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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2020 23:07:18 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jan 24, 2020 23:11:18 GMT
Every day a new piece of evidence of our tin pot government. When will it be enough? Will it ever be enough for people to be disgusted by this gang of thugs? "NPR reported that "immediately after the questions on Ukraine, the interview concluded. Pompeo stood, leaned in and silently glared at Kelly for a period of several seconds before leaving the room." An aide to the Cabinet official asked Kelly to follow Pompeo to his living quarters at the State Department without a recording device, but did not specify that the ensuing exchange would be off the record, according to NPR. "Inside the room, Pompeo shouted his displeasure at being questioned about Ukraine," NPR reported. "He used repeated expletives, according to Kelly, and asked, 'Do you think Americans care about Ukraine?'" On a radio program for NPR that aired Friday, Kelly provided more details about her unrecorded exchange with Pompeo. "I was taken to the Secretary's private living room, where he was waiting, and where he shouted at me for about the same amount of time as the interview itself had lasted," Kelly said. "He used the F word in that sentence, and many others. He asked if I could find Ukraine on a map I said yes. He called out for his aides to bring him a map of the world with no writing, no countries marked," Kelly said. "I pointed to Ukraine," she said. "He put the map away. He said, 'P eople will hear about this,' and then he turned and said he had things to do, and I thanked him again for his time and left."" www.cnbc.com/2020/01/24/npr-reporter-mary-louise-kelly-mike-pompeo-cursed-her-out-for-asking-about-ukraine.htmlWhat people!? Her bosses? His dial-a-goons?! WTF is going on!?!
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Post by SockMonkey on Jan 24, 2020 23:14:45 GMT
What a fucking lunatic asshole.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Jan 24, 2020 23:34:16 GMT
Good one! When she said escorted to his private living room, Weinstein crossed my mind, sent a chill up my back!!
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Post by Merge on Jan 24, 2020 23:40:18 GMT
He will deny any of this ever happened. He’ll sully the reputation of a journalist with a stellar record, and Trump’s sycophants will take the word of a serial liar over hers.
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Post by Montannie on Jan 24, 2020 23:59:21 GMT
He will deny any of this ever happened. He’ll sully the reputation of a journalist with a stellar record, and Trump’s sycophants will take the word of a serial liar over hers. Exactly. Twitter storm in three, two . . .
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2020 0:18:41 GMT
So much for him being the top diplomat if he can’t even handle one reporter’s questions.
Kind of makes you wonder what he’s like in meetings with foreign leaders.
#MAGA.
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Post by Just T on Jan 25, 2020 0:20:26 GMT
So much for him being the top diplomat if he can even handle one reporter’s questions. Kind of makes you wonder what he’s like in meetings with foreign leaders. #MAGA. Only the BEST people.
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Post by AussieMeg on Jan 25, 2020 0:45:40 GMT
I can't tell you how much I wish she'd taken a phone in to record the exchange anyway. Because we all know he's going to follow the party line and deny deny deny. He’ll sully the reputation of a journalist with a stellar record Yeah but surely only the die hard trump supporters will believe him over her. And even if there was proof in the form of a video or audio recording, they'd still give him a pass.
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Post by mollycoddle on Jan 25, 2020 0:54:23 GMT
What an ass. He is perfect for this administration,
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Post by mollycoddle on Jan 25, 2020 0:56:41 GMT
I can't tell you how much I wish she'd taken a phone in to record the exchange anyway. Because we all know he's going to follow the party line and deny deny deny. He’ll sully the reputation of a journalist with a stellar record Yeah but surely only the die hard trump supporters will believe him over her. And even if there was proof in the form of a video or audio recording, they'd still give him a pass. You’re right, I think, based only on local talk radio. You have never heard a bigger bunch of syncophants in your life.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Jan 25, 2020 0:58:46 GMT
What an ass. He is perfect for this administration, West Point Military Academy, the Army, must be so proud of him! Hopefully doubtful! ETA: When Amb Bill Taylor #5 in his class at West Point VOLUNTEERED to go to Vietnam!
