‘It’s my person or it’s sabotage,'” he said. “‘I will sabotage anyone you put up.’ He not only does that in the presidential election, but he’ll also do that in state elections. The former president, Barr went on, wields his power by forcing the party to accept his agenda and his candidates or threatening: “I’m taking my ball and going home.”ĭOJ lawyers argued against charging Trump in Mueller probe, memo shows This is all personal to Trump,” he continued. “What the president is defining as RINOs are people who are true-blue Republicans and conservatives but who just have a problem with Trump personally. Liz Cheney lost her primary race in Wyoming to Trump-backed Harriet Hageman. Lauren Miller/The Casper Star-Tribune via AP “The idea that there are RINOs, people that really don’t support Republican principles, is simply not true. “This is how I see the Republican Party: There’s never been more consistent conservatism within the Republican Party than there is today,” he said. He’s all about himself.” Bill Barr claimed that former President Donald Trump’s “pursuit of a personal agenda and personal power is weakening the Republican Party.” Michael Reynolds/Pool via APīarr told Weiss the “sharp leftward turn” of the Democratic Party is creating possibilities for Republicans to “seize a decisive victory” along the lines of Ronald Reagan’s election in 1980.īut instead of taking advantage, Barr claimed the party is wasting precious time purging members it considers RINOs, or Republicans in name only. And I’ll sabotage whoever you nominate other than me.’ It shows what he’s all about. “What other great leader has done this? Telling the party, ‘If it’s not me, I’m going to ruin your election chances by telling my base to sit home. “The tactic that Trump is using to exert this control over the Republican Party is extortion,” the former AG added. “This pursuit of a personal agenda and personal power is weakening the Republican Party at a time when it could have a historic victory and make historic progress in ‘making America great again,'” Barr said in an interview published on Bari Weiss’ “Common Sense” Substack. Former Attorney General Bill Barr accused former President Donald Trump Thursday of practicing “extortion” on the Republican Party by endorsing his own batch of candidates in “pursuit of a personal agenda” at a time when the GOP should be making huge electoral gains.
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