Clyburn blasts Barr for comparing shutdowns to slavery: Most 'tone-deaf, God-awful thing I've ever h

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Source: NBC News

House Majority Whip James Clyburn, D-S.C., on Thursday blasted Attorney General William Barr for comparing pandemic shutdowns to slavery, calling the remarks "the most ridiculous, tone-deaf, God-awful thing I've ever heard."

In an interview on CNN's "New Day," Clyburn was asked about Barr's comments Wednesday to the conservative Hillsdale College, in Michigan, where he said, "putting a national lockdown, stay-at-home orders, is like house arrest," adding, "other than slavery, which was a different kind of restraint, this is the greatest intrusion on civil liberties in American history."

"You know, I think that that statement by Mr. Barr was the most ridiculous, tone-deaf, God-awful thing I've ever heard," Clyburn said, calling it "incredible" that the "chief law enforcement officer in this country would equate human bondage to expert advice to save lives."

"Slavery was not about saving lives, it was about devaluing lives," Clyburn, the highest-ranking Black member of the House, continued.

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[Eliot Rosewater]

1. Barr is just getting warmed up...he is the main KGB asset now, or whatever their new name is

[katusha]

2. FSB equals KGB

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Security_Service

The Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB RF; Russian: Федеральная служба безопасности Российской Федерации (ФСБ , tr. Federal'naya sluzhba bezopasnosti Rossiyskoy Federatsii, IPA: [fʲɪdʲɪˈralʲnəjə ˈsluʐbə bʲɪzɐˈpasnəstʲɪ rɐˈsʲijskəj fʲɪdʲɪˈratsɨjɪ]) is the principal security agency of Russia and the main successor agency to the USSR's KGB ('Committee for State Securityʼ . Its main responsibilities are within the country and include counter-intelligence, internal and border security, counter-terrorism, and surveillance as well as investigating some other types of grave crimes and federal law violations. It is headquartered in Lubyanka Square, Moscow's center, in the main building of the former KGB. According to the 1995 Federal Law "On the Federal Security Service", direction of the FSB is executed by the president of Russia, who appoints the Director of the FSB.[1]

edited to add equals to header.

[erronis]

7. And trump's boyfriend putin is an ex-kgb operator who is plying his wares as head of russia

and trump, probably boris johnson, and other "strong"-men are in putin's thrall.

It wouldn't surprise me to see some KGB/FSB operatives working within the WH or barr's DOJ. Maybe virtually, you know that pesky pandemic.

[LakeArenal]

3. I think of how many Africans died just getting here.

I think of how many Africans died in slavery.

I think of how many African-Americans who have died since the Civil War.

I think of how many POC have served and died in US wars.

I think of all the humans dead in the first wave at Normandy.

I think of humans that have sacrificed limbs for the Constitution of the United States.

But wearing a mask to save your and everybody's lives..... Too much of a sacrifice. My FREEDUM.

[still_one]

4. Barr is a racist asshole

[BlueWavePsych]

5. Can't wait for Drumpf's lap dog to be cancelled

[Lock him up.]

6. he looks more like a pig than a dog (no offense to both pigs n dogs).

1 big pig n 1 smaller pig on a leash...

donny "hannibal" tRump wants to murder millions of us for vlad in a second term

[erronis]

8. Just like with my dogs, barr is in control. trump is being led.

And there's an electric collar around both of them. Wonder who's got the buzzer?

[liberalmuse]

9. Barr is a Fascist pig.

And he needs to spend some time in prison.

[Volaris]

10. Well, William maybe now fat white overprivledged white assholes can begin to...

.. understand and relate to the oppression of their fellow countrymen, how bout that?

Clyburn is right. Tone deaf and god awful. That's our AG.

[Stuart G]

11. Thanks for posting. Look at it another way.It highlights Barr's stupidity and lack of knowledge

And this is a good thing in an odd way.....It highlights the total insensitivity of the total Trump
administration. Barr might apologize, but maybe not. Trump will be asked about this.
We will see what happens. I have to admit, I haven't got a clue about what comes next. Do you?

[BlueWavePsych]

12. I think Barr knows what it is saying and does so to support Drumpf.

[lunatica]

13. It's impossible to imagine anything being more tone deaf

I wonder what group was he directing that comment to. He’s obviously against the blm movement when he sends troops to gas and push marchers violently, and Unconstitutionally out of the way for his master’s benefit.

It’s flabbergasting. Gobsmacking. Face palming! Who is he talking to? It’s pretty obvious he’s oblivious about slavery.

[ck4829]

14. K&R

[Initech]

15. We are currently being run by a bunch of out of control psychopaths.

[intheflow]

16. Slavery was absolutely about saving lives.

The lives of their white owners. Not going to get hurt doing heavy labor if you aren't the one laboring. Not going to be impoverished is you don't have to pay your laborers.