VIDEO: Trump's Qualified AG Nominee ...Just Ask Dems

If Senate Democrats try to obstruct attorney general nominee William Barr, they’ll have to explain why not a single Democrat objected to him holding that very same position before.

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In 1991, the Democrat-controlled Senate confirmed Barr by voice vote just 36 days after he was nominated. The Joe Biden-led Judiciary Committee approved Barr by a unanimous 14-0 vote.

Then-Judiciary Chair Joe Biden praises William Barr as a “heck of an honorable guy.” https://t.co/lwHa3O4Lw4 pic.twitter.com/raQ7nxxcyF

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Here’s just some of what prominent Democrats – including Chuck Schumer – had to say about Barr at the time…

Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE), then-chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, to Barr: “You're going to be a good Attorney General, you're sharp, you're smart…” (U.S. Senate Hearing, Committee On Judiciary, 11/13/91)

• Biden: “I like the man.” (The Washington Post, 11/16/91)
• Biden: Barr showed “commitment to the public interest above all else...” (U.S. Senate Attorney General Confirmation Vote, 11/20/91)

Rep. Chuck Schumer (D-Brooklyn), then-chairman of the House Crime and Criminal Justice Subcommittee: “Mr. Barr has proven to be a capable deputy attorney general. He did a good job of helping run the department in troubled times.” (Newsday, 10/17/91)

Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT), member of the Senate Judiciary Committee: Barr will be “an independent voice for all Americans – not just the President.” (Los Angeles Times, 11/16/91)

• Leahy: “I get the impression that he's committed to working with rather than against the committee.” (Facts On File World News Digest, 11/21/91)

Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA), member of the Senate Judiciary Committee: “Mr. Barr comes before this committee with a distinguished record of public service in the Central Intelligence Agency and the White House and the Department of Justice, as well as in the private practice of the law.” (U.S. Senate Hearing, Committee On Judiciary, 11/12/91)

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