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Mike Pompeo Mocks Predecessor John Kerry About Being Secretary of State: ‘I’m Not in It for the Fancy Dinners’
pjmedia.com ^ | 2/28/2020 | Matt Margolis

Posted on 02/28/2020 7:45:54 PM PST by rktman

NATIONAL HARBOR, MD — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo spoke to the attendees of CPAC Friday afternoon. He reported that he had just come from the Oval Office with President Trump.

“Can anyone in this room remember a better time to be an American conservative?” he asked the crowd. “We’re safer than ever, our economy is more prosperous than ever, and President Trump will not stop winning.”

In talking about his job, Pompeo expressed how he really enjoys the work that makes an impact, and not the perks of the job. “I’m not in it for the fancy dinners [in Europe],” he said, before noting, “one of my predecessors went 62 times,” in a not-so-subtle dig at John Kerry.

Then he criticized some of the big mistakes of the previous administration, including the Iran nuclear deal and the Paris climate accords. The point is about “changing behavior, not signing documents,” he said. “If there’s no compliance, if the agreements are flawed, you gotta get out of them.”

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TOPICS: Government; Political Humor/Cartoons
KEYWORDS: pokinfun; pompeo
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Tres drole Msr Pompeo. No doubt you're ill suited for the post since you probably can't regale the attendees with tales of yachting and carousing with fashion models. Tales of daring do when transiting the Mekong River on secret missions into Cambodia. LOL!
1 posted on 02/28/2020 7:45:54 PM PST by rktman
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To: rktman

The more I learn of Pompeo the more I like him.


2 posted on 02/28/2020 7:48:18 PM PST by Bigg Red (WWG1WGA)
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To: rktman

Fatty maybe, fancy definitely not!


3 posted on 02/28/2020 7:50:27 PM PST by CharleysPride (Peace, Freedom and Prosperity. Thank you, President Trump.)
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“DINNERS” not “Diners”


4 posted on 02/28/2020 7:51:52 PM PST by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: Bigg Red

Indeed. I read earlier today that in a dem hearing he told the dems that, “this hearing is a joke”. Apparently, this sent the dems into an apoplectic fit.


5 posted on 02/28/2020 7:54:41 PM PST by ocrp1982 (ll)
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To: ocrp1982

What really must have bothered them is that since he had been a Congressman he could call it BS with authority!


6 posted on 02/28/2020 8:00:33 PM PST by Pete from Shawnee Mission
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To: rktman

Thurston Kerry III and his wife Lovie


7 posted on 02/28/2020 8:04:22 PM PST by Old Yeller (Auto-correct has become my worst enema.)
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To: rktman

I found it interesting that Teresa had to change her name from Teresa Heinz,to Teresa Heinz Kerry, when John Kerry was running for president. After his failed run, she changed her name back to Teresa Heinz.
Also, Teresa went to college in South Africa, during apartheid. That was so down played. Can you imagine the press if John Kerry was a republican.


8 posted on 02/28/2020 8:17:15 PM PST by suekas
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To: rktman

This is all one needs to know about that past Secretary

9 posted on 02/28/2020 8:18:50 PM PST by Dogbert41 (Jerusalem is the city of the Great King!!!)
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To: rktman
......“Can anyone in this room remember a better time to be an American conservative?” he asked the crowd. “We’re safer than ever, our economy is more prosperous than ever, and President Trump will not stop winning.”.....


Click The Pic

10 posted on 02/28/2020 8:23:07 PM PST by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: Dogbert41

Photoshop, yes?


11 posted on 02/28/2020 8:38:39 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: rktman

SECSTATE Pompeo graduated first in his class at West Point.

He was Director of the Central Intelligence Agency from January 2017 until April 2018.

He does not take crap FRom ANYBODY!

Especially Democrats!


12 posted on 02/28/2020 8:38:54 PM PST by Taxman (We will never be a truly FRee people so long as we have the income tax and the IRS!)
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To: BenLurkin
"Photoshop, yes?"

OOPS! I investigated and apparently that's a "Bingo"!


13 posted on 02/28/2020 8:59:19 PM PST by Dogbert41 (Jerusalem is the city of the Great King!!!)
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To: BenLurkin; Dogbert41
This one is real and even Snopes confirms it.


14 posted on 02/28/2020 11:11:23 PM PST by TigersEye (MAGA - 16 more years! - KAG)
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To: Dogbert41

Funny they had to point out he is the one on the left.


15 posted on 02/28/2020 11:14:09 PM PST by going hot (happiness is a momma deuce)
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To: Bigg Red

I’ve been very impressed by him too. He’s gotten a lot done and he’s not afraid to call it as he sees it.


16 posted on 02/29/2020 3:15:12 AM PST by livius
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To: ocrp1982

That was Lee Zelden. The hearing was a joke. The demons badgered Pompeo, wouldn’t let him answer, answered for him, and defended Iranian terrorism. I’ve seen some disgusting displays from this congress, but this one takes the cake.


17 posted on 02/29/2020 4:04:50 AM PST by VTenigma (The Democrat party is the party of the mathematically challenged)
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To: ocrp1982

::I read earlier today that in a dem hearing he told the dems that, “this hearing is a joke”. Apparently, this sent the dems into an apoplectic fit.::

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He’s a straight shooter like Trump. And, like Trump, he knows when to use diplomacy and when to call them out. In other words, he’s a real man, a rarity in our political leaders these days.


18 posted on 02/29/2020 6:11:38 AM PST by Bigg Red (WWG1WGA)
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To: Dogbert41

I keep a plastic portrait of Hanoi jane in my man cave urinal at all times just so I never forget her.


19 posted on 02/29/2020 6:24:30 AM PST by ExSafecracker (Hey media. . . thats President Trump to you.)
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To: Bigg Red

The difference between Pompeo and Kerry is Pompeo doesn’t view a room full of heiresses as a target rich environment.


20 posted on 02/29/2020 7:05:56 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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