John Kerry: The 2016 Campaign Season Is An ‘Embarrassment’

John Kerry at the Brussels National Airport to pay tribute to the victims of the terrorist attacks John Kerry visit to Brussels, Belgium - 25 Mar 2016 (Rex Features via AP Images)
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Secretary of State John Kerry said in an interview aired Sunday that the 2016 campaign cycle was an “embarrassment” to the country.

Kerry didn’t refer to any candidates by name when he was asked on CBS’ “Face the Nation” what other countries were saying about the United States’ campaign season.

“I think it is fair to say that they’re shocked. They don’t know where it’s taking the United States of America. It upsets people’s sense of equilibrium about our steadiness, about our reliability,” Kerry said. “And to some degree, I must say to you, some of the questions, the way they are posed to me, it’s clear to me that what’s happening is an embarrassment to our country.”

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  1. Yes John Boy, and you are a big part of that embarrassment. With your world class hypocrisy augmenting Obama’s, the world is also disgusted and repulsed by you and your buddies in the evil Black House and the evil Black Congress, just for starters. Forget Trump and Hillary, you my man are among the worst of humans on the planet along with Obama, dubya, dick the prick, Hillary and Slick Willy, ad nauseum.

  2. Avatar for mymy mymy says:

    Where is this coming from? A Trump supporter? Trump’s idea of foreign policy is to just make other countries pay us lots of money… Are you a Sanders revolutionary? Pretty vile language about one of the most respected men in the world…

    (P.S. Obama was named the most admired man in the world a couple of months ago and Hillary Clinton the most admired woman, so you seem a bit out of step.)

  3. Avatar for mymy mymy says:

    It’s obvious he means the GOP race…

  4. Secretary of State John Kerry said in an interview aired Sunday that the
    2016 campaign cycle was an “embarrassment” to the country.

    Mr Kerry, I would use stronger language in describing the GOP side of this election cycle

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