Activists on social media circulated a video of US Attorney General William Barr, yesterday, Wednesday, attacking the closure orders related to the Corona virus imposed by state governors from the Democrats and describing them as slavery.
Barr said in a speech during the celebration of Constitution Day that the closure orders are considered "the greatest encroachment on the civil liberties of individuals," criticizing the prevention of people from meeting inside churches due to the restrictions of Corona, and also criticizing the performance of public prosecutors working in the Ministry of Justice, considering that they are still in a pre-stage. The school.
Attorney General William Barr argued yesterday that coronavirus-related lockdown orders were surpassed only by slavery as the “greatest intrusion on civil liberties” in the nation's history https://t.co/oFyWpMnINl pic.twitter.com/kBOF9diNoZ
- POLITICO (@politico) September 17, 2020
William Bar Sila faced criticism as a result of these statements, as Professor Bill Kristol, professor of political philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania, commented that "Trump wants to delegitimize the elections and bar wants to fully politicize the Justice Department. Otherwise, democracy and the rule of law are doing a great job."
“You know, putting a national lock down, stay at home orders, is like house arrest.
Other than slavery, which was a different kind of restraint, this is the greatest intrusion on civil liberties in American history, ”Barr said as a round of applause came from the crowd.
- Shimon Prokupecz (@ShimonPro) September 17, 2020
American human rights lawyer Daniel Ohalfelder commented, "Barr is not a prosecutor, he is just an obedient general in Trump's army."
William Barr will act more and more dangerously and destructively with every passing day until Election Day.
- Fernand R. Amandi (@AmandiOnAir) September 17, 2020