Former Attorney General Bill Barr recently stopped by HBO. While there, he appeared on a broadcast of "Real Time" with host Bill Maher.
According to Barr, freedom of expression is under assault in America.
In fact, it's gotten so bad that he made a claim that is sure to shock everyone in the country.
Liberals attack free public discourse in a way that "on a daily basis makes the McCarthy era look like child’s play."
He went off before host Bill Maher cut him off:
"When confronted with the question, if Trump is the party’s nominee and he’s running against Biden, who would you vote for? And I say it’s hard for me to see — I just find it hard to believe that I could vote against the Republican nominee under those circumstances, because I think the main threat to the United States and the main danger to our democracy, frankly, is the sort of radical progressive movement and the lurch to the left that has taken place..."
That's when Bill Maher jumped in to ask, "More than the guy who you actually said tried to steal an election?"
"Absolutely," Barr concluded. "What happens in our country on a daily basis makes the McCarthy era look like child’s play.
"Speech is essential to democracy just like voting. If someone says what’s the major danger now to democracy? I agree elections are critical and the right to vote is critical but the thing that’s most under attack is public discourse, which is essential. It precedes voting."
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