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DetlefK

(16,423 posts)
Thu May 2, 2019, 05:21 PM May 2019

Fox News: Democrats don't really hate Barr. They hate Mueller!

https://www.mediamatters.org/video/2019/05/02/fox-straight-news-anchor-defends-trumps-attorney-general-i-dont-think-democrats-are-really-angry/223616

And I couldn't help but think after reflecting on this whole experience of watching the testimony yesterday, this morning. It's almost as if --I don't think Democrats are really that angry with Bill Barr. They're angry with Robert Mueller. Robert Mueller's the person who did not deliver what they believe should have been delivered from that report. And I also think it's good to look back at Bill Barr's statement that he was surprised when Robert Mueller's folks came in and Robert Mueller and said, "We're not gonna have a finding on whether or not there was any obstruction of justice." They were clearly taken aback by that move and wondering why after two years and hundreds of subpoenas and thousands of hours of interviews, they felt that they couldn't find on that. So I think there's an enormous amount of frustration that this process did not produce what Democrats thought it should. And now they've got to figure out what their next move is.

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MACCALLUM: Again, I think that the concern really with a lot of these folks is that they are angry, and I think Republicans know how it felt on the other side when Hillary Clinton -- they didn't get the result that they wanted with Hillary Clinton after that investigation. They are wearing that hat right now.


This is a rightwing talking-point that has been circulating for a while now in their infosphere: "Oh, Democrats are so desperate, hysterical hypocrites! First you love Mueller and now you hate him!"

The republican self-delusion has reached a point where in order to maintain their fairytale, they have fully replaced Democrats with strawmen-Democrats.

Don't like what Democrats have to say? Just pretend that they said something else!!!
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Fox News: Democrats don't really hate Barr. They hate Mueller! (Original Post) DetlefK May 2019 OP
so fox is 'fauxsplaining' to us? samnsara May 2019 #1
So accurate too. (Not) LakeArenal May 2019 #3
Fauxsplaining!!! Mel May 2019 #8
Seems to me Chin music May 2019 #2
How do they get their heads like that??? ...so far up their own butts. C_U_L8R May 2019 #4
I love it when Faux news tells me what I think and feel. n/t Downtown Hound May 2019 #5
Typical crazy loons over on fux non news Thekaspervote May 2019 #6
That they're pissed off at Hillary Clinton is CLEARLY Hillary's fault for being all innocent, Volaris May 2019 #7

Mel

(2,835 posts)
8. Fauxsplaining!!!
Thu May 2, 2019, 06:31 PM
May 2019

love it! May, I please use it? Ya, Knocked that out of the park👍🏽 Winner, winner......chicken dinner for 🐔Barr. Faux spews they have even more so (if that's possible) lost their ever loving minds!

Chin music

(23,002 posts)
2. Seems to me
Thu May 2, 2019, 05:38 PM
May 2019

to be an exercise in futility trying to figure out why repubs are so obnoxious. I choose not to read things from fox news. Nor do i care at all what they say. They are the propaganda arm of the fascist alt right wing and I for one, am here for Democratic news. Fox isnt allowed in some countries for a reason. Always makes me shake my head when I see someone post something from fox here. But, thats just me.

Volaris

(10,271 posts)
7. That they're pissed off at Hillary Clinton is CLEARLY Hillary's fault for being all innocent,
Thu May 2, 2019, 06:30 PM
May 2019

So OBVIOUSLY it's the same with Trump and the opposition Democrats ...


When Trump goes to prison on unrefutable FACTS, I think that might finally wake a lot of them up to what they've been supporting...
OR
They'll choose to stay stupid, accuse Trump of being a dirty new york liberal democrat who's just like all the other rich people, and go ahead and try to elect an outright Nazi to the white house (or Ted Cruz..but that depends wholly on how many professed nazis actually run).

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