Attorney General William Barr, in an interview on CNN Wednesday, lashed out at states using mail-in voting during the raging coronavirus pandemic — but somehow, he didn’t seem to object to Donald Trump suggesting that voters should cast two ballots this November in the upcoming presidential election. When Barr was pressed on the fact that voting twice would be illegal, he said he was unaware of what state laws said about casting more than one ballot.
The Attorney General is the head of the United States Department of Justice and chief law enforcement officer of the federal government, so Barr is just playing dumb here to cover up for the president. As much as Barr tries to discredit mail-in voting, there is no evidence of widespread voter fraud. A backlash ensued when the U.S. president suggested that his supporters counteract voter fraud by committing voter fraud, and Barr just didn’t seem to be able to say it would be illegal.
So, Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) sent the Attorney General a letter – containing just one sentence — and posted it on Twitter.
The Attorney General of the United States is ignorant of basic voting laws. So today I sent Bill Barr an official one-sentence letter to educate him.
cc:@TheJusticeDept pic.twitter.com/OkniCvNfDd
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) September 3, 2020
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Lieu’s letter was well-received on Twitter.
Shade from Lieu. I’m here for it.
— Karen Forde (@fordey70) September 3, 2020
The large font is a nice touch.
— John Spartan (@SpartanResist) September 3, 2020
What is the statute of limitations on inciting people to vote twice?
— Tom Andre (@ThomasJAndre) September 3, 2020
The font sent me. It’s essentially screaming the US code at Barr. Here for it.
— #BLM La Jolla Liberal (@LaJollaLiberal) September 3, 2020
Damn Ted, your so good at trolling. Makes me so proud to live in CA33
— Denise Wu (@denisewu) September 3, 2020
Donald Trump is trying to fuck with the election in multiple ways. It’s almost as if the president is afraid of what will happen to him once he leaves office. And Barr is serving solely as the president’s lapdog. With Trump as president, the country’s top law enforcement official’s office has been reduced to a MAGA campaign surrogate for the president. We can’t even trust our country’s institutions anymore. Even the CDC appears to be political now. November 3rd, Mr. Trump.
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