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Senator Menendez to vote against Pompeo as secretary of state
Reuters ^ | April 18, 2018 | by Patricia Zengerle

Posted on 04/18/2018 8:47:57 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

U.S. Senator Robert Menendez, the top Democrat on the Foreign Relations Committee, said on Wednesday he would oppose President Donald Trump’s nomination of CIA Director Mike Pompeo as secretary of state, in a blow to the nomination.

“I believe our nation’s top diplomat must be forthright, and more critically his past sentiments did not reflect our nation’s values and are not acceptable for our nation’s top diplomat,” Menendez said.

Nine of the 10 Democrats have announced they oppose Pompeo, and none has announced support.

Every committee Democrat also opposed the nomination of Trump’s first secretary of state, Rex Tillerson.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New Jersey
KEYWORDS: cia; mikepompeo; rextillerson; robertmenendez; state
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1 posted on 04/18/2018 8:47:57 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Top Democrat.
Izzat sorta like the fly sitting on top of a putrid pile of Obamastuff?


2 posted on 04/18/2018 8:49:01 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Well that’s a shocker.


3 posted on 04/18/2018 8:50:54 AM PDT by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Gee, what a shock. /s


4 posted on 04/18/2018 8:51:13 AM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Let’s change the headline

Insert Democrat Name Here to vote against Pompeo as Secretary of State


5 posted on 04/18/2018 8:51:27 AM PDT by cyclotic ( WeÂ’re the first ones taxed, the last ones considered and the first ones punished)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“Top Democrat”/pedophile. Hope to see him as a GTMO resident.


6 posted on 04/18/2018 8:52:55 AM PDT by Chauncey Gardiner
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To: Chauncey Gardiner

Question: Who cares?


7 posted on 04/18/2018 8:56:23 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

In other words PDJT made the correct choice. We now have confirmation !


8 posted on 04/18/2018 8:57:31 AM PDT by hoosiermama (When you open your heart to patriotism, there is no room for prejudice.DJT)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

Menendezis an actual politician who DID accept services from overseas hookers from a campaign donor. This is why I can’t take the media or the modern democrat party that it enables seriously anymore.


9 posted on 04/18/2018 8:57:42 AM PDT by jyo19
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

That bastard would have been convicted in any State but New Jersey.


10 posted on 04/18/2018 8:57:45 AM PDT by donozark (Restraining orders are just another way of saying I love you.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

““I believe our nation’s top diplomat must be forthright, and more critically his past sentiments did not reflect our nation’s values and are not acceptable for our nation’s top diplomat,” Menendez said.”

Is this Menendez fellow who is speaking of “our nation’s values” the same guy who was recently in the headlines regarding flying to the Dominican Republic for sex with underage girls?


11 posted on 04/18/2018 8:58:29 AM PDT by SharpRightTurn (Chuck Schumer--giving pond scum everywhere a bad name.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
A blow to the nomination? I'd think I was going in the right direction if I was opposed by knee-jerk (off) liberals!

Has Rooooters ever considered it "a blow to the nomination" if a conservative opposed a liberal appointee? I bet not...

12 posted on 04/18/2018 9:00:11 AM PDT by jeffc (The U.S. media are our enemy)
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To: SharpRightTurn

That’s Bob! In one building in DC some neighbors complained about the noise from his unit. He’d have hookers cover over every week they alleged on a regular basis.

Also, you can fly up underage girls from the DR if you have the right connections. (Cough, cough)


13 posted on 04/18/2018 9:01:45 AM PDT by romanesq (For George Soros so loved the world, he gave us Obama)
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To: Army Air Corps

I imagine Menendez knows Pompeo knows much more about Menendez than we know.


14 posted on 04/18/2018 9:05:02 AM PDT by namvolunteer (Obama says the US is subservient to the UN and the Constitution does not apply. That is treason.9we)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Good. Had he voted in favor, it would have made me doubtful about Pompeo.


15 posted on 04/18/2018 9:05:35 AM PDT by Antoninus ("In Washington, swamp drain you.")
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To: donozark

“That bastard would have been convicted in any State but New Jersey.”

I guess in the Toilet State, New Jersey, Menendez does “represent their values!”
Fortunately, they are not broadly “observed” elsewhere in the country. I would like for Bob to enumerate just what those “values” are. I see corruption and illicit sex with underage girls on a foreign island are probably at the top of his list.


16 posted on 04/18/2018 9:06:27 AM PDT by vette6387
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Thanks to our gutless AG, Sessions, Menendez,the crooked scumbag, is still around.


17 posted on 04/18/2018 9:06:38 AM PDT by kenmcg (tHE WHOLE)
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To: Menehune56

Heh, I was trying to figure out a way to post in monotone:

“Gee. I am so surprised. You could have knocked me over with a feather.”


18 posted on 04/18/2018 9:13:34 AM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists: They believe in the "Invisible Hand" only when it is guided by government.)
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To: Chauncey Gardiner

Doubtful.


19 posted on 04/18/2018 9:15:53 AM PDT by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

He is part of the resistance and that is what he was told to do.


20 posted on 04/18/2018 9:20:52 AM PDT by ActresponsiblyinVA
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