Posted on 02/28/2020 12:49:24 PM PST by yesthatjallen
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In one of the more heated moments, Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) confronted Pompeo, asking him if he believes "the coronavirus is a hoax." He pointed to White House acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney's comments earlier in the day claiming news media were ignoring the coronavirus until now because outlets were too focused on President Trump's impeachment before that, which he called a "hoax."
"Donald Trump's chief of staff Mick Mulvaney told the Conservative Political Action Conference [CPAC] that the coronavirus was the hoax of the day," Lieu said. "Do you agree with Donald Trump's chief of staff Mulvaney that the coronavirus is the hoax of the day?"
"The State Department is doing everything it can to protect American citizens around the world," Pompeo began replying before Lieu interrupted.
"Do you believe coronavirus is a hoax?" Lieu said.
"I'm not going to comment on what others are saying," Pompeo replied. "I'm just telling you what the secretary of State is doing."
"It's not even a gotcha question," Lieu continued. "Do you believe the coronavirus is a hoax?"
"It is a gotcha moment," Pompeo said. "It's not useful."
Asked again, Pompeo said: "We're taking it seriously."
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Cicillini-— Rhode Island italian mob tootie fruity. Wrap your mind around that even..... possibility! Ref: Soprano’s fictional episode of how learning that “choice” was handled with the construction fixer fat guy made in the crew, the one who arranged the 100 or so— “ghost” employees the Co was forced to pay for to keep the contract.
Sorry,today is a tiresome escalating news story lie after another— shut off the AM radio, for it’s Radio Albania style reportage and propaganda. It is going to get worse.
Excellent!
Send it to Sec State and also the online White House comment page.
I’m at Reading Ternminal market in dowmtown philly. The place is packed like it usaly is on a fri evening.
Ted cares so much for the common man just look at san fran
He was an arrogant ass when he was one of my reservists. He appears to only have gotten worse.
Which is where it has been for most of his pitiful and meaningless life.
And who is stopping them?
Thanks
That sounds reasonable.
That didn’t include the comments about turning your television off.
But I did find video of that and in context it didn’t sound that bad.
Ted Lieu’s district is South of Los Angeles— he has nothing to do with San Fran. (He is the Member of Congress I have the pleasure of voting against in the upcoming election).
“I’m not going to comment on what others are saying,” Pompeo replied. “I’m just telling you what the secretary of State is doing.”
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Excellent adult answer for a childish question.
Well Ted Lieu is a jackass who has made these same type of arguments on a multitude of issues. So one must consider the source when evaluating what one reads regarding his questioning of Republicans. Let’s just say he is just as bad as Adan Shiff. 8>)
“Lieu is a piece of cr@p. Mulvaney didn’t mean the virus itself was a hoax.”
No doubt Lieu knows this but in typical RAT fashion is purposely trying to give a false impression of what Mulvaney and the Trump administration thinks.
“’Do you believe coronavirus is a hoax?’”
Purposeful media manipulation. Get the sound bite on the evening news, plant the idea. The words were chosen to push the anti science narrative. Never let a crises go to waste.
What’s new?!
I read that as Mick Mulvaney called the impeachment a hoax.
>I’m at Reading Ternminal market in dowmtown philly. The place is packed like it usaly is on a fri evening.
Have a cheese steak for me will ya, and get me some cookies at the 4th St Cookie company while you’re at it.
Yawn.
Lieu is too stupid to understand the English language — or too corrupt and misconstruing the statement for political gains — or both.
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