Attorney General William Barr drew sharp criticism on Thursday for comparing lockdown orders during the COVID-19 pandemic to slavery.
In remarks at Hillsdale College in Michigan, US Attorney General had called the lockdown orders the “greatest intrusion on civil liberties in American history” since slavery.
Rep. James Clyburn told CNN that Barr’s remarks were “the most ridiculous, tone-deaf, God-awful things I’ve ever heard” because they wrongly equated human bondage with a measure aimed at saving human lives.
“Slavery was not about saving lives. It was about devaluing lives. This pandemic is a threat to human life,” Clyburn said.
This is not the first time that the 70-year-old has condemned stay-at-home orders.
