Pelosi bashes Barr after testimony: 'He was like a blob' and 'henchman' for Trump
By Tal Axelrod - 07/28/20 09:49 PM EDT
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) tore into Attorney General William Barr after his testimony on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, accusing him of acting like a “henchman†for President Trump.
“He was like a blob. He was like a, just a henchman for the president of the United States, instead of the attorney general of the United States of America,†Pelosi said on MSNBC.
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"You don't send in people acting like storm troopers into the scene," Speaker Pelosi says of AG Barr defending the use of federal force in his House testimony. "He should be answering for what he did at Lafayette Square ... He was like a blob — just a henchman for the president."
Pelosi particularly targeted Barr over the administration’s decision to send federal law enforcement officers to certain cities. Barr has defended the move to send officers to guard federal property in Portland, Ore., amid protests that have at times turned violent.
“[P]eaceful protest is who we are and what we do. And do some other people come along and try to disrupt? Yes. But you don’t send in people acting like stormtroopers into the scene and evoking even more, even more unease and unrest,†Pelosi said.
The remarks come after Barr sustained withering criticism from Democrats during Tuesday’s hearing in front of the House Judiciary Committee.
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