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  President of his own fantasy land behind his keyboard in his grasp!
context: “There was a bad day at the Capitol. The security team there failed to prevent these guys from rioting there.”
  
  Yeah the fault is the security and not the pro Trump rioters. Methinks Pompeo also blames female rape victims for not defending their virtue better.
  Seriously, the revisionist history is alarming. We see Republicans making every bad faith argument to obscure the fact that Trump supporters wound up by Trump himself attacked the First Branch of government because they didn't like what they were doing.
  So consider Pompeo complicit when he or any other asshat says shit like this. >
  
  He knows full well he's lying, there's no way even Pompeo is this thick. But he still views himself as a possible GQP presidential nominee and, barring that, at least able to pitch his new book and make a decent little chunk of change.
  That's why he's been leaning into the more extreme right crowd and pandering to authoritarians (see: his comments attacking Khashoggi) >
  
  Exactly. He is one of the more terrifying Republican Presidential hopefuls. He is playing up the Christian Nationalism like Pence, the racism like Trump, but he  seems much more belligerent and intentionally callous. Like, Trumps callousness is an outgrowth of his narcissism, but Pompeos is that AND borderline militant Christianity.
  I think he's also one of those end-of-days believers who thinks we can and should hasten the apocalypse so the rapture can happen.
  He's been angling for thus for years, hosting "Madison Dinners" at the Dept of State that he said were about having conversations with all kinds of people and helping him as Sec of State. Really it was conservative donors and stars he wanted to add to his donor list. >
  
  I'll never forget when Pompeo said "there will be a smooth transition....to the second Trump administration" long after the election had been decided. It showed how much of a pussy he is, completely unwilling to acknowledge obvious truths if he thinks it might hurt him politically. Luckily, Pompeo is never going to be president. He has the charisma of a wet mop, and, as far as I can tell, literally no one of any ideology actually likes him. I'm not sure if it's a humiliation fetish, or if he's just a moron who can't read the writing on the wall, but I really don't understand why he keeps putting himself out there. >
  
  Right? That was my first thought as well, wasn't this the guy that stood in front of the nation and straight up denied the results of the 2020 election? >
  
  "Flawed memory" my ass, he's just lying. >
  
  His memory is not flawed.  He is lying. >
  
  He is the former director of the CIA. He probably thinks all of the coups they've orchestrated around the world were peaceful transitions of power too. >
  
  He is also a Trump appointee. Prior to his appointment has was a representative from Kansas 4th district with 700000 people.  He led the CIA for about 1.5 years. That is it. >
  
  The entire republican party has a flawed memory. >
  
  Not really. They are just depending on their cult members having one. >
  
  Their cult members' memory doesn't really come into play.
  They'd have to think about something for the memories to have an effect. >
  
  Fortunately for them, there is a whole infrastructure built to tell them what to think, how things happened, how they happened when the story needs to change and, most importantly who to hate, whose fault it is and what to be angry about today. >
  
  Most of it to do with their insecurities. >
  
  And fear. >
  
  The record shows Trump ate hamburgers and watched TV while our country was under attack. >
  
  He didn't even do that peacefully, judging by the ketchup ballistics on the wall. >
  
  I wish NCIS or one of those crime shows did an episode about this so badly >
  
  He remembers. He also doesn't care. >
  
  This is the same asshole who during a press conference stated “there will be a peaceful transition to a second trump administration”. He’s a fucking goon. >
  
  Theyre trying to rewrite history. Dont let them. >
  
  Why else are they going after the books and higher education? It's damage control >
  
  Never Give An Inch title of your sex tape. >
  
  We as a society have allowed politicians and the media to water down and neuter what January 6th actually was.
  We all saw with our own eyes thousands of domestic terrorists moving in to storm the capital.  Every person there knew what the purpose of their rally was on that day in that location - to overturn the 2022 election to reinstall a Fascist authoritarian to power without the support of the vote.
  Fascism is the only thing any Republican has to offer the US any longer. >
  
  Well, he is generally flawed >
  
  Nah, he’s lying. Pompeo isn’t dumb >
  
  I listened to him on the David Rubin podcast (Yes, I know.  I occasionally listen as opposition research.)  The man is as spineless as Cruz, as charismatic as Graham, and slightly brighter than Trump. >
  
  In no way am I a Pompeo supporter - I think he is awful.   
  However, I think it's important not to underestimate him. He graduated first in his class at West Point. He also graduated from Harvard Law School. He is very intelligent. >
  
  Ok.  I'll give you that my description is hyperbolic. >
  
  Pompeo should be in Federal prison for stealing $Millions in foreign gifts to the US, from the State Department vault, but he is just another Republican criminal that Garland is happy to protect. >
  
  This man almost deserves an Olympic medal for the mental gymnastics he performs daily to convince himself he’s got a legitimate shot to be President one day