Testifying in Congress, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo complains about being asked about the Trump administration's lackluster coronavirus response by @davidcicilline : "We agreed that I would come here today to talk about Iran, and the first question today is not."
.@RepGregoryMeeks slams Mike Pompeo, noting that when he was in Congress he was part of the group of Republicans who grilled Hillary Clinton for 11 hours on Benghazi but now Congress had to "move heaven and earth" to get Pompeo to show up for 2 hours.
.@BradSherman repeatedly asks Mike Pompeo if he wants to apologize on behalf of Trump after he characterized brain injuries suffered from the Iranian attack on a military base as just headaches. Pompeo avoids making the apology.
Fact check: Trump misled more than once about troops injured during Iran attack americanindependent.com/donald-trump-i…
RE: Coronavirus, Mike Pompeo dismisses @GerryConnolly's concern that Trump got rid of the pandemic response system set up by Obama: "We ought to focus on actions, activities, and not org charts."
DHS secretary can't answer basic questions on coronavirus at Senate hearing americanindependent.com/chad-wolf-coro…
.@RepTedLieu asks Mike Pompeo if he will rebuke Trump chief of staff's Mick Mulvaney's description of the coronavirus as a "hoax." Pompeo won't answer. Lieu tries again and again to get Pompeo to give a simple response. Pompeo refuses to answer the question.
Mulvaney claims news coverage of coronavirus is a plot to bring down Trump americanindependent.com/mick-mulvaney-…
Attempting to deflect criticism from the Trump administration strike on Suleiman, @RepScottPerry says, "We had four hearings up here and the bottom of it was never gotten to."
In reality, there were multiple investigations and reports on Benghazi from the House/Senate.
In reality, there were multiple investigations and reports on Benghazi from the House/Senate.
*Suleimani
.@RepEspaillat asks Mike Pompeo if the country should divert funds from Trump's border wall so that the coronavirus can be addressed. Pompeo says the question is a "straw man argument" and refuses to answer.
