https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/april-28-2024
"On Friday, in an interview with CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins, Trump’s former
attorney general William Barr brushed off the recent news that Trump, furious
that the story he had taken refuge in a bunker during the Black Lives Matter
protests in summer 2020 had leaked, called for the White House leaker to be
executed.
“I remember him being very mad about that. I actually don’t remember him saying
‘executing,’ but I wouldn‘t dispute it, you know,” Barr said to Collins when
she asked him about it. “The president would lose his temper and say things
like that. I doubt he would’ve actually carried it out.”
Collins followed up, asking if Trump would call for executions on other
occasions. “He would say things similar to that on occasions to blow off steam.
But I wouldn’t take them literally every time he did it,” Barr answered.
Why not? Collins asked.
“Because at the end of the day, it wouldn’t be carried out and you could talk
sense into him,” Barr said. “I don’t think he would actually go and kill
political rivals and things like that.” Barr said he intends to vote for Trump.
“Just to be clear,” Collins said, “you’re voting for someone who you believe
tried to subvert the peaceful transfer of power, that can’t even achieve his
own policies, that lied about the election even after his attorney general told
him that the election wasn’t stolen.… You’re going to vote for someone who is
facing 88 criminal counts?”
“The answer to the question is yes,” Barr said. “I think the real threat to
democracy is the progressive movement and the Biden administration.”"
Cheers,
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
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https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
