George W. Bush ‘deeply saddened’ by Colin Powell’s death: ‘A great public servant’
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aol ^
| October 18, 2021 | SCOTT STUMP
Former President George W. Bush remembered his former Secretary of State Colin Powell as a "highly respected" family man and friend after learning of Powell's death. Powell
died at 84 Monday of complications from COVID-19, his family said in a statement on Facebook. The four-star general became the first African American Secretary of State in 2001 when he was appointed during Bush's first term in office. "Laura and I are deeply saddened by the death of Colin Powell," Bush said in a statement on Monday. "He was a great public servant, starting with his time as a soldier during Vietnam....
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Colin Powell was vaccinated against Covid, but suffered from a cancer that makes the shots less effective
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CNBC ^
| Oct 18, 2021 | Berkeley Lovelace Jr
Colin Powell, 84, died Monday morning due to complications from Covid-19. Powell was fully vaccinated against the virus, his family said in a statement. Powell
was elderly, a known risk for severe Covid, and suffered from multiple myeloma, a blood cancer that studies show can make the shots less effective. A study published in late July found that only 45% of patients with active multiple myeloma developed an "adequate" immune response after getting vaccinated with either the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccines. Just 22% of patients in the study had a "partial" response.... Offit said fully vaccinated people with weak immune...
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Chris Wallace on Colin Powell: He was 'very protective' of his reputation
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The Hill ^
| 10/18/2021 | DOMINICK MASTRANGELO -
Fox News anchor Chris Wallace on Monday remembered the late former Secretary of State Colin Powell and his controversial speech before the United Nations in 2003 about weapons of mass destruction before the Iraq War began. "I
think the low light of his career was in 2003, when he addressed the United Nations and made the case that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction. He didn't want to make that speech," Wallace said during Fox's coverage of Powell's death. "He took a lot of pressure from people in the Bush 43 white house including vice president Cheney who was...
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Colin Powell mourned by Bill de Blasio: ‘He made us very, very proud’
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NY Post ^
| 10/18/2021 | Julia Marsh & Sam Ruskin
Mayor Bill de Blasio paid tribute to Colin Powell, who died Monday from COVID-19 complications, saying the Harlem-born first black secretary of state exemplified the best of the Big Apple and made New Yorkers “very proud.” “General
Powell served this nation with just tremendous distinction,” he said Monday morning during his daily press briefing, held remotely in City Hall. De Blasio noted Powell’s “absolute classic New York City story” of being born to Jamaican immigrants, growing up in Harlem and The Bronx and graduating from Morris High School before attending City College of New York. “Just an absolute great example...
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Colin Powell Was Nearly the Future of the GOP Before Trump (Bwahahahaha)
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news.yahoo.com ^
| 10/18/21 | Matt Lewis
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell, who sadly passed away from COVID complications, will be remembered for many accomplishments and failings. His
legacy will have detractors on the right (he was a sellout who endorsed Obama) and the left (he misled us about WMDs), but I can’t help thinking what if he had been the future of the Republican Party? Counterfactuals are always messy, but bear with me. There is reason to believe that Powell was Ronald Reagan’s vision of the Republican Party’s bright future. And Powell might well have defeated Bill Clinton in 1996. That would have made Powell...
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Colin Powell Dies From COVID Complications, Was Fully Vaccinated
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https://www.newsweek.com ^
| 10/18/2021 | Jack Dutton
Colin Powell, the former U.S. Secretary of State, has died as a result of COVID-19 complications, his family has said. He
was 84 years old.
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Colin Powell, former secretary of state, passes away at 84 from COVID-19 complications, family says
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Fox News ^
| Oct 18 2021 | staff
Gen. Colin Powell, the influential former secretary of state and chairman of the Joint Chiefs o
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Colin Powell dead at 84 due to complications from COVID-19
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Fox59 ^
| 10/18/2021 | Nextstar Media
(NEXSTAR) — Former Secretary of State Colin Powell has died due to complications from COVID-19, his family said in a statement shared on Facebook on Monday. He was 84. According
to Powell’s family, he was fully vaccinated and was receiving treatment at Walter Reed National Medical Center. “We have lost a remarkable and loving husband, father, grandfather and a great American,” the family wrote in the statement.
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Colin Powell dies at 84 of covid
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Daily mail ^
| 10/18/2021 | UK
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell has died due to complications from COVID. He was 84 years old. His
family released a statement on Facebook saying: 'General Colin L. Powell, former U.S. Secretary of State and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, passed away this morning due to complications from Covid 19. He was fully vaccinated.
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Colin Powell Dead--Covid [fully vaccinated]
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FNC ^
| 10/18/2021 | FNC
Colin Powell died from Covid per FNC
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Colin Powell: 'I can no longer call myself a fellow Republican'
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The Hill ^
| Jan 10, 2021 | Marina Pitofsky
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...
