On the evening of July 30, former U.S. Attorney General William Barr addressed a friendly audience that over three days at the Napa Institute's annual summer conference had heard more than two dozen other speakers rail against secular modernity and envision an America where abortion is illegal in all 50 states.
But it wasn't until a group of progressive protesters briefly disrupted his remarks, prompting the audience of conservative clerics and lay Catholic business leaders to drown out the protests by praying and singing the Salve Regina, that Barr said he felt at home.
"If I had known about that, I think Lafayette Park would have been a lot easier," Barr said with a smile as he referenced his ordering federal law enforcement officers in June 2020 to clear protesters outside the White House so then-President Donald Trump could walk across the street to pose with a Bible at St. John's Episcopal Church.
The audience at the Meritage Resort and Spa in Napa, California, laughed at Barr's comment regarding the incident, where officers clad in riot gear used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse people who were demonstrating against police brutality after the May 2020 death of George Floyd.
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