By Florida Bill
Every Sunday morning, CBS television presents its long-running news show, "Face the Nation." Moderated by the 40-year-old Margaret Brennan, the show calls upon guests to give their take and opinion on important breaking stories.
Somehow, in recent years, the show has morphed and become an arm of the Democratic party doing its part to chop up the administration of President Trump. Lies, falsehoods and innuendos are worked into the themes and with it comes the approbation from the "never Trump" crowd.
On this recent Sunday, the comely, but inept Brennan, had Attorney General William Barr as one of her guests, and she planned a shellacking of the nation's leading government lawyer.
"Why," demanded Brennan, did the AG order the use of tear gas and chemical irritants to break up a "peaceful" demonstration in Lafayette Square, north of the White House. Marchers were showing their constitutional right to demonstrate against police brutality and the denigration of Black Americans.
The question struck a sour note with Barr and he appeared annoyed at her assertion, but remained poised. These were not peaceful protests, said Barr, "and that is one of the big lies that the media is perpetuating." And by the way, he added, there was no tear gas or chemical irritants used by the police."
Police. were in the process of setting new boundaries for the perimeter of the seven acre park which is home to St John's Episcopal church, when violence erupted and projectiles were thrown, Barr said. Police used non-irritant pepper sprays to rein in the trouble makers, and to prevent a repeat of the violence and the church fire which had occurred there the previous day and night.
Brennan interrupted and declared that "three of my (CBS) colleagues were there and they never saw any projectiles."
"I was there," said Barr. "I was there. They were thrown. I saw them thrown."
Barr said that in that same park on the previous day, a fire was set in the sacred and historic St. John's church. The violence was out of control. Bottles and bricks were being thrown; there was damage to the park and there were injuries. More than 100 policemen trying to rein in the violence were injured and some suffered concussions and were taken to hospitals. We did not want a repeat of that.
Skipping to another subject, Brennan told Barr that a CBS newsman reports that a senior administration official" (no name provided) told him that President Trump had "demanded that 10,000 active duty troops be ordered onto the American streets" to deal with the protesters. "Accurate?" she said.
"That is completely false. The President did not demand that," responded Barr who remained poised, but visibly irritated.
Barr explained that the President, and Secretary of Defense Esper and I were on the "same page" in reference to bringing in active duty soldiers. The President has the power to do so, in accord with law, but the situation on hand did not warrant that action which is reserved for insurrections. Make no mistake here---We all agreed and were on the same page that this was not the time to bring in active duty troops to police the streets, Barr said.
With that, Brennan asserted that CBS "stands by its reporting" that the President had demanded that the attorney general bring in 10,000 active duty soldiers to patrol the streets and put down protesters. Barr, President Trump and the Secretary of Defense Mark Esper have endeavored to set the record straight on this point, but CBS "stands by" its report from some unnamed "official."
Both stories to which Brennan referred and of which she questioned the Attorney General had been widely disseminated by the media. The stories were completely untrue. It was a typical Sunday morning as CBS and "Face the Nation" delivered and "stands by" their anti-Trump reporting.
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