.MaddowBlog: Finding himself in a hole, Sec. Pompeo reaches for a shovel, digs deeper
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo sat down on Friday with NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly, and as the broadcast made clear, it did not go well for the controversial cabinet secretary. He whined about the lines of inquiry, pretended well-known officials were “unnamed sources,” and dodged reasonable questions as part of a display that was equal parts evasive and cringe-worthy.
“He was not happy to have been questioned about Ukraine. He asked, ‘Do you think Americans care about Ukraine?’ He used the F word in that sentence, and many others,” she said. Also note that Pompeo and his entourage apparently have immediate access to a blank map of eastern Europe – I’d love to know why – which the secretary used to quiz Kelly. What the Kansas Republican apparently didn’t realize is that the Harvard-trained NPR journalist has a post-graduate degree in European studies from Cambridge University in England.
“NPR reporter Mary Louise Kelly lied to me, twice. First, last month, in setting up our interview and, then again yesterday, in agreeing to have our post-interview conversation off the record,” Pompeo said in a statement. “It is shameful that this reporter chose to violate the basic rules of journalism and decency.”
If Pompeo was under the impression that this little add-on tantrum would improve his position, he was mistaken.
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