Dennis PragerFounder, PragerU · Founder of PragerU | NYT best-selling author

Dems Treatment of AG Barr, Like Kavanaugh Pt. II

4 Aug 2020 · 2 min

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In this brief dialogue, Speaker A expresses deep frustration with what they perceive as a moral and civil decline in American public life, attributing it to the political left, particularly Democrats such as Gerald Nadler. The conversation centers on two recent high‑profile hearings: the Attorney General William Barr hearings and the Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court confirmation. Speaker A condemns the alleged smearing and lying about Kavanaugh, criticizes the silence of many Christian and Jewish clergy who failed to defend Judeo‑Christian principles, and questions procedural fairness, asking whether Kavanaugh was denied a requested five‑minute break. Speaker B concurs, labeling the treatment as evil rather than merely political. The exchange reflects a partisan, moralistic perspective that blames the left for corrupting individuals and for a broader cultural decay.

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I watched some of the hearings with Attorney General Barr, and it's very difficult for me to contain myself on the deterioration in public life in America that the left has brought about, and which was exemplified by Gerald Nadler and other Democrats. I really do, I really do have this question. It's an honest question. Do bad people simply join the left, or does the left make a middle person or even a decent person into a bad person? The issue isn't that I differ with them. What they did to Brett Kavanaugh was evil. It's not—
it wasn't political, it was evil. The lying that was involved, the smearing of a very good man.
We have zero evidence that you did something in high school. In high school. That clergy did not speak out. I need to say, my disappointment in the lack of standing up for Judeo-Christian principles on the part of vast numbers of clergy, Christian and Jewish, is another part of the unfortunate times in which we live. I do not care if you are a Democrat or a Republican. You stand for a concept, even if he had been guilty, that there is repentance is central to Judaism and Christianity. And look at the life that he has led since high school. But no.
No.
I do not remember the voices there. There were some. But very few. So I look at the, the hearings and the treatment. Is it true that he asked for a 5-minute break and was denied it?