Las Vegas Review-Journal (Sunday)

Ex-Secretary of State Mike Pompeo addressed the Conservati­ve Political Action Conference.

Praise for Trump administra­tion: ‘We were bold and fearless’

- By Sandy Fitzgerald

ORLANDO, Fla. — Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo insisted Saturday, during his address to the Conservati­ve Political Action Conference, that conservati­ves and the Trump administra­tion, despite strong resistance, have “fought hard” on nearly every front and insisted the Trump administra­tion “truly upended the status quo.”

“In the last few months, we have been called clowns, deplorable­s, ignorant, rednecks,” Pompeo said. “Some said I was the worst secretary of state of all time. Since I last saw you, the Chinese and Iranians don’t think much of me either.”

But, he said, “we have resisted enormous resistance to socialism and cancel culture. We have resisted seeing our liberties and freedoms swept away. … We fought hard on nearly every front, and we will always fight for it.”

He also outlined the achievemen­ts reached under the Trump administra­tion, including protecting American workers and jobs.

“We put African Americans, Asians, Hispanics, everyone was back to work,” Pompeo said. “President (Donald) Trump did that. We understood it mattered. We focused on the economy to put Americans back to work. We did it by also securing our borders, giving Americans a chance to make a good wage and take care of their family.”

The hallmark of the administra­tion, he added, is that “we were bold and fearless.”

“I hear Democrats pretend they care about jobs in America,” he said. “But before the seats were warm, they destroyed 10,000 jobs on the pipeline.”

He also ridiculed former Secretary of State John Kerry’s insistence that people out of energy jobs will be able to work making solar panels.

“You can expect the cheap solar panels from China to start flooding in, and it will not be good for the United States of America,” he said.

Pompeo touted the administra­tion’s successes in the Middle East, including the Abraham Accords, which “revealed decades of failed negotiatio­ns,” and the tough stance that was taken against China and North Korea.

“The North Koreans haven’t tested a long-range ballistic missile, and they have not tested their nuclear weapons,” said Pompeo, adding that through Trump, Islamic Revolution­ary Guard Corps Gen. Qasem Soleimani was killed.

“Most of the liberals still won’t admit that ridding the world of the terrorist was a good thing,” Pompeo said.

He drew more applause when he said that it was his job to deny taxpayer dollars to be used to perform abortions in other countries and that he worked to secure the border and to protect the right to firearms.

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