By: Mildred Robertson
The New York
Post recently reported that former Attorney General Bill Barr characterized the
Trump presidency as a horror show filled with chaos. He adds, however, that he still will support
Trump over Biden in the 2024 election. He reasons that “the real threat to
democracy is the progressive movement and the Biden administration.”
This is the
most illogical statement I have ever heard from someone who is supposedly
learned. Barr is saying the "chaos and horror" of a Trump presidency is superior
to one that has improved the country, built roads and bridges, improved
unemployment, strengthened healthcare, and aided in reducing student debt.
Come on now.
This is partisanship gone awry.
While Barr openly
criticizes Trump for his handling of the documents case, noting that Trump puts his ego
above his presidential duties and describes January 6th as a travesty, he still rails against the liberalism that accompanies
a Biden presidency. He chooses chaos and horror over liberalism.
What!
Barr is only
one of many former Trump high-ranking administration officials who criticize
the twice impeached, criminally charged, civilly convicted ex-president. His
former administrators characterize him as an impulsive leader who disregards
advice and lacks adult sensibilities. That includes former Defense Secretary James
Mattis, former Navy Secretary Richard Spencer, former White House National Security
Adviser John Bolton, former White House National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster,
former Homeland Security Adviser Tom Bossert, and the list goes on and on.
But unlike
Barr, many of Trump’s former administrative officers say they cannot back him
for a second term. Chief among them is former Vice President Mike Pence. During
a Fox interview on March 15, 2024, Pence said he would not support Trump during
the upcoming election. Pence stated that as he sought the 2024
presidential election, “I made it clear that there were profound differences between
me and President Trump on a range of issues.” Pence said that Trump’s agenda is
at odds with the conservative agenda he supports, and by which they supposedly governed
during their tenure in office.
In light of
the exodus of high-ranking officials from Trump’s camp, it is even more
puzzling that Barr would endorse Trump in the 2024 presidential election. An
article in the New Republic authored by Hafiz Rashid Barr quoted Barr as saying
in June 2023, “Should we be putting someone like this forward as the leader of
the country, leader of the free world?”
The answer to
that question in 2023 was NO! It is
still “no” now.
We cannot let
partisan polarization as exhibited by Barr and others like him destroy our
democracy. It is unfathomable that a political leader could recognize the
destructiveness of a candidate yet continue to support that candidate based on
party loyalty.
When you
balance America’s future with a choice between horrific chaos and progressive liberalism,
the choice is clear. Whether you are Republican, Democrat, or Independent, horrific
chaos should never be the choice.
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