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Mike Pompeo blames Bob Menendez over IG firing controversy
NY Post ^
| May 20, 2020
Posted on 05/20/2020 10:18:03 AM PDT by deplorableindc
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says he didn’t retaliate against Steve Linick when he asked President Trump to fire him as State Department inspector general — and that New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez is to blame for stoking controversy about the move.
Pompeo accused Menendez, the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, during a Wednesday press conference at the State Department.
“This is all coming through the office of Senator Menendez,” Pompeo said. “I don’t get my ethics guidance from a man who was criminally prosecuted — case number 15-155, New Jersey federal district court. A man for whom his Senate colleagues, bipartisan said basically that he was taking bribes. That’s not someone who I look to for ethics guidance.”
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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: New Jersey
KEYWORDS: bobmenendez; brianbulatao; mikepompeo; newjersey; newyork; newyorkcity; newyorkpost; pedobob; stevelinick
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To: deplorableindc
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posted on
05/20/2020 10:45:47 AM PDT
by
rlmorel
(The Coronavirus itself will not burn down humanity. But we may burn ourselves down to be rid of it.)
To: deplorableindc
talk about hubris, Menendez is a criminal and should be in jail period.
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posted on
05/20/2020 10:46:32 AM PDT
by
sheehan
(DEPORT ALL ILLEGALS.)
To: deplorableindc
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posted on
05/20/2020 10:46:40 AM PDT
by
rlmorel
(The Coronavirus itself will not burn down humanity. But we may burn ourselves down to be rid of it.)
To: V_TWIN
I honestly think he would be an excellent successor to Donald Trump in 2024...
To: 1Old Pro
I don’t know that they can. It is hard to play that clip without bringing up the truth about Menendez.
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posted on
05/20/2020 10:47:10 AM PDT
by
volunbeer
(Find the truth and accept it - anything else is delusional)
To: pepsi_junkie
“ Satisfying but not sure politically it was the best move.”
Yes, because the Bush policy of appeasing Democrats was a real winner.
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posted on
05/20/2020 10:47:24 AM PDT
by
mongrel
To: deplorableindc
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posted on
05/20/2020 10:47:28 AM PDT
by
rlmorel
(The Coronavirus itself will not burn down humanity. But we may burn ourselves down to be rid of it.)
To: Grampa Dave
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posted on
05/20/2020 10:49:13 AM PDT
by
Magnum44
(My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them.)
To: volunbeer
I don’t know that they can. It is hard to play that clip without bringing up the truth about Menendez.Pompeo is a smart man.
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posted on
05/20/2020 10:49:45 AM PDT
by
1Old Pro
(#openupstateny)
To: mongrel; pepsi_junkie
It was infuriating, he refused to stick up for himself.
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posted on
05/20/2020 10:50:33 AM PDT
by
rlmorel
(The Coronavirus itself will not burn down humanity. But we may burn ourselves down to be rid of it.)
To: Magnatron
“President Pompeo” has a nice ring to it.
VP?
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posted on
05/20/2020 10:51:52 AM PDT
by
V_TWIN
To: rlmorel
Remember when W received obama at the WH, shook hands and then a SS agent or someone squirted W’s hands with hand sanitizer? I’d of done the same.
Lol
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posted on
05/20/2020 10:54:55 AM PDT
by
V_TWIN
To: mongrel
The President can get away with calling Senators crooks. Pompeo is great but he's not the President and he has to deal with the Senate on a different level.
I'm just saying that it's not always wise to call someone who has oversight authority a criminal in public, even if he obviously is one. That's a bit beyond just fighting back. It's more like issuing Menendez a double-dog-dare. Menendez will take the challenge, you watch.
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posted on
05/20/2020 11:01:55 AM PDT
by
pepsi_junkie
(Often wrong, but never in doubt!)
To: pepsi_junkie
Nah - They intend to take Pompeo out. The Senator gave him no choice. Senators are in the unmasking scheme up to their necks and they have already done everything in their power to tie Pompeo’s hands. Good luck to the Senator.
To: rlmorel
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posted on
05/20/2020 11:15:27 AM PDT
by
Bratch
(“If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.)
To: deplorableindc
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posted on
05/20/2020 11:15:54 AM PDT
by
silverleaf
(Great Things Never Come from Comfort Zones)
To: SunkenCiv
Ouch....even the case number for the couch potatoes.
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posted on
05/20/2020 11:22:27 AM PDT
by
ptsal
(Vote R.E.D. >>>Remove Every Democrat ***)
To: milagro
It is the Trump-Support Team fighting.
The “pubs” are still cowering under the stairs.
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posted on
05/20/2020 11:23:28 AM PDT
by
ptsal
(Vote R.E.D. >>>Remove Every Democrat ***)
To: pepsi_junkie
They got balls for sale at your local hardware store.
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posted on
05/20/2020 11:33:05 AM PDT
by
JimSp
To: deplorableindc
How this scum was not prosecuted and the a-hole NJ voters re-elected him is what is wrong with this country.
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posted on
05/20/2020 11:34:12 AM PDT
by
shanover
(...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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