MSNBC anchor Andrea Mitchell just could not get her head around the fact that Attorney General William Barr could promise something so dastardly as to defend Americans' constitutional rights during the coronavirus pandemic.
The horror!
During the noon hour on Wednesday, Mitchell fretted, "And Attorney General William Barr, who is not a medical doctor, is going against even the White House guidelines for gradually lifting stay-at-home rules. He’s suggesting that governors who continue lock downs could be violating the law."
She continued, "The Attorney General’s unusual interpretation of the Constitution included saying that the Justice Department is considering taking legal action against states that he says are going too far with their stay-at-home orders."
Ironically, the soundbite she played of Barr to prove her point only served to do the opposite, as it was clear the AG was expressing his concern for extreme restrictions imposed by certain states.
In an interview with radio host Hugh Hewitt, Barr said, "These are unprecedented burdens on civil liberties right now. You know, the idea that you have to stay in your house is disturbingly close to house arrest. We’re looking carefully at a number of these rules being put into place. And if we think one goes too far, we initially try to jawbone the governors into rolling them back or adjusting them, and if they’re not and people bring lawsuits, we file statement of interest and side with the plaintiffs."