Democrats willing to give North Korea a win to block Pompeo: Varney
FBN's Stuart Varney on the factors behind Democrats' opposition to Secretary of State nominee Mike Pompeo.
This is very troubling: Mike Pompeo is about to be rejected for the job of Secretary of State. Frankly, it’s an outrage. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee will vote later today. There are 11 Republicans and 10 Democrats on that committee. Rand Paul, R-Ky., has said he will vote “no.” He's an outlier and has played maverick before.
Focus on the Democrats – there's the outrage. All 10 of them will vote “no.” This is unprecedented. Mike Pompeo is the president's point man with North Korea. He's already chalked up successes: the secret trip to Pyongyang to set up the summit, a commitment from Kim Jong Un to put denuclearization on the table. A pause in missile testing. The closure of one nuclear plant. And the Democrats are going to reject this man for the top diplomat’s job! Can you imagine a worse message to send North Korea?
So why would they do this?
Two reasons: First, Mike Pompeo opposed the Iran nuke deal. He says he wants it fixed. Democrats can't handle that. The Iran deal was the center piece of President Obama’s foreign policy. Democrats will move heaven and Earth to keep it, even though it’s widely viewed as deeply flawed. They don't mind handing a victory to North Korea, if it keeps Mike Pompeo out of the State Department.
Secondly: Democrats are engaged in a policy of resistance. They oppose everything that President Trump is trying to do. Tax cuts? Hate 'em. Deregulation? Terrible! Hard-line foreign policy? How awful. Trump is endangering world peace! There will be no end to this, especially as the Democrats are pushed further and further left by the Trump haters and the socialists.
And now the good news: Pompeo’s nomination will eventually go to the full Senate, and there, he will get a couple of Democrat votes. Enough to make him Secretary of State.
But what a shame that the Foreign Relations Committee should demonstrate its short-sighted, hate-filled opposition. This is not a good time for any American to be giving ammunition to murderous, nuclear-armed communist dictatorships.