{"id":1003103,"date":"2018-12-07T16:14:49","date_gmt":"2018-12-07T20:14:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1003103"},"modified":"2024-05-23T20:12:25","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T20:12:25","slug":"dnc-on-william-barrs-nomination-to-be-attorney-general","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-on-william-barrs-nomination-to-be-attorney-general\/","title":{"rendered":"DNC on William Barr\u2019s Nomination To Be Attorney General"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">DNC Chair Tom Perez released the following statement in response to President Trump nominating William Barr as his next attorney general:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cOur next attorney general must be able to stand up to the president and act as an independent law enforcement official. Trump has consistently shown a corrupt disregard for the rule of law and used his office to undermine civil rights, workers\u2019 rights, women\u2019s rights, LGBTQ rights, and voting rights.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;William Barr must assure the American people that he will resist any attempt by the president to interfere in law enforcement matters, and he must unequivocally commit to protecting the special counsel\u2019s investigation and defending our constitutional rights.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DNC Chair Tom Perez released the following statement in response to President Trump nominating William Barr as his next attorney general: &nbsp; \u201cOur next attorney general must be able to stand up to the president and act as an independent law enforcement official. Trump has consistently shown a corrupt disregard for the rule of law [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1003103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>DNC on William Barr\u2019s Nomination To Be Attorney General - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-on-william-barrs-nomination-to-be-attorney-general\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-12-07T20:14:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-23T20:12:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-on-william-barrs-nomination-to-be-attorney-general\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/dnc-on-william-barrs-nomination-to-be-attorney-general\/\",\"name\":\"DNC on William Barr\u2019s Nomination To Be Attorney General - 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