Rand Paul EMBARRASSES Trump Pick Mike Pompeo
Rand Paul isn't impressed with Trump Secretary of State pick Mike Pompeo. Will he still vote to confirm him? Ana Kasparian, Ben Mankiewicz, and Michael Shure, hosts of The Young Turks, discuss....
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MIKE POMPEO THE CURRENT CIA DIRECTOR HAS BEEN CHOSEN BY DONALD TRUMP TO REPLACE REX TILLERSON AS SECRETARY OF STATE. NATURALLY THE SENATE NEEDS TO HAVE HEARINGS TO QUESTION POMPEO AND DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT HE IS FIT FOR THE POSITION. TO GIVE YOU A QUICK RUNDOWN OF WHO MIKE POMPEO IS AND WHAT HIS BELIEFS ARE, IN THE PAST HE HAS MADE STATEMENTS DENYING CLIMATE CHANGE, OPPOSING SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, ARGUING THAT MODERATE MUSLIMS ARE COMPLICIT IN TERRORIST ATTACKS. HE IS ALSO DEMONSTRATED ON VARIOUS OCCASIONS THAT HE HAS A HAWKISH STANCE ON FOREIGN POLICY. ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO IRAN, NORTH KOREA, SYRIA. THESE ARE ALL ISSUES THAT SENATORS WANTED TO ASK HIM ABOUT. I COMPILED WHAT I CONSIDERED TO BE THE MOST INTERESTING EXCHANGES. THE HEARINGS ARE ...
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MIKE POMPEO THE CURRENT CIA DIRECTOR HAS BEEN CHOSEN BY DONALD TRUMP TO REPLACE REX TILLERSON AS SECRETARY OF STATE. NATURALLY THE SENATE NEEDS TO HAVE HEARINGS TO QUESTION POMPEO AND DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT HE IS FIT FOR THE POSITION. TO GIVE YOU A QUICK RUNDOWN OF WHO MIKE POMPEO IS AND WHAT HIS BELIEFS ARE, IN THE PAST HE HAS MADE STATEMENTS DENYING CLIMATE CHANGE, OPPOSING SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, ARGUING THAT MODERATE MUSLIMS ARE COMPLICIT IN TERRORIST ATTACKS. HE IS ALSO DEMONSTRATED ON VARIOUS OCCASIONS THAT HE HAS A HAWKISH STANCE ON FOREIGN POLICY. ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO IRAN, NORTH KOREA, SYRIA. THESE ARE ALL ISSUES THAT SENATORS WANTED TO ASK HIM ABOUT. I COMPILED WHAT I CONSIDERED TO BE THE MOST INTERESTING EXCHANGES. THE HEARINGS ARE ...
