Posted on 11/16/2022 11:47:53 AM PST by GulliverSwift
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday said the GOP needs a leader who doesn’t claim “victimhood” in an apparent jab at former President Trump, who repeatedly referred to himself as a “victim” during his Tuesday night speech announcing his run for president in 2024.
“We need more seriousness, less noise, and leaders who are looking forward, not staring in the rearview mirror claiming victimhood,” Pompeo wrote on Twitter.
Though Pompeo didn’t mention the former president by name, but his comments came hours after Trump’s speech.
“I’m a victim, I will tell you. I’m a victim,” Trump at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla.
Trump made the much-anticipated announcement that he would make a third run for the White House just a week after the Republican Party’s disappointing midterm results.
The GOP’s hoped-for “red wave” failed to materialize, and Democrats were able to hold on to control of the U.S. Senate.
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Top spook speaks & betrays his distaste for Trump. Not a surprise.
Pompeo will write a memoir & join some law firm in Wichita to fill out his days. He knows he has no shot at the Presidency but needs to join the GOP pile-on. Gotta keep his D.C. punchcard up to date do he continues to get invited to swanky beltway soirees
agreed! So sick of the scum that took advantage of Trump then dumped him when they thought they sensed he could be taken out of his position- they are two-faced scumbags
“Loyalty” to any political figure is a bad idea.
We should be loyal to ideas, and distrustful of men.
Even the ones we like and who say things we agree with. Especially them.
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