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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRep Cicilline grills Pompeo on COVID-19 - Pompeo refuses to talk unless it's about Iran
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Aaron Rupar ✔@atrupar
"Is that the question? ... we agreed today to talk about Iran" -- Mike Pompeo gets mad immediately during his testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Committee because @davidcicilline had to gall to ask him a question about the coronavirus, which he doesn't want to talk about
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8:51 AM - Feb 28, 2020
He's the SoS, for Christssake - he should be able to talk about this on the damned spot!
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Rep Cicilline grills Pompeo on COVID-19 - Pompeo refuses to talk unless it's about Iran (Original Post)
Dennis Donovan
Feb 2020
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bullwinkle428
(20,629 posts)1. He thinks he can treat them like reporters from NPR.
polichick
(37,152 posts)2. Card-carrying member of Crooks for the Con Man.
NewJeffCT
(56,828 posts)3. Hillary Clinton was grilled for 11+ hours
poor little Mikey can't handle a simple question
tanyev
(42,568 posts)4. OK, ask him about the rapid spread of the virus in Iran.
Maeve
(42,282 posts)7. Seriously! That was my first thought, too
Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)9. The video cuts just as Cicilline asks him about Iran and COVID-19
I'd love to hear the rest of it to see what Pompeous' answer was.
Submariner
(12,504 posts)5. West Point should retroactively take his commission away
because, like Ollie North who was a disgrace the uniform of the United States Marines, Pompeo is a disgrace the uniform of the United States Army.
What a worldwide embarrassment to the nation he turned out to be.
global1
(25,253 posts)6. He's Worried To Say Anything About The Virus Because....
all virus messaging must go through Pence. (sarcasm)
C_U_L8R
(45,003 posts)8. Keep asking good questions
These fuckers can't hide.
deminks
(11,014 posts)10. Iran is now on CDC's travel list for COVID-19. Is Pompous Ass going there to talk soon?
Some of their leadership in Iran appear to be sick.