Kamala Harris grills CIA pick Pompeo on ... the weather and LGBT

[Brian4Liberty]

Bless her heart: Kamala Harris grills CIA pick Pompeo on ... the weather and LGBT (https://www.conservativereview.com/commentary/2017/01/bless-her-heart-kamala-harris-grills-cia-pick-pompeo-on-the-weather-and-lgbt)
By: Nate Madden | January 12, 2017


In her debut performance as a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, the junior Democrat senator from California, Kamala Harris, apparently thought the most important things to ask Donald Trump’s pick for CIA director are on gay people and global warming.

No, this isn’t some quick punchline about the state of California; aside from one question about hypothetical Muslim discrimination, Barbara Boxer’s successor spent the entirety of her first round of questioning asking Rep. Mike Pompeo, R-Kan. how his views on marriage and climate change would affect his competency as director of the country’s lead intelligence agency.
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More: https://www.conservativereview.com/commentary/2017/01/bless-her-heart-kamala-harris-grills-cia-pick-pompeo-on-the-weather-and-lgbt

[Brian4Liberty]

Kamala Harris supporters cry with joy while viewing her stellar performance today at the confirmation hearing:

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[anaconda]

Kamala Harris supporters cry with joy while viewing her stellar performance today at the confirmation hearing:

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Are you sure these aren't Hillary supporters on election night?

[anaconda]

Our CA Senators remain the greatest of embarrassments.

[Brian4Liberty]

Are you sure these aren't Hillary supporters on election night?

You're right. Same people, wrong day.

[Brian4Liberty]

Freshman Democrat Kamala Harris grills CIA director nominee on climate change (http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/freshman-democrat-kamala-harris-grills-cia-director-nominee-on-climate-change/article/2611695)
By W. James Antle III (@jimantle) • 1/12/17


Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., grilled CIA director Mike Pompeo on whether climate change was a leading national security threat during his Senate confirmation hearings Thursday.

"CIA Director Brennan, who has spent a 25-year career at the CIA as an analyst, a senior manager and station chief in the field, has that when 'CIA analysts look for deeper causes of rising instability in the world, one of the causes those CIA analysts see is the impact of climate change,'" Harris began. "Do you have any reason to doubt the assessment of those CIA analysts?"

Pompeo, a Republican congressman from Kansas, replied that he was unfamiliar with the material Harris was referencing but that the CIA would gather information on all threats to American security, including any that stem from climatic activity, and present them to policymakers.

"In the past you have questioned the scientific consensus on climate change," Harris followed up. She began to cite NASA and various other sources saying that at least 97 percent of active climate scientists believe in global warming caused by human activity.

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"Do you have any reason to doubt NASA's findings?" she asked.

Pompeo defended his positions on climate change and said, "Frankly, as director of CIA, I'd prefer [...] not to get into the details of climate debate and science… My role is going to be so different and unique from that, it is going to be to work alongside warriors keeping Americans safe."

"So I'm not clear," Harris shot back. "Do you believe that NASA's findings are debatable?"
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http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/freshman-democrat-kamala-harris-grills-cia-director-nominee-on-climate-change/article/2611695

[enhanced_deficit]

Have never understood why but both issues seem to be so near and dear to so many bluedoggish/moderate neocons.

[anaconda]

WOW! Harris looks and sounds like a monumental dufus. She's stumbling and actually reading questions from some list. Could you imagine Rand reading his questions from a sheet of paper? Then she tries to act all tough by calling for a follow up interview regarding global warming. Cringe worthy stuff.

[timosman]

New rules for confirmation hearings: No weather questions. Stay on topic.

Tube:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cm2UxdK94cg

[LibertyEagle]

Isn't California going to break off into the ocean soon?

[timosman]

Isn't California going to break off into the ocean soon?

It all depends what happens to the Ponzi scheme in Silicon Valley.