{"id":42990,"date":"2019-10-12T13:42:50","date_gmt":"2019-10-12T20:42:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=42990"},"modified":"2019-10-12T14:06:23","modified_gmt":"2019-10-12T21:06:23","slug":"attorney-genuflect-barr-inadvertantly-tags-trump-world-as-organized-destruction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=42990","title":{"rendered":"Attorney Genuflect Barr Inadvertently Tags Trump World as ‘Organized Destruction’"},"content":{"rendered":"

The administration of Donald Trump has suffered unprecedented chaos and personnel turnover. Trump is on his third Chief of Staff. He is about to name his fourth Homeland Security Secretary. His current Communications Director is the fifth person to hold that jobs. He’s had at least 55 high-profile departures<\/a><\/strong>, and that isn’t counting dozens more at mid-levels.<\/p>\n

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However, his second Attorney General, William Barr, appears to be fulfilling the criteria that Trump values most in his underlings: 100% pure, unadulterated, and blind loyalty. Barr has been acting as Trump’s de facto personal lawyer, despite that being wholly improper and unethical for the nation’s top law enforcement official. He routinely takes Trump’;s side on controversial legal issues without regard for legal precedent or even reasoning. He has even inserted himself into the congressional impeachment inquiry in ways that make him subject to potential impeachment<\/a><\/strong> himself.<\/p>\n

On Friday Barr gave a speech<\/a><\/strong> at Notre Dame University where he took some positions that are far afield from his duties as Attorney General (video below)<\/em>. In fact, he sounded more like one of Trump’s evangelical political boosters than a lawyer representing the American people. His remarks condemned the \u201cascendancy\u201d<\/em> of “secularism”<\/em> as the cause of every social problem from mental illness, to violence, to drug abuse. And his sermonizing went even further to blast through the wall separating church and state. For instance, he said that…<\/p>\n

“Among the militant secularists are many so-called progressives. But where is the progress? We are told we’re living in a post-Christian era. But what has replaced the Judeo-Christian moral system? What is it that fills the spiritual void in the heart of the individual person? And what is the system of values that can sustain human social life? The fact is that no secular creed has emerged capable of performing the role of religion.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Thank you Pastor Barr. In that one brief paragraph Barr has maligned progressives as anti-religion militants who advocate for the abandonment of social values. His remedy, of course, is more religion, rather than respect for the Constitution and the law. But he wasn’t finished. He further stated that…<\/p>\n

“This is not decay. This is organized destruction. Secularists and their allies have marshaled all the forces of mass communication, popular culture, the entertainment industry, and academia in an unremitting assault on religion and traditional values.”<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Whoever Barr is calling “Secularists”<\/em>, he is claiming that they have taken total control over all of the media and educational institutions in the country. Of course, if that were true there would never have been a Trump presidency. What Barr is really saying, without any awareness of it, is actually a condemnation of his boss. No one has been more assaultive of religion and traditional values than Trump. He’s a thrice-married, adulterous, prideful, profane, greedy, liar.<\/p>\n

Donald Trump spent much of his life consumed by popular culture. He worked in mass communications and entertainment for fourteen years as the host of a reality TV game show. He also had a regular slot on Fox News for a segment of Fox and Friends called Mornings with Trump<\/em>. And he even operated his own Trump University, although that ended when he was found to have committed fraud<\/a><\/strong> and ordered to pay $25 million in restitution and penalties to his students\/victims.<\/p>\n

So Barr is inadvertently telling the truth about the immorality of Trump<\/a><\/strong>. Everything in his speech applies more to the President than the progressive patriots he’s attacking, including the violence, drug abuse, militance, and spiritual vacancy. But more importantly, Barr’s transformation into Trump’s preacher is just another frightening diversion from the legitimate role of government by the Trump administration. It’s further evidence that Trump is steering the nation toward a fascist-style theocracy that would crush our constitutional democracy. And it makes impeaching Trump a ever more urgent imperative for the American people.<\/p>\n

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Attorney General Bill Barr: "This is not decay. This is organized destruction. Secularists and their allies have marshaled all the forces of mass communication, popular culture, the entertainment industry, and academia in an unremitting assault on religion & traditional values." pic.twitter.com\/HPda0ybdYN<\/a><\/p>\n

— The Hill (@thehill) October 12, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n