{"id":559,"date":"2019-05-05T04:41:57","date_gmt":"2019-05-05T04:41:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/patrickcarpen.com\/our-world\/?page_id=559"},"modified":"2019-05-05T04:50:33","modified_gmt":"2019-05-05T04:50:33","slug":"mike-pompeo-calls-ilhan-omars-comments-disgusting","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/patrickcarpen.com\/our-world\/the-venezuelan-collapse\/mike-pompeo-calls-ilhan-omars-comments-disgusting\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Pompeo Calls Ilhan Omar&#8217;s Comments &#8220;Disgusting.&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last updated: May 5, 2019 at 4:50 am<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"364\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/patrickcarpen.com\/our-world\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/05\/e833b30c28f4043ecd0b470de7444e90fe76e7d01eb1124093f9c6_640_washington.jpg?resize=640%2C364&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-565\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/patrickcarpen.com\/our-world\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/05\/e833b30c28f4043ecd0b470de7444e90fe76e7d01eb1124093f9c6_640_washington.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/patrickcarpen.com\/our-world\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/05\/e833b30c28f4043ecd0b470de7444e90fe76e7d01eb1124093f9c6_640_washington.jpg?resize=300%2C171&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">America was not built by  a herd of sheep who stood idly by while the &#8220;powers that be&#8221; oppressed the noble cause of liberty. The founding fathers of America were not cowards: they did not fear political change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today, there are still some who take the torch of liberty and hold it high. US Representative Ilhan Omar is one woman who had the courage to speak out against the injustices committed by the United States on the people of Venezuela.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-large is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;A  lot of the policies that we have put in place has kind of helped lead  the devastation in Venezuela and we have sort of set the stage for where  we are arriving today.&#8221;<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2019\/05\/02\/ilhan-omar-blames-us-for-venezuela-crisis\/\"><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-large is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cThis particular bullying and the use of sanctions to eventually  intervene and make regime change really does not help the people of  countries like Venezuela and it certainly does not help and is not in  the interest of the United States.\u201d <\/p><cite>Ilhan Omar &#8211; US Representative for Minnesota&#8217;s 5th Congressional District.<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">United States&#8217; Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo responded by saying:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-large is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p> \u201cFor a member of Congress who, frankly, one who sits on an important  national committee, making a statement blaming America first in this  way, it\u2019s not only ignorant, it\u2019s disgusting.\u201d<\/p><cite><br><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So if Mike Pompeo calls Ilhan Omar&#8217;s Statement &#8220;disgusting,&#8221; I wonder what he would say about <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"this Washington based report that says the same thing.  (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/patrickcarpen.com\/our-world\/the-venezuelan-collapse\/fruitless-heartless-failed-us-policies-causing-grave-harm-to-venezuelans-report\/\" target=\"_blank\">this Washington based report that says the same thing. <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-default is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p> <br>We invite you to like our Facebook Page, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Our-World-329323714352599\/\" target=\"_blank\">Our World<\/a>, for more news and commentaries from around the world. <br><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>America was not built by a herd of sheep who stood idly by while the &#8220;powers that be&#8221; oppressed the noble cause of liberty. The founding fathers of America were <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/patrickcarpen.com\/our-world\/the-venezuelan-collapse\/mike-pompeo-calls-ilhan-omars-comments-disgusting\/\">Continue Reading &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":392,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,6,27,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-559","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-crime","category-the-united-states","category-venezuela","category-war"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mike Pompeo Calls Ilhan Omar&#039;s Comments &quot;Disgusting.&quot; - Our World<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/patrickcarpen.com\/our-world\/the-venezuelan-collapse\/mike-pompeo-calls-ilhan-omars-comments-disgusting\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mike Pompeo Calls Ilhan Omar&#039;s Comments &quot;Disgusting.&quot; - Our World\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"America was not built by a herd of sheep who stood idly by while the &#8220;powers that be&#8221; oppressed the noble cause of liberty. 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