NBC News national affairs analyst John Heileman explained how Attorney General Bill Barr is losing the support of Senate Republicans on MSNBC’s “The Last Word” on Thursday.
Host Lawrence O’Donnell showed a tweet by Sen. Chuck Grassley:
ChuckGrassley✔@ChuckGrassley
I support release of the Mueller report
24.8K people are talking about this
“He could have easily not put that tweet out today,” O’Donnell noted. “He used to be the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee which would have had direct jurisdiction, he would have been receiving these letters from Barr, so he’s an important voice among Republicans on this kind of issue.”
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