Pompeo: We’ll Fight ‘Continued Efforts’ By Russia To Meddle In Midterms

Mike Pompeo looks on as US President Donald Trump speaks during the ceremonial swearing-in of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at the State Department in Washington, DC, May 2, 2018. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) ... Mike Pompeo looks on as US President Donald Trump speaks during the ceremonial swearing-in of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at the State Department in Washington, DC, May 2, 2018. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images) MORE LESS

WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says the Trump administration will not tolerate Russian interference in the 2018 congressional midterm elections.

Pompeo told the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday that the administration will take “appropriate countermeasures” to fight what he called “continued efforts” by Russia to meddle in November’s vote. He did not elaborate on the Russian interference or say what the countermeasures would be but said there was much more work to be done to stop Russia’s efforts.

He said the U.S. had not yet been able to establish “effective deterrence” to halt them.

The top-ranking Democrat on the committee, Eliot Engel, however, contended that the Trump administration “is giving Russia a pass” because Russian President Vladimir Putin “supported President Trump over Hillary Clinton” in the 2016 presidential election.

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  1. Pompeo is “puffed up,” in more ways than one.

  2. Did he say what side of the fight he would be on?

  3. Hey fat man now that you’re at State whatcha gonna do, give a stern talking to Putin?

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