Pompeo says U.S. not a 'banana republic' amid fallout from attack on Capitol
“In a banana republic, mob violence determines the exercise of power,” he continued. “In the United States, law enforcement officials quash mob violence so that the people’s representatives can exercise power in accordance with the rule of law and constitutional government.”
Former President George W. Bush used the term “banana republic” in his statement condemning the violence that took place at the Capitol. Bush, the 43rd president of the U.S. and a Republican, said in a statement that the scenes of violence were “sickening and heartbreaking,” and “This is how election results are disputed in a banana republic — not our democratic Republic. ”
Pompeo further said that lawmakers returning to a joint session of Congress to carry out the task of certifying the election results later Wednesday evening after the Capitol was secure, “represents a victory for the rule of law & constitutional government in America.”
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo used his personal Twitter account on Thursday to criticize journalists and politicians for likening the U.S. to a “banana republic” following th…
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US diplomats urge State Department to denounce Trump role in Capitol riot
About 100 State Department officials have reportedly signed onto a "dissent cable" calling for Secretary of State
Mike Pompeo to forcefully condemn
President Trump for inciting the violent mob attack on the Capitol Wednesday.
The four-point cable, which was obtained by The Washington Post, lays out Trump’s responsibility for fomenting the riot in an attempt to stop Congress from certifying the election results for President-elect
Joe Biden
The cable calls for the State Department to explicitly denounce Trump in the vein of statements issued by the agency against foreign leaders who use violence and intimidation to suppress peaceful democratic processes.
"President Trump's incitement of violence against the certification of the United States' free and fair elections is unacceptable and incompatible with our laws, the democratic values and protected fundamental freedoms enshrined in our founding documents, and our long tradition of a peaceful and orderly transfer of power," the cable reads.
"Just as we routinely denounce foreign leaders who use violence and intimidation to interfere in peaceful democratic processes and override the will of their voters, the Department's public statements about this episode should also mention President Trump by name. It is critical that we communicate to the world that in our system, no one — not even the president — is above the law or immune from public criticism."
Pompeo, America’s top diplomat, has denounced the violence at the Capitol and called for prosecution of the rioters. But he did not assign blame, in particular to the president, who is being widely condemned as responsible for the attack.
The secretary
has pushed back against criticisms that the insurrection constituted a democratic crisis, condemning “journalists and politicians” who “slander” the U.S. as a “banana republic,” a phrase used to describe a fragile and corrupt country ruled by a plutocracy.
About 100 State Department officials have reportedly signed on to a “dissent cable” calling for Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to forcefully condemn President Trump for inciting the vio…
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), being muzzled by court order and being jailed for violating it during pretrial. Donald knows there is gonna be humiliation and exposure for who and what he is, a moron, every step of the way to the cell door. Once they get Donald in a cell, he's never getting out again, I think he will violate his conditions of bail or release, namely a gag order and end up in a NY jail awaiting his trial as individual #1 in the SDNY.
