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On Tuesday, outgoing Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tweeted a attack on "multiculturalism" from his government Twitter account.
"Woke-ism, multiculturalism, all the -isms — they're not who America is," wrote Pompeo. "They distort our glorious founding and what this country is all about. Our enemies stoke these divisions because they know they make us weaker."
<div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="display: flex; max-width: 550px; width: 100%; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"><iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" class="" data-tweet-id="1351537398564286466" frameborder="0" id="twitter-widget-0" scrolling="no" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/index.html?dnt=false&embedId=twitter-widget-0&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1351537398564286466&lang=en&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rawstory.com%2Fr%2Fentryeditor%2F2650025032%23publish&theme=light&widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&width=550px" style="position: static; visibility: visible; width: 550px; height: 547px; display: block; flex-grow: 1;" title="Twitter Tweet"></iframe></div> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><p>Pompeo's remark is the latest in a series of Twitter remarks that appear calculated to position Pompeo for a political future, with him attempting to <a href="https://www.rawstory.com/mike-pompeo-trying-coopt-trump/" target="_blank">laud his own record</a> under the Trump State Department. Simon Tisdall of The Guardian has described Pompeo's final actions in office as "setting booby traps and laying diplomatic minefields in global conflict zones" in order to trip up President-elect Joe Biden.</p>
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'There will be no forgiveness': Steve Schmidt vows to make Lindsey Graham's shame 'last forever'
January 19, 2021
Lincoln Project co-founder Steve Schmidt asserted on Tuesday that the shame of Trump loyalists will "last forever."
"We have seen an era of American catastrophe in this world for four years. It is ending," Schmidt explained during an appearance on MSNBC. "Tomorrow is a new beginning, which means there is new hope. The country is in great crisis. We will have a new leader. And we will see Donald Trump shuffle off in ignominy, shame and disgrace."
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According to Schmidt, President Donald Trump has done an "incalculable" amount of damage to the United States.
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MSNBC's Stephanie Ruhle said that she expected the Republican Party to quickly downplay Trump's role in recent history.
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"There's a great flaw in this strategy," Schmidt replied. "The winners write history. And they're the losers. And they're the architects of sedition and insurrection, violence and death. 147 members of Congress -- all Republicans, all white -- rose to throw out millions of Black votes."
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"They have incited violence, they have participated in the Big Lie, they have poisoned democracy," he continued. "The shame of the people around Trump who have participated in the shaping of the great American catastrophe over the last four years will be held to account."
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He added: "They will be held to account by the judgement of history, by the judgement of decent Americans, they'll be held to account by corporate America as they look for jobs, by corporate America as they seek donations. They will not write their history. We will write their history. And their shame will last forever. They are carved like etching into granite -- granite onto history's list of billings in this country."
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Schmidt cited the names of White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO), Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and others.
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"There will be no forgetting," he said. "There will be no forgiveness. We do not seek retribution but we do seek accountability and justice for an assault and attack on the government of the United States of America that killed six people."
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Watch the video below from MSNBC.
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Trump could face Kamala Harris presiding over his impeachment trial if John Roberts takes a pass: report
January 19, 2021
According to a report from Fox News, Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts has indicated he has no desire in presiding over the second impeachment trial of Donald Trump -- leaving the door open for Vice President-elect Kamala Harris to oversee the proceedings.
Whereas Harris could have been one of one hundred senators to vote on whether Trump is guilty of "incitement of insurrection" as charged in the articles of impeachment to be submitted by the House to new Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), she will be Vice President when the trial begins.
<p>As the Fox report notes, "Politico reported on Tuesday that Chief Justice John Roberts 'wants no further part' in overseeing the politically charged situation after he presided over the first impeachment trial of Trump less than one year ago."</p><p>Should Roberts demur since he has other business to attend to during the court's current session, that would leave who presides up in the air, but the Constitution provides a roadmap.</p><p>"The Constitution says that in impeachments for presidents, the chief justice of the Supreme Court is the presiding officer. For lesser impeachments, the presiding officer has been the same as for other Senate business — either the vice president or a senator. The Constitution is not clear on who should preside over impeachments for former presidents." Fox is reporting. "If Roberts does not preside over a Senate trial, Harris would likely have the choice of whether to preside herself."</p><p>Should Harris decline, the next in line would be Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT), who is the longest-serving Democrat. </p><p>You can <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/kamala-harris-could-preside-over-trump-impeachment-trial-if-john-roberts-doesnt" target="_blank">read more details here</a>.<br/></p>
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