Pompeo Laments That During Raid He Was Out Of Town On Yet Another Kansas Trip

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo lamented Monday that he wasn’t in the room during the raid and killing of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Instead, he was taking yet another trip to Kansas, his adopted home state where many think he may launch a Senate run.

He said later in his “Fox and Friends” interview that the raid was “coordinated” and that “we’ve known for a little while, what we were intending to do,” raising questions about why the secretary of state would have chosen to travel to Kansas —for the fourth time this year — for meet-and-greets with local power players when he knew a high-profile raid was slated to be carried out.

The Wall Street Journal reported this weekend that Pompeo met with big-time Republican donor Charles Koch and discussed the Senate race, questionable behavior as Pompeo traveled to Kansas in his capacity as secretary of state and funded by taxpayer money.

U.S. forces successfully raided Baghdadi’s compound after a two-hour effort Saturday night. The ISIS leader reportedly committed suicide with explosives.

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  1. Yep. He had a previously scheduled photo op with (he hopes) his next employer – the people of Kansas.

  2. Avatar for ghost ghost says:

    That’s OK, Pompeo, I’m sure they can photoshop you into that totally natural and not at all staged Sit Room photo they released yesterday.

  3. Avatar for erik_t erik_t says:

    Well, Mike, if you were a little more focused on doing your fucking job, maybe you would have been in DC during the raid.

    I know Kansas is a state, and you are the Secretary of State, but that’s not really what they mean.

  4. Avatar for ghost ghost says:

    Do we really want him doing what he thinks is his job as Secretary of State?

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