Barr says 'draconian' lockdown measures should be reexamined by May

[left-of-center2012]

Source: The Hill

Attorney General William Barr late Wednesday suggested that the federal government in May should begin relaxing some of the "draconian" social-distancing restrictions imposed throughout the U.S.

Barr said in an interview ... that the U.S. had to be "very careful" to ensure some of the measures being "adopted are fully justified, and there are not alternative ways of protecting people" amid the novel coronavirus outbreak.

"I think, you know, when this — when this period of time is — at the end of April expires, I think we have to allow people to adapt more than we have and not just tell people to go home and hide under the bed, but allow them to use other ways – social distancing and other means – to protect themselves," he said.

Barr noted that the U.S. is in a situation "akin to wartime" and that "the government can impose certain limitations" in those scenarios. But he said that the Justice Department would continue to keep an eye on any actions that "restrict people's liberty."

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/491940-barr-says-draconian-lockdown-measures-should-be-reexamined-by-may

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The comments arrived as the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19, the illness caused by the novel coronavirus, continued to climb in the U.S. As of Thursday morning, the U.S. had reported roughly 432,000 confirmed cases of the virus and more than 14,800 deaths from it.

[Auggie]

1. The Eminent Doctor William Barr has spoken!

[Roy Rolling]

62. Beat me to it

I was thinking what drug Dr. Barr might recommend based on his current standard of care—“what do you have to lose?”

[NRaleighLiberal]

2. when the awards for crooked fucking assholes are given out, Barr will be near the top of the list

[dalton99a]

37. +1. Trump cannot succeed without Barr and Moscow Mitch.

[Sloumeau]

3. When did Barr get degrees in Medicine or epidemiology?

William Barr should shut his evil, criminal enabling mouth.

[pazzyanne]

15. At the same time the pResident did, I assume.

… and we all know what that does, right?

[ProudMNDemocrat]

31. My late mother had this comeback when confronted by a Doctor....

When she correctly diagnosed what was wrong with us when we were taken to the Doctor..."And what Medical School did you go to?"

Her retort was..."The same one ALL Mothers go to."

William Bart talks out of his ass most of the time, as does Trump ALL of the time. Draconian measures? The Federal Government has been absent when leading the way. It has been the level headed Governors imposing "life saving measures" during this crisis.

Go duck yoirself, Billy Barr.

[safeinOhio]

4. If we could

test everyone in the country and provide PPEs to everyone, that would be possible. But trumpets will scream "who is going to pay for it".

[gab13by13]

18. What is worse to me,

is that Trump wants to send some people back to work on May 1st. But not to fear those people will first have their temperatures taken. Doesn't that make you feel safe knowing that people are going back to work because they didn't have a fever? I would feel a lot better if the people who Trump wanted to go back to work were actually tested, and even that is no sure guarantee.

[Moostache]

5. Great...more asinine words from another administration imbecile...

Slowly, for those with learning disabilities...

YOU
CANNOT
"REOPEN"
A
DEAD
ECONOMIC
MODEL!!!

The service / gig economies are GONE...
They can not be revived quickly or those incomes (AND SPENDING in the wider economy) cannot be waived away either.

COVID-19 is raging through the USA RIGHT NOW...
If you want to ensure MORE dead, go ahead and tell people "nothing to fear, go back to congregating"...
Hospitals will be over run - worse than before in NYC because the staff and professionals have seen what happens and the price it extracts from care givers...not all, but some will choose discretion over valor and the acute crisis of available workers will be worse too.

Thousands more infected and dead.
Thousands more impacted and torn apart...we will NOT "get over it quickly"...

Trump refuses to recognize the obvious - there is NO path to a return to "normal" that does not include rampant testing of people to find out who is exposed and recovered and who remains at grave risk. More important than just that, you MUST have statistical sampling capable of adequately projecting the risks to make GOOD Decisions.

He won't care.
He will cite "his gut" and "some people are saying" and "well, Jared assures me..."

Hoover, move over - you are being removed as the worst. president. ever. list with a bullet...

