Diplomats aghast as Pompeo set to address GOP convention from Jerusalem

[Straw Man]

Just more shit for the shit show

What difference does anything make at this point given that we have a verified TRAITOR as POTUS

Diplomats aghast as Pompeo set to address GOP convention from Jerusalem
"It's all just shredding the Hatch Act," a current State Department official says of Pompeo's speech.


WASHINGTON — Diplomats who are barred by law from mixing work and politics say they're appalled by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's decision to address the Republican National Convention on Tuesday, breaking with long-standing traditions aimed at isolating American's foreign policy from partisan battles at home.

It would be problematic enough, current and former U.S. diplomats said, if Pompeo were simply showing up at the convention to speak. But Pompeo's decision to use a stop in Jerusalem during an official overseas trip as the site for his recorded speech to fellow Republicans raises even more troubling questions about the message it sends to other countries and whether U.S. taxpayers are footing the bill, they said.

"It's all just shredding the Hatch Act," a current U.S. diplomat said, referring to the federal law that prohibits government employees from political activity on the job or in their official capacities.

The official and others still working for the government spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of retribution. Their comments were echoed by former U.S. diplomats who said the dismay within the diplomatic community was palpable.

"People are extraordinarily upset about it. This is really a bridge too far," said former Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, who spent 35 years in the foreign service. "Pompeo is clearly ensuring the State Department is politicized by using his position to carry out what is basically a partisan mission."

Pompeo's speech in service of President Donald Trump's re-election appears to violate the spirit, if not the letter, of three legal memos issued by the State Department's legal adviser.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/diplomats-aghast-pompeo-set-address-gop-convention-jerusalem-n1237956

[Howard]

Maybe Pompeo will give his speech from the Mt of Olives .
They planned to have him walk out with the GOP platform on tablets (like Moses).
Sadly, he'd have nothing written on 'em except a picture of Trump.

Ga state rep Vernon Jones a dem who spoke for Trump didn't take any political risks LOL
He announced his resignation back in April . He has a long, questionable record here in Ga
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dem-georgia-rep-who-endorsed-trump-resigns-after-backlash-report

[Straw Man]

so completely out of line and flat out wrong...yet just ignored

Pompeo represents the United State of America FIRST and ONLY.

Pompeo's speech in service of President Donald Trump's re-election appears to violate the spirit, if not the letter, of three legal memos issued by the State Department's legal adviser.

One of the legal memos, intended to guide political appointees, says explicitly in bold letters that "Senate-confirmed Presidential appointees may not even attend a political party convention."

The prohibition on politicking, which is hammered into State Department employees in regular ethics briefings, was deemed so critical that Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun said in a February email to employees that he was even avoiding talking politics when responding "to emails from friends."

"In my case, as a Senate confirmed Department official, I will be sitting on the sidelines of the political process this year and will not be attending any political events, to include the national conventions," Biegun wrote in a letter reported first by Politico and obtained by NBC News.

[tatoo]

hahahaha! just wait until the election.... you fucks are melting already over a convention.. cry on pussy..

[Thin Lizzy]

hahahaha! just wait until the election.... you fucks are melting already over a convention.. cry on pussy..

It’s all falling apart for them and they know it:


Trump pops to 52%, ‘Best job approval rating on record,’ up with blacks, even Democrats


https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/trump-pops-to-52-best-job-approval-rating-on-record-up-with-blacks-even-democrats

[IroNat]

Just more shit for the shit show

What difference does anything make at this point given that we have a verified TRAITOR as POTUS



https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/diplomats-aghast-pompeo-set-address-gop-convention-jerusalem-n1237956

[Walter Sobchak]

“Diplomats aghast”

ZERO FUCKS GIVEN!

[Howard]

“Diplomats aghast”

ZERO FUCKS GIVEN!

What 7 of 8 Howard's ex-wives (and Melania Trump) opted for, after 2 yrs of marriage 

[Straw Man]

“Diplomats aghast”

ZERO FUCKS GIVEN!

perfect summation of Trumptardism

Fuck The United States of America and it's Democratic norms and even it's laws

Fuck it all

Do you realize there isn't even a Republican Platform in 2020

It was replaced with a one page Loyalty Pledge to THE TRAITOR

[Howard]

perfect summation of Trumptardism

Fuck The United States of America and it's Democratic norms and even it's laws

Fuck it all

Do you realize there isn't even a Republican Platform in 2020

It was replaced with a one page Loyalty Pledge to THE TRAITOR

They changed from "tea party conservatives" to "tea baggin' Trumpers"

[Straw Man]

Secretary of State is a 24/7 job

Again this is just fucking unbelievable. 

Add it to the list of unethical or illegal activities that the Republican Party (do they even exist anymore) has allowed THE TRAITOR to get away with.

It's hard to overstate how large a break with past precedent the speech represents. "The Secretary of State is speaking at the RNC!" tweeted Glenn Kessler, a longtime State Department reporter for The Washington Post. "My jaw dropped when i saw the speaker list. In my decade of covering diplomacy, I could never imagine that happening."

Kessler noted that Colin Powell, secretary of state for George W. Bush, said in 2004 that "I am obliged not to participate in any way, shape, fashion, or form in parochial, political debates." Kessler also recounts this of Condoleezza Rice, Bush's secretary of state in 2008: "Off the record, she was keenly interested in the race, constantly checking the Real Clear Politics website. But she made sure she was far away from public partisanship."

Aside from the look of the nation's top diplomat appearing as a booster of the President's reelection, there's the legality of it. Under the Hatch Act, no federal employee is allowed to engage in overtly political activity. Which speaking at a political convention quite clearly is.

How did the White House get around this? It argued Pompeo was appearing at the convention as a private citizen. Which is weird, since he was in Jerusalem doing official business.

There are so many boundaries crossed on a daily basis in the Trump White House that it's easy to a) lump them all together or b) forget about them within a day.

This is not one of them. Pompeo's willingness to make political a job that his predecessors in the role fiercely fought to keep independent isn't something to just let slide.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/26/politics/mike-pompeo-rnc-speech-hatch-act/index.html

[Teutonic Knight 1]

Fuck The United States of America and it's Democratic norms and even it's laws

Fuck it all

RON & 1MR , THIS IS TERRORIST POSTING !.

Stop this terrorist promo !.

[Teutonic Knight 1]

They changed from "tea party conservatives" to "tea baggin' Trumpers"

Howard the Coward supports TERRORISM !.

[Teutonic Knight 1]

hahahaha! just wait until the election.... you fucks are melting already over a convention.. cry on pussy..

 

[Teutonic Knight 1]

What 7 of 8 Howard's ex-wives (and Melania Trump) opted for, after 2 yrs of marriage 

 Don't dream too much ...........Coward the Howard 

So other guys took away 8 wives from you    (8  )

[Howard]

 Don't dream too much ...........Coward the Howard 

So other guys took away 8 wives from you    (8  )

While my life is no day at the beach, YOUR life is a day at the dump.

[Teutonic Knight 1]

While my life is no day at the beach, YOUR life is a day at the dump.

Ageing obviously sucks , can you still walk !!!.

Yeah, 24/7 on the beach "dump"  , B.Vince call me a Beach Bum  too