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  • Cortney O'Brien | Jul 28, 2020 4:00 PM est

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee approached Barr after the hearing adjourned and chatted with him for about a minute. 

  • Cortney O'Brien | Jul 28, 2020 4:00 PM est

wow. I think I can count only a handful of times that the Democrats actually let the attorney general speak today.

  • Cortney O'Brien | Jul 28, 2020 3:58 PM est

After being accused by Rep. Escobar of failing to uphold his oath of office, Barr says, "my loyalty is to the Constitution."

  • Cortney O'Brien | Jul 28, 2020 3:53 PM est

Rep. Mike Johnson outraged that his colleague just accused the White House of committing murder and asks for it to be stricken from the record.

  • Cortney O'Brien | Jul 28, 2020 3:51 PM est

Discussing COVID, Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell looks at Barr and says, "I believe the Trump admin are letting people die needlessly."

  • Cortney O'Brien | Jul 28, 2020 3:45 PM est

That was so embarrassing. Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-PA) is trying to catch Barr in a gotcha moment, but doesn't even know what DOJ policy she's asking about.

He rightfully laughs.

  • Cortney O'Brien | Jul 28, 2020 3:40 PM est

Nadler relented and gave Barr his break. We're back now.

  • Cortney O'Brien | Jul 28, 2020 3:35 PM est

Barr: "Mr. Chairman, can I take a 5-minute break?"

Nadler: "No."

Barr: "I waited an hour for you this morning."

  • Matt Vespa | Jul 28, 2020 3:33 PM est

Did MSNBC producers write all of these question from the Democrats ... they're insane 

  • Cortney O'Brien | Jul 28, 2020 3:32 PM est

Wowww.

  • Matt Vespa | Jul 28, 2020 3:30 PM est

I mean, that Dem Congresswoman pretty much accused Barr of being complicit in murder if he doesn't do what *she* wants him to do re ACA and health care. 

Utterly unhinged. 

  • Cortney O'Brien | Jul 28, 2020 3:30 PM est

Rep. Greg Stanton (D-AZ) suggests that Barr is "a fixer at the DOJ."

  • Matt Vespa | Jul 28, 2020 3:28 PM est

This hearing is pretty good bolshevik theater. Just sayin' 

  • Cortney O'Brien | Jul 28, 2020 3:28 PM est

Jim Jordan asks Nadler: "You brought him here. Why don't you let him speak? Why don't you let him answer the questions?"

  • Matt Vespa | Jul 28, 2020 3:28 PM est

That exchange was absurd. ACA has nothing to do with DOJ. These Dems just scream and scream ... this hearing is becoming a worthless exercise. 

Dems refusing the let Barr speak because they know he can easily shred their weak sauce arguments 

  • Cortney O'Brien | Jul 28, 2020 3:28 PM est

Barr: "I'm the lawyer. I am not in charge of health care policy."

  • Cortney O'Brien | Jul 28, 2020 3:26 PM est

Barr starts to explain that he has two children who recovered from cancer and that the issue of health care is very important to him, but is cut off by Rep. McBath.

  • Cortney O'Brien | Jul 28, 2020 3:25 PM est

Rep. McBath asks Barr: If Trump has no other plan in place by October, you will drop your position that the ACA must fall.

  • Cortney O'Brien | Jul 28, 2020 3:23 PM est

Rep. Lucy McBath (D-GA) asking about the ACA 

  • Cortney O'Brien | Jul 28, 2020 3:20 PM est

Rep. Neguse and AG Barr now SCREAMING at each other.

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