Resigning AG William Barr:
Your record is all the more historic because you accomplished it in the face of relentless, implacable resistance. Your 2016 victory speech in which you reached out to your opponents and called for working together for the benefit of the American people was immediately met by a partisan onslaught against you in which no tactic, no matter how abusive and deceitful, was out of bounds. The nadir of this campaign was the effort to cripple, if not oust, your Administration with frenzied and baseless accusations of collusion with Russia.
Few could have, weathered these attacks, much less forge ahead with a positive program for the country. You built the strongest and most resilient economy in American history — one that has brought unprecedented progress to those previously left out. You have restored American military strength. By brokering historic peace deals in the Mideast you have achieved what most thought impossible. You have curbed illegal immigration and enhanced the security of our nation’s borders. You have advanced the rule of law by appointing a record number of judges committed to constitutional principles. With Operation Warp Speed, you delivered a vaccine for coronavirus on a schedule no one thought conceivable — a feat that will undoubtedly save millions of lives. [Salon]
A second politically loyal AG driven from position by President Trump, who professes loyalty even as he’s whipped from his chair – this resignation has been rumored for a month or two, ever since he failed to come up with any sort of bomb to drop on Biden. Do these guys have to take a shot of loyalty serum before Trump will nominate them? Or are they simply so deep into the right wing epistemic bubble that they can’t tell him to FOAD?
Here’s a link to the whole letter.
