{"id":40371,"date":"2020-12-07T12:36:41","date_gmt":"2020-12-07T16:36:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=40371"},"modified":"2020-12-07T12:37:48","modified_gmt":"2020-12-07T16:37:48","slug":"barr-so-deep-in-the-swamp-he-cant-see-his-fellow-reptiles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=40371","title":{"rendered":"Barr \u2018so deep in the swamp\u2019 he can&#8217;t \u2018see his fellow reptiles\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Barr \u2018so deep in the swamp\u2019 he can&#8217;t \u2018see his fellow reptiles\u2019: Fox&#8217;s Pirro turns on AG for denying voter fraud<\/h1>\n<p><!--more--><div id=\"attachment_40374\" style=\"width: 778px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40374\" src=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/5fccf7e0203027692e51b055.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" class=\"size-full wp-image-40374\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/5fccf7e0203027692e51b055.jpg 768w, http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/5fccf7e0203027692e51b055-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-40374\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9  REUTERS\/Jonathan Ernst<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p>RT.com<\/p>\n<p>Fox News\u2019 Jeanine Pirro, one of President Donald Trump\u2019s most loyal supporters, has turned on Attorney General Bill Barr, calling him a \u201creptile\u201d for daring to weigh in on election voter fraud.<\/p>\n<p>While Pirro once praised Barr, she is now referring to him as a \u2018swamp dweller\u2019 for his comments this week that there has been no substantial evidence of widespread voter fraud in the presidential election.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cAs a former prosecutor, for over three decades, I and virtually everyone similarly situated know that DOJ guidelines do not allow comment on investigations,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0Pirro said Sunday night in a long rant directed at Barr, whose job some have predicted could be on the line since his election comments as they break with the president\u2019s hard-line stance that he won in a landslide.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWe need answers. We need action. We need justice. And you, Mr. Barr, are so deep in the swamp you can\u2019t see beyond your fellow reptiles, and you are not the exceptional leader needed at this exceptional time in history,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0Pirro added about the attorney general.<\/p>\n<p>The Fox News host\u2019s intense comments surprised many, especially considering her past praise of Barr.<\/p>\n<div class=\"rtcode\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?creatorScreenName=RT_com&amp;dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1335407341714329601&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rt.com%2Fusa%2F508838-jeanine-pirro-bill-barr-election%2F&amp;siteScreenName=RT_com&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1335407341714329601\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rtcode\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?creatorScreenName=RT_com&amp;dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1335422115684573186&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rt.com%2Fusa%2F508838-jeanine-pirro-bill-barr-election%2F&amp;siteScreenName=RT_com&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1335422115684573186\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rtcode\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-2\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?creatorScreenName=RT_com&amp;dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-2&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=true&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1335411171147583494&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rt.com%2Fusa%2F508838-jeanine-pirro-bill-barr-election%2F&amp;siteScreenName=RT_com&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1335411171147583494\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Asked this week if he still has confidence in Barr following his election comments, the president said,\u00a0<em>\u201cask me that in a number of weeks from now.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The president reiterated at a rally in Georgia on Saturday night that he won the election and he will\u00a0<em>\u201cnever, ever surrender\u201d<\/em>\u00a0in his effort to overturn the results.<\/p>\n<p>Through multiple lawsuits, Trump has claimed Biden stole victories in swing states such as Pennsylvania, Georgia, and Michigan through illegal ballot dumps. Though many of his legal battles have been lost in court, the president continues to maintain his accusations of voter fraud with the certification of Biden\u2019s win looming, as electors go through their official vote on December 14.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/usa\/508838-jeanine-pirro-bill-barr-election\/\">https:\/\/www.rt.com\/usa\/508838-jeanine-pirro-bill-barr-election\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barr \u2018so deep in the swamp\u2019 he can&#8217;t \u2018see his fellow reptiles\u2019: Fox&#8217;s Pirro turns on AG for denying voter fraud<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=40371"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40371\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=40371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=40371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}