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Post by Merge on Jan 25, 2020 1:10:53 GMT
I can't tell you how much I wish she'd taken a phone in to record the exchange anyway. Because we all know he's going to follow the party line and deny deny deny. He’ll sully the reputation of a journalist with a stellar record Yeah but surely only the die hard trump supporters will believe him over her. And even if there was proof in the form of a video or audio recording, they'd still give him a pass. We have a very dangerous breed of “independent” here as well, who will throw up their hands and say they just don’t know what to believe any more. It’s one of the biggest casualties of the Trump administration - the loss of people’s faith in even the most credible of journalists.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2020 1:25:29 GMT
Bill Kristol..
”Pompeo is normally pretty controlled and unflappable. Why did he snap? Is he just annoyed he’s stuck at Secretary of State, can’t run for senator from KS? Or is he worried about more stuff that he knows is going to come out?”
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2020 1:45:05 GMT
Mary Louise Kelly is a one of best reporters with a solid reputation. This is one reporter that they can’t call out for fake news.
Pompous ass can go screw himselk. Btw, I am quite he never knew where the Ukraine was until some third grader showed him.
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Post by epeanymous on Jan 25, 2020 1:50:40 GMT
Approach one: it never happened.
Approach two: it happened and she totally deserved it. USA! USA!
Carry on.
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Post by kernriver on Jan 25, 2020 2:03:36 GMT
I don’t know how much more I can take. Trump is encircled with a giant gaseous cloud of assholes and he is the asshole in the center. What do you want to bet that they quit talking to NPR? They’ll say Fake News when what they mean is Too Smart to Buy Our Bullshit News.
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Post by lizacreates on Jan 25, 2020 4:17:33 GMT
I read the transcript. Pompeo’s lying and evading questions just like he always does. And his answer to Mary Louise Kelly that he has “defended every State Department official” is just one of his many lies. The truth is he never defended or protected Yovanovitch. Why would he when he was part of facilitating the smear campaign against her! The paper trail from Guiliani to Pompeo at the time Yovanovitch was being surveilled was already revealed in Nov.
Pompeo has always denied knowing about the stalking and said he only found out about it when news broke. Seriously? He’s the Sec of State and he only found out about it the same time we at 2PeasRefugees did.
Who the hell would believe that crap?
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Jan 25, 2020 4:28:40 GMT
Pompeo’s lying and evading questions just like he always does. Nothing new. He is digging a deeper hole daily!
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Post by gryroagain on Jan 25, 2020 5:11:32 GMT
Unbelievable. We have a senior member of govt haranguing a journalist. Not just any journalist, but Mary Louise Kelly from NPR, an extremely well respected journalist from National Public Radio. And the Sec of State.
This anti-media thing is DAnGEROUS. It threatens our democracy, and the Trumpers cannot even see it! Media is not meant to be a mouthpiece for the state!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2020 5:35:35 GMT
Rachel Maddow..
”Do you think Americans care about Ukraine???”.
Worth noting that beleaguered Ukraine is about to get a much-needed show of US Government support!
In the form of... a visit from Mike Pompeo.
Ah. Well then.”
Then...
“Annnnnnnnnnnnnnd.... guess that’s not happening now. Shocker.”
Which prompted this response from Elizabeth de la Vega..
”Maybe he can't find it on a map.”
😀
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Post by luckyjune on Jan 25, 2020 5:38:20 GMT
I listened to the interview this afternoon and was HORRIFIED. And then I listened to Mary Louise Kelly's report on what happened after the interview. What a horribly pompous ass. Pretty sure he didn't like being questioned AND pressed by a woman. Jerk.
