Barr did and a lot of pundits couldn’t focus long enough on what Donald Trump did.”
During a press conference before the report was delivered to Congress, Barr did Trump’s bidding, touting “no collusion” and defending the President’s actions related to the obstruction portion of the probe.
Scarborough: "Most remarkable" part of yesterday was when Barr "humiliated himself" pic.twitter.com/vCQ5jEq5Oz
— TPM Livewire (@TPMLiveWire) April 19, 2019
“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” ― George Orwell
Except the most amazing part of yesterday was that it didn’t change a single thing. Repugs are still lined up to protect him at all costs and the dems are still being pussies waiting for republican permission to do their job.
What’s a middle-aged conservative to do in these tumultuous times? First David Brooks has an epiphany about the douch-baggery and now Joe Scarborough is holding on to the band-wagon with his fingernails? What’s next, Mitch McConnell retires from office and writes a tell-all book about how dirty he felt working with Trump?
In a perfect world Barr would join John Mitchell among the pantheon of longest serving US Attorneys General.
And deservedly so.
I care approximately less than one-half of one rat’s ass what Joe Scar thinks/says/bloviates about ANYTHING, but even a blind pig occasionally finds an acorn. His biggest fault, as ever, is that he’s late and understating the magnitude of what Barr is trying to do.