[Lochloosa]

8. THIS!

[Texin]

29. "If you want to ensure MORE dead"

That's their plan. That's always been their plan. They believe and fervently hope that the dead will predominately be among more black and brown people within the predominately Democratic strongholds and bonus points if many of those people are the elderly and those with fragile health - you know, those folks that need their Medicare and Social Security, because hell, they're just going to scuttle those programs anyway (and letting those systems collapse has always been their most fevered wet dream. This is their very own perfect storm of evil opportunity.

[Nay]

44. YEP. It is the plan. They're happy all these people are going to die. nt

[TruckFump]

51. +1000. EOM

[ashredux]

6. What the Hell has he any business saying this....

[Submariner]

10. So his asshole boss can say

"See, even my AG agrees with me that we should go back to work, and I didn't prompt him to say that either".

[DURHAM D]

7. Like his boss - ugly on the outside and ugly on the inside. nt

[LiberalFighter]

9. Didn't know that the epidemic situation was part of the Justice Dept.

[jayschool2013]

12. He's channeling that GOP philosopher Calvin Coolidge

"The business of the United States is business."

Thus has been the entire Republican platform for 100 years, or since the departure of Teddy Roosevelt. It matters not what branch or department they're in. It's all about the Benjamins and the tax breaks. Oh, and marginalizing non-white, non-cis, non-Christian, non-male, non-hetero people.

[The Magistrate]

11. Critter Must Have Left His Medical Degree In His Other Pants, Sir

Give him an enema, you could bury him in a matchbox.

[pazzyanne]

16. LOL...

and agree wholeheartedly!

[Javaman]

13. I see barr still has access to his crack pipe. nt

[duforsure]

14. After seeing him fail at being a AG

Why would any fool believe him now. Wonder how long ago he was told to say this. Sounds to me like trump soon will try forcing people to work , knowing a pandemic is still very active putting their lives at risk by going back way too soon. Trump caused this too be much worse than it should have been, and is still making it worse by refusing to help. He's interfering with American people getting help.

[marble falls]

17. Barr needs his head examined today.

[LiberalFighter]

19. Only after they try fixing it by dropping it on a cement sidewalk.

[Mc Mike]

20. Got it. Social distancing is draconian, but detaining people indefinitely without trial

during emergencies, is not.

Doublethink, you fat nazi swine.

[Marthe48]

22. Really great point

Thanks!

[Mc Mike]

26. Thanks, Marthe. They do this shite on purpose. nt

[flibbitygiblets]

54. 👆 What Mc Mike said

[Marthe48]

21. you go first you miserable p.o.s.

n.t.

[bluestarone]

23. How much more PROOF do we need?

He owns the AG, the Senate, The SC!! tRUMP has unholy hold of our country!!

[duforsure]

24. Barr's been given orders

Put out statements like this now. It's trumps plan to promoter this now, have others claim we should all start working for trump's benefit now even with an active pandemic attacking us, and knowing our lives at risk, after he failed to protect us. This is pure evil anyone would promote this now. Other GOP talking heads will start promoting stuff like this too for him to use. Look for trump to try and hurt any Governors and their states that won't return by defunding them.

[bucolic_frolic]

25. I see some folks who will enjoy their Draconian lockdown measures

Coming 2021 to an investigation near you

[AllaN01Bear]

27. so, what is barr to do with it?

[Laelth]

28. The federal government has no power to do what Dr. Barr suggests. n/t

-Laelth

[dchill]

30. By expounding on epidemiology...

Barr proves he's no expert on anything.

[CanonRay]

32. Why can't this asshole catch it?

[left-of-center2012]

33. Trump wants everything open by election day

That way he can brag he beat the virus.

[Midnightwalk]

34. There's never a plan

Just a deadline. They’d also like us to argue the date and ignore the lack of a plan.

The early date should get our attention but the lack of a plan is a disaster.

Whatever the date, we will get to a point where it will be difficult to remain locked down. People will start to ignore warnings and if active cases and deaths are down will clamor to “get back to normal”

Now is the time to figure out what the new normal will look like. Are there requirements for masks? Adequate testing available? Recommended triggers for going back in?