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Post by zella on Jan 25, 2020 6:03:05 GMT
Is it terrible that I thought "Why is Ellen Pompeo yelling at a reporter?" I wouldn't have opened the thread otherwise. Not that I watch Grey's Anatomy; I was just curious. My BP can't take reading about the WH thugs and idiots. It really can't.
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Post by gar on Jan 25, 2020 9:04:01 GMT
This anti-media thing is DAnGEROUS. It threatens our democracy, and the Trumpers cannot even see it! Media is not meant to be a mouthpiece for the state! In a nutshell.
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Post by mollycoddle on Jan 25, 2020 9:19:09 GMT
I read the transcript. Pompeo’s lying and evading questions just like he always does. And his answer to Mary Louise Kelly that he has “defended every State Department official” is just one of his many lies. The truth is he never defended or protected Yovanovitch. Why would he when he was part of facilitating the smear campaign against her! The paper trail from Guiliani to Pompeo at the time Yovanovitch was being surveilled was already revealed in Nov. Pompeo has always denied knowing about the stalking and said he only found out about it when news broke. Seriously? He’s the Sec of State and he only found out about it the same time we at 2PeasRefugees did. Who the hell would believe that crap? I listen briefly to my local talk radio on the way home from work. Trust me, lots of people believe it. It’s incredible. WKBN, the 3:00 show. You cannot believe your ears with some of those folks.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2020 10:18:48 GMT
This anti-media thing is DAnGEROUS. It threatens our democracy, and the Trumpers cannot even see it! Media is not meant to be a mouthpiece for the state! In a nutshell. Oh, they see it alright. They just don’t believe it’s a bad thing.
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Post by gar on Jan 25, 2020 10:59:42 GMT
Oh, they see it alright. They just don’t believe it’s a bad thing. Sadly that seems to be true - either that or maybe...just maybe they're not really thinking it through.
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Post by Mystie on Jan 25, 2020 11:42:15 GMT
I read the transcript. Pompeo’s lying and evading questions just like he always does. And his answer to Mary Louise Kelly that he has “defended every State Department official” is just one of his many lies. The truth is he never defended or protected Yovanovitch. Why would he when he was part of facilitating the smear campaign against her! The paper trail from Guiliani to Pompeo at the time Yovanovitch was being surveilled was already revealed in Nov. Pompeo has always denied knowing about the stalking and said he only found out about it when news broke. Seriously? He’s the Sec of State and he only found out about it the same time we at 2PeasRefugees did. Who the hell would believe that crap? I listen briefly to my local talk radio on the way home from work. Trust me, lots of people believe it. It’s incredible. WKBN, the 3:00 show. You cannot believe your ears with some of those folks. WKBN--Youngstown? Oh lord. I grew up near there and I do love Ohio but let's just say Youngstown has never been the brains of the state. If anybody remembers Congressman Jim Traficant, he was Youngstown's beginner version of Trump, right down to the bad hair. One of the many many just overwhelmingly upsetting things about the Trump era is the willful and proud ignorance of so much of the population.
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Post by SockMonkey on Jan 25, 2020 13:59:22 GMT
I can't tell you how much I wish she'd taken a phone in to record the exchange anyway. Because we all know he's going to follow the party line and deny deny deny. Yeah but surely only the die hard trump supporters will believe him over her. And even if there was proof in the form of a video or audio recording, they'd still give him a pass. We have a very dangerous breed of “independent” here as well, who will throw up their hands and say they just don’t know what to believe any more. It’s one of the biggest casualties of the Trump administration - the loss of people’s faith in even the most credible of journalists. And the Russians (and other agents who would love to see US power and influence diminished) love to see it. Disinformation is rampant and Trump plays right into it and right along with it, undermining the freedom of the press. Destroying our country supposedly in the name of our country. Welp.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2020 14:47:37 GMT
It's harassment, pure and simple. He's in a position of power and he's using that power to intimidate her and attempting to prevent her from doing her job. So much for the " free" press. It's beyond me to even try and understand why this kind of thing is allowed to happen.
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