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Mrs. Overall

(6,839 posts)
Fri Feb 28, 2020, 11:35 AM Feb 2020

Pompeo just asked by Ted Lieu if coronavirus is a "hoax"--he refuses to answer the question





Susan Kramer
@kramer_susan

Ted Lieu just asked Pompeo if he thought, as Mulvaney said, that the coronavirus was ' the hoax ". Pompeo refused to answer!
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Pompeo just asked by Ted Lieu if coronavirus is a "hoax"--he refuses to answer the question (Original Post) Mrs. Overall Feb 2020 OP
He should have asked if Trump could cure it, he would have said yes. dem4decades Feb 2020 #1
I love Ted Lieu. He's close to fearless. nt Mike 03 Feb 2020 #2
Rep Lieu to Pompeo: Going to CPAC but can't find more than 2 hrs to spend here? Shameful. Dennis Donovan Feb 2020 #3
Pompeo shanti Feb 2020 #6
His is a face that is criminally devoid of slaps (NT) HuskyOffset Feb 2020 #9
Holy crap! What a fucking idiot. panader0 Feb 2020 #4
Because he's been globetrotting at our expense 2naSalit Feb 2020 #5
Pompeo is such a pathetic sycophant. ArtTownsend Feb 2020 #7
Pompeo doesn't dare answer such a loaded question gratuitous Feb 2020 #8
A West Point graduate, eh? thisaintright Feb 2020 #10
Lieu is superb cp Feb 2020 #11
Lieu has very limited time to question this asshole maxsolomon Feb 2020 #12
I'm afraid Pompeo will wave off anything and everything. There are no longer limits on these people. Midnight Writer Feb 2020 #13
Also true. maxsolomon Feb 2020 #15
Or he simply smirks. It is the old "Honeybadger don't give a shit" mentality. Midnight Writer Feb 2020 #16
I would ask him if he would go visit bluestarone Feb 2020 #14

2naSalit

(86,031 posts)
5. Because he's been globetrotting at our expense
Fri Feb 28, 2020, 01:40 PM
Feb 2020

trying to undermine all resistance to the caliphate of wealth taking over and making the planet one big slave market.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
8. Pompeo doesn't dare answer such a loaded question
Fri Feb 28, 2020, 01:49 PM
Feb 2020

The Trump administration might need the "it's all a big hoax" excuse somewhere down the line (and that right soon), and Pompeo would gargle sulfuric acid before he'd concede that Covid 19 is a real public health issue and not a hoax.

thisaintright

(15 posts)
10. A West Point graduate, eh?
Fri Feb 28, 2020, 02:32 PM
Feb 2020

Think he skipped all the classes dealing with respect, honor and honesty...all 4 years he was there?!!!

maxsolomon

(32,975 posts)
12. Lieu has very limited time to question this asshole
Fri Feb 28, 2020, 02:54 PM
Feb 2020

I wish he wouldn't waste it on snark that Pompeo can wave off as unserious.

maxsolomon

(32,975 posts)
15. Also true.
Fri Feb 28, 2020, 04:14 PM
Feb 2020

I'd be striving to box him on factual matters, but he can weasel out of anything with the "Classified Information" fallback.

Midnight Writer

(21,540 posts)
16. Or he simply smirks. It is the old "Honeybadger don't give a shit" mentality.
Fri Feb 28, 2020, 04:20 PM
Feb 2020

He is untouchable and he knows it.

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