Or do we just wing it and half the people in the country (geographically all the country) goes out and has cinco de mayo celebrations including counties that are just approaching peak? People have put off vacations and will want to travel.

Give us the outline of the plan. Prove you have one. Let us track whether we’re at the infection/testing/protection levels needed. You know, the things we should have been tracking a month or two ago or more.

Otherwise I’m convinced we’ll just wing it and the second wave will be too large again.

Note that I’m not agreeing with May but pointing out we will eventually end lockdown and the experts, not barr or trump or kushner, should be able to say something intelligent about it.

[yonder]

36. +1. Good analysis.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

35. Trump Administration: "Full speed ahead!"

[AtheistCrusader]

41. Bald dude doing a superman header across the inside of the boat gets me, every time.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

43. It's like he went limp as he surrendered...

... to reality. Lol.

Glad that nobody was seriously hurt in THAT reckless disaster.

[Docreed2003]

38. Fuck him

He's stoking the bullshit right wing memes that somehow protecting all people is an infringement on individual liberty. Fucking infuriating.

[mjvpi]

39. Barr requires some draconian lock up.

I have dreams of Representative Porter and Senators Harris and Warren grilling him for a half hour each for a whole day. That would be great stay in place TV. No Republican to alternately drivel,
just hours of truth traps.

[AtheistCrusader]

40. They should be examined weekly.

And I'm pretty sure they are, but at the state, not federal level.

For one, most states (not quite all) have a better trust relationship between the people and their Governor.

[turbinetree]

42. So the Federalist Society asshole wants to play doctor................FUCK YOU

I really do hope you get sick.............and I am not a lab rat for experimentation............maybe you are asshole........... have at it...................go fucking mingle with fellow federalist society traitors.............

[BlueIdaho]

45. GOP assembling it's talking points - Science be Damned!

That fat bastard needs to keep his yap shut.

[hay rick]

46. Another administration official who slept in a Holiday Inn last night shares his opinion. nt

[DanieRains]

47. Why Is Barr Not Already In Prison?

Because he isn't a minority.....

[StevieM]

57. For that matter, why didn't Ken Starr go to prison?

The answer, of course, is that they are Republicans. And Republicans are above the law.

[Wuddles440]

48. So...

this fuckhead wasn't just satisfied with engaging in legal malpractice for which he should have been disbarred, but he now wants to bolster his resume with medical malpractice as well??!! There's no doubt that he's gunning for the top spot in this administration's Rogue's Gallery.

[Initech]

49. They are going to torpedo this thing.

[yaesu]

50. why even put this crap out as news, he's nothing but a crimonal mob fixer. This crap should not

be posted here as news.

[Progressive Jones]

52. Fat Willie's portfolio must have taken a hit. nt

[brewens]

53. It doesn't seem draconian to me. I think I'll have another bong rip. :)

[Blues Heron]

55. Has this nasty prick taken the covid toilet challenge yet?

if not he needs to STFU

[forgotmylogin]

56. He wants us out boosting the economy?

Give us masks. Give us tests. That's the only way.

[musclecar6]

58. You know it's hard to decide who is the biggest asshole in that incompetent Jackass's sycophant

crowd. Barr of course, being the arrogant know nothing he is, is certainly at the top of the list. Nothing will please us more than to see him and all the other kiss assess thrown out along with their dear leader when Joe gets in.

[DeminPennswoods]

59. Americans don't have the patience to stay

in past the end of April. The weather was beautiful here yesterday and lots of people were out and about.

There are pockets like NYC and some of the other epicenters where residents might want to keep staying in, but, many in places life has not really changed that much and people are ready to begin getting back to normal. That's how it is where I live.

[Hotler]

60. Barr is a fascist. Beware my friends. nt

[captain jack]

61. He's just mad because he can't fit under his bed. n/t

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

63. This from the asshole who wanted congressional approval on the suspension of civil rights