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Colin Powell: 'Biden will be a president we will all be proud to salute'
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aol ^
| Aug 19th 2020 | COLIN CAMPBELL
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell, who served prominently in Republican George W. Bush's administration, added his voice to the Democratic convention Tuesday night. “I
support Joe Biden for the presidency of the United States because those values still define him, and we need to restore those values to the White House," Powell said. “Joe Biden will be a president we will all be proud to salute,” Powell added. “With Joe Biden in the White House, you will never doubt that he will stand with our friends and stand up to our adversaries — never the other way around.” Powell...
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Colin Powell says Joe Biden 'will stand with our friends and stand up to our adversaries' in DNC speech
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fox13news ^
| 08/19/2020 | FOX TV Digital Team
LOS ANGELES - Former Secretary of State Colin Powell endorsed Joe Biden on the second night of the 2020 Democratic National Convention, adding his voice to a list of notable Republicans who have made appearances at the all-virtual event in opposition to President Donald Trump ahead of the 2020 election. “With
Joe Biden in the White House, we will never doubt that he will stand with our friends and stand up to our adversaries — never the other way around,” Powell said Tuesday night in taped remarks
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Colin Powell suggests media had 'hysterical' reaction to reports on Russian bounty intelligence
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Fox News ^
| July 09 2020 | Sam Dorman
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell indicated on Thursday that media figures overreacted to a recent report that Russian officials placed bounties on the lives of U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan. "What I know is that our military commanders on the ground did not think that it was as serious a problem as
the newspapers were reporting and television was reporting," Powell told MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell. "It got kind of out of control before we really had an understanding of what had happened. I’m not sure we fully understand now." He added: "But [commander of U.S. Central Command] General [Kenneth] McKenzie...
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Colin Powell: I’m Voting For Biden. Tom Cotton: Big Deal. You Haven’t Voted GOP In 16 Years.
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The Daily Wire ^
| 8 June 2020 | Hank Berrien
Despite the fact the he hasn’t voted for a Republican presidential candidate since 2004, retired General Colin Powell, who served as Secretary of State under President George W. Bush, made headlines in the mainstream media when he stated on CNN’s “State of the Union” Sunday that he would vote for former Vice
President Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic nominee for president, in November. Arkansas GOP Senator Tom Cotton quickly fired back, stating, “I respect Colin Powell’s service and he’s entitled to his opinion, like every other American. But he hasn’t voted Republican for sixteen years. Apparently John McCain and Mitt...
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Tom Cotton Is on a Roll, Reminds Media of Why Most Republicans Don’t Care About Colin Powell Endorsing Biden
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RedState ^
| June 8, 2020 | Sister Toldjah
With much fanfare and hype, the New York Times rushed to “report” over the weekend that former President George W. Bush, Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) and former Sec. of State Colin Powell were not planning on supporting President Trump’s reelection bid. While
their “report” on Bush turned to be fake news, their reporting on Romney and Powell was true. Romney has said he doesn’t know if he’ll write his wife Ann’s name on the ballot or what he’ll do. Powell announced over the weekend that he was endorsing Joe Biden for president. Neither are surprising in the least, especially considering...
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Why Colin Powell Is Throwing His Support Behind Joe Biden
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Townhall ^
| June 7, 2020 | Beth Baumann Beth Baumann
Former Secretary of State and retired four-star General Colin Powell on Sunday announced his intent to vote for former Vice President Joe Biden in November. According to Powell, President Donald Trump's actions throughout the George Floyd protests reinforced his support for Biden.
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Trump calls Colin Powell a ‘real stiff’ after Biden endorsement
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NY Post ^
| June 07 2020 | Mark Moore
President Trump called Colin Powell a “real stiff” on Sunday — after the former secretary of state announced he would endorse Joe Biden for president. “Colin
Powell, a real stiff who was very responsible for getting us into the disastrous Middle East Wars, just announced he will be voting for another stiff, Sleepy Joe Biden. Didn’t Powell say that Iraq had ‘weapons of mass destruction?’ They didn’t, but off we went to WAR!,” Trump wrote on Twitter shortly after Powell appeared on CNN. Powell, who is the first African-American to serve as the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff...
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Colin Powell Endorses Biden: "I Certainly Cannot, In Any Way, Support President Trump This Year"
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RCP video ^
| 6-7-2020 | Tim Hains
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell told CNN Sunday morning that he plans to endorse Democrat Joe Biden for president instead of fellow Republican President Donald Trump.
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Colin Powell endorses Joe Biden for president
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Reuters ^
| June 7, 2020 | by Susan Heavey
WASHINGTON - Former Secretary of State and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Colin Powell on Sunday endorsed Democratic former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, becoming the first major Republican to publicly back Donald Trump’s rival ahead of November’s election. Powell,
who led the U.S. military during the 1991 Gulf War under Republican former President George H.W. Bush and later led the U.S. Department of State under President George W. Bush, said Trump was “ineffective” and has only gotten worse since he took office. “I cannot in any way support President Trump this year,” Powell, who did not vote...
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