Barr: Republicans should focus on ‘substance, not politics’ if they win power


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While neither the House nor the Senate had been called for either party as of midnight EST Wednesday, Republicans went into election night projected by many to take at least one from Democratic control. Republicans have already previewed a potential mass probe into the FBI and Justice Department should they win power of Congress. However, former Rep. Bob Barr, R-Ga., told Straight Arrow News he hopes Republicans “look forward and not backwards.”

“I don’t want to see the Republicans launch their own investigation of Jan. 6, which some are talking about,” former Rep. Barr said. “There is an awful lot that Republicans with majorities in the Congress can do, not withstanding a Democrat president, but it takes a lot of hard work and commitment to substance, not politics.”

Barr dismissed other potential investigations, like the ones into Hunter Biden and America’s withdrawal from Afghanistan. However, he did appear to support the potential FBI probe.

“Frankly, I think that Hunter Biden has been so disgraced. It’s not worth even worrying about the guy anymore,” Barr said. “If the Republicans focus just on Afghanistan, they’re missing the bigger picture. There are some very serious problems with our military that manifested themselves in Afghanistan, but extend far beyond that, in terms of chain of command and the so-called woke policies being pursued by our military, which is hurting our readiness. If they focus on the bigger picture, also with the FBI, instead of focusing just on personalities, or on the past with the FBI, but focus on restructuring the FBI, so it is an accountable law enforcement agency like it used to be, then I would commend them.”

Even if Republicans were to win power of one or both houses of Congress, they would still have challenges to getting policy across the line. According to Barr, the main challenge is obvious.

“They have to be able to work with Biden, as difficult as that might be,” Barr said. “The Republicans have to be able to put together a solid budget beginning next year, and push it through, it may take three, four, five, six iterations of that, but eventually Biden will have to sign it if the Republicans stick to their guns.”

Shannon Longworth (Correspondent) and Simone Del Rosario (Correspondent) contributed to this report.
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