I have not watched any of the interviews former Attorney General Bill Barr has done promoting his new book nor do I intend do much less read his book.
While Barr cedes that Trump is "manic", "unreasonable" and "off the rails" not to mention "responsible" for the events of January 6th, he would nevertheless vote for Trump if he is the GOP nominee in 2024. Barr told Samantha Guthrie this morning on NBC's Today Show, “I believe that the greatest threat to the country is the progressive agenda being pushed by the Democratic Party, it's inconceivable to me that I wouldn't vote for the Republican nominee.”
There Barr has lost me. Barr did not specify which aspects of the "progressive agenda" he thought were a greater threat than a defeated former President who insists he won an election that he lost and tried to violently prevent the peaceful transfer of power. But he need not do so. Barr said all he needs to say and it is enough for me not to take him with any degree of seriousness.
If any Republican who served in the Trump Administration or is on public record having voted or supported him wants me listen then they must adopt the Liz Cheney standard. Cheney voted for Trump in 2016 and 2020, but then drew the line after January 6th and has not wavered. Cheney stated on ABC News This Week on January 2, 2022 that Trump "is clearly unfit for future office, clearly can never be anywhere near the Oval Office ever again."
Any Republican that served in the Trump Administration, voted for him and supported him during his four years in the White House who cannot at minimum echo Cheney's position on Trump not holding public office, let alone the presidency is not worth a moment of my time or yours. Bill Barr's time has run out.
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