Trump has politicized everything. Pompeo won’t follow guidance he gave his employees.
Pompeo RNC speech while in Israel for official business is worth investigating. https://t.co/kCdhvE2843
— Jill Wine-Banks (@JillWineBanks) September 6, 2020
Secretary of State Pompeo sent a cable to all U.S. diplomatic missions last month warning diplomats that under federal law they should not take overt sides in the presidential campaign.
— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) August 25, 2020
On Tuesday, he plans to ignore his own warning by speaking to the RNC https://t.co/YWpsVAy40D
Another State diplomat reached out to blast Pompeo’s RNC address tonight:
— Alex Ward (@AlexWardVox) August 25, 2020
Pompeo and Trump “have obliterated the line between government work and politics. Everything in the US government is now bent in service of the president, not the American people.”
Rules don't apply to @realDonaldTrump and his merry men. https://t.co/h4taaFOKEY
— Joe Lockhart (@joelockhart) August 25, 2020
Colin Powell, in 2004, on refusing to attend the Republican convention: "As secretary of state, I am obliged not to participate in any way, shape, fashion, or form in parochial, political debates. I have to take no sides in the matter."https://t.co/fDMG0n96I4
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) August 25, 2020
The House Foreign Affairs subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations is launching an investigation into Mike Pompeo's RNC address from Jerusalem for potentially violating rules that prohibit federal employees from engaging in political activities. https://t.co/g2TDlRJ7KR
— Axios (@axios) August 25, 2020
Good. Pompeo is one of the most corrupt members of a stunningly corrupt administration. He should be held to account for that. https://t.co/h9ddl45ECY
— Daniel Gilmore (@gilmored85) August 25, 2020
SCOOP: Just a few months ago, SecState Mike Pompeo approved updated restrictions on State Dept employees’ political activities – rules that seem to govern himself, too. Now he’s going to appear at the Republican National Convention. Weird, no? My latest: https://t.co/np9LjsGT7V
— Nahal Toosi (@nahaltoosi) August 24, 2020
“Longtime State Department employees I spoke to are furious with Pompeo’s decision to feature in the Republican Party’s showpiece.” https://t.co/RyZ26gV84i
— Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) August 24, 2020
It is unprecedented in modern times for a Secretary of State to address a political convention. This is not wise at a time when our chief diplomat should be focussed on restoring America’s lost global credibility. https://t.co/BGYlJULy3w
— Nicholas Burns (@RNicholasBurns) August 24, 2020
Pompeo's speech to the #RNCConvention2020 makes a mockery of the memo warning against this behavior that he issued to State Department officials. What kind of example does this set? pic.twitter.com/FERoMFXser
— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) August 24, 2020
“We should not be using American diplomacy for partisan political purposes,” a State Department official critical of Pompeo’s upcoming RNC address told me https://t.co/JYP2q8rUV7
— Alex Ward (@AlexWardVox) August 24, 2020
What is depressing about Pompeo’s legacy at State is he knows better. He graduated first from West Point and went to Harvard Law. Still he plays down to the ignorant autocrat tearing away at the heritage of America’s political and constitutional norms. https://t.co/tfT74NekAt
— Joe Scarborough (@JoeNBC) August 24, 2020
Sad! 