On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,”Bill Barr, former Attorney General, stated that “the main danger to our democracy, frankly, is the sort of radical progressive movement”That free speech is being attacked in an unconstitutional way “on a daily basis makes the McCarthy era look like child’s play.”
Barr claimed: “[W]hen confronted with the question, if Trump is the party’s nominee and he’s running against Biden, who would you vote for? And I say it’s hard for me to see — I just find it hard to believe that I could vote against the Republican nominee under those circumstances, because I think the main threat to the United States and the main danger to our democracy, frankly, is the sort of radical progressive movement and the lurch to the left that has taken place –.”
Bill Maher from the Host then interjected to pose the question. “More than the guy who you actually said tried to steal an election?”
Barr responded. “Absolutely.”Also “What happens in our country on a daily basis makes the McCarthy era look like child’s play.”
Barr concluded “Speech is essential to democracy just like voting. If someone says what’s the major danger now to democracy? I agree elections are critical and the right to vote is critical but the thing that’s most under attack is public discourse, which is essential. It precedes voting.”
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