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Colin Powell: 'I can no longer call myself a fellow Republican'
The Hill ^ | Jan 10, 2021 | Marina Pitofsky

Posted on 01/10/2021 6:34:12 PM PST by where's_the_Outrage?

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell said that he no longer considers himself a Republican in the wake of the riot that broke out at the Capitol building last week.

Asked by CNN's Fareed Zakaria whether he believes "fellow Republicans" who have not criticized President Trump "encouraged, at least, this wildness to grow and grow," Powell responded that "They did, and that's why I can no longer call myself a Republican."

"I'm not a fellow of anything right now. I'm just a citizen who has voted Republican, voted Democrat throughout my entire career, and right now I'm just watching my country and not concerned with parties," Powell said.

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To: BuffaloJack

He lies a lot, don’t he.


121 posted on 01/10/2021 7:16:41 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: OKSooner
Now that's funny rite there!   What's a flank?   A defilade?   What's grazing fire?
122 posted on 01/10/2021 7:17:25 PM PST by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken )
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To: rllngrk33

He is a Michael Steele republican


123 posted on 01/10/2021 7:21:25 PM PST by Palio di Siena
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Oh please, he hasn’t been a republican since it stuck a knife in Bush’s back (GW). All this fake outrage..lordy.


124 posted on 01/10/2021 7:23:33 PM PST by tina07 (In loving memory of my father,WWII Vet. CBI 10/16/42-12/17/45, d. 11/1/85 )
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

You stupid shytehead......don’t insult our intelligence. You haven’t been a Republican since Boosh......and he ain’t no Republican either......


125 posted on 01/10/2021 7:24:06 PM PST by Dawgreg
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To: where's_the_Outrage?
Nobody has called Colin Powell a Republican for at least 14 years.

More to the point, nobody has called Colin Powell relevant over a decade so I am not sure anyone actually cares who or what Colin Powell calls himself.

Powell's entire career was based based on being a Bush Family designated African American and his job performance in the positions the Bushes was not exceptionally impressive.

Unlike others, he never went on to distinguish himself in the private sector where performance and talent are more important than being the “historic first African American” at what ever position the Bush family wanted to make a historic appointment.

Colin Powell made a career out of being Colin Powell and for the most part, the people who gave him positions both in and out of government eventually discovered that was his primary skill set. He had an impressive reputation but for the most part, he never lived up to a reputation that was mostly hype.

That said, he was in no way an incompetent or a buffoon. He was more like a solid but undistinguished, fence sitting yes man who had difficulty making hard decisions on critical, major world issues .

Sad, but true.

126 posted on 01/10/2021 7:24:22 PM PST by rdcbn1 (e)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

I am no longer dating supermodels


127 posted on 01/10/2021 7:25:11 PM PST by daku
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Cry me a river!


128 posted on 01/10/2021 7:28:55 PM PST by CarmichaelPatriot (Recovering Kalifornian... Loving Alabama!)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Good. Another person who went from decency to evil trash.


129 posted on 01/10/2021 7:31:41 PM PST by mulligan (an En bbnnEeThe t)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Don’t worry Colin. We haven’t thought of you being a Republican for well over a decade.


130 posted on 01/10/2021 7:32:10 PM PST by fini
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Colon Bowel drops the same load of fecal matter he has dropped for years. The only difference is it stinks more every time.


131 posted on 01/10/2021 7:33:30 PM PST by attiladhun2
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Ha! Nobody thinks Colin has been a Republican since 2008.


132 posted on 01/10/2021 7:35:02 PM 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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To: where's_the_Outrage?

I thought he changed parties a few years back.


133 posted on 01/10/2021 7:36:59 PM PST by TexasM1A
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

I had to go back and look to make sure it wasn’t a Babylon Bee article, haaaaaaaaa!!!


134 posted on 01/10/2021 7:37:03 PM PST by YouGoTexasGirl ( )
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

That worthless POS hasn’t been one since 2008...


135 posted on 01/10/2021 7:37:25 PM PST by SuperLuminal (Where is Sam Adams now that we desperately need him)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

That worthless POS hasn’t been one since 2008...


136 posted on 01/10/2021 7:37:26 PM PST by SuperLuminal (Where is Sam Adams now that we desperately need him)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Didn’t he defect a few years ago?


137 posted on 01/10/2021 7:41:16 PM PST by peggybac (My will is what I wanted. God's will is what I got.)
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To: Yogafist

Hey maybe there should be a parallel Academy Awards show for all the rhinos that are denouncing being a Republican or denouncing Trump.

Ha..pence coild host it.


138 posted on 01/10/2021 7:46:24 PM PST by Recovering Ex-hippie (The 2020 election Trump victory determines the fate f America and Freedom.)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Stop calling yourself an American too, it’s embarrassing.


139 posted on 01/10/2021 7:47:00 PM PST by PTBAA
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Even democrats will be saying

“What?!? We always thought you were a liberal, judging by your record and anti-republican votes and anti-republican rhetoric”.

One’s true colors always shine through. You phony!!!


140 posted on 01/10/2021 7:48:09 PM PST by adorno
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