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Wednesday, April 18, 2018

Pompeo and Circumstances

Mike Pompeo is the director of the CIA.  As such, he was confirmed by the Senate last year in an easy victory.  Now, President Trump has nominated Pompeo to be Secretary of State.  The same senators who voted to confirm him less than a year ago are now threatening to stop his confirmation.  Okay, let's be clear; the senators who are trying to derail the Pompeo nomination are the Democrats in the Senate who seem hell bent on opposing whatever President Trump wants to do no matter what effect this will have on the USA.

Think about this.  Mike Pompeo went last week to North Korea to meet with Kim Jung Un.  Discussions were held about setting up a meeting between President Trump and the North Korean leader.  This is perhaps the most important diplomatic effort currently underway by the USA.  It may be the most important diplomacy of the last 20 years.  If it goes well, the USA may finally avoid the threat of a nuclear North Korea.  And what are the Democrats doing?  Rather than confirming Pompeo, they are trying to sabotage President Trump even if it means no deal with North Korea and possibly war in East Asia.  What kind of people are these?

A good example of the Democrats conduct comes from senator Shaheen of New Hampshire.  Last year she voted to confirm Pompeo as CIA Director.  Now, she has released a statement announcing that she will not vote to confirm him at the State Department because he holds pro-life views.  Seriously, the New Hampshire Democrat is willing to risk the failure of negotiations with North Korea on the basis of Pompeo's position on abortion.  There's no way that is the true reason.  After all, if Shaheen cared about Pompeo's position on abortion, she wouldn't have voted for him in 2017.

People need to call their senators and demand support for Pompeo.  The upcoming negotiations with North Korea are just too important to allow the clowns in the Democrat party to put political games ahead of the good of the country.

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