Cory Booker asks Mike Pompeo questions from leftist field

At his secretary of state Senate confirmation hearing, CIA Director Mike Pompeo was asked a variety of questions. Some questions were relevant, probing about Pompeo's thoughts regarding Syria and Russia; other questions were asked as a way of political grandstanding by the inquisitor.

Such were the questions asked by Cory Booker (D-NJ).

"Is being gay a perversion?" Booker asked, referencing a speech Pompeo gave in the past.

Pompeo responded: "When I was a politician, I had a very clear view on whether it was appropriate for two same-sex persons to marry. I stand by that." He was referring to when he was a congressman and opposed the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that legalized gay marriage in 2015.

Booker, who probably has his eyes set on the 2020 presidential race, continued to ask questions that have nothing to do with the office for which Pompeo is being confirmed. He asked if it's "appropriate" for same-sex couples to marry.

"Senator, I continue to hold that view," Pompeo responded.

At his January 2017 confirmation hearings for CIA director, Pompeo was also questioned by another Democratic presidential wannabe, Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA). She asked if he would treat every CIA employee "in a way that is appropriate and equal." He made it clear that he would.

At the secretary of state confirmation hearing he told the showboat Booker that his "respect for every individual, regardless of their sexual orientation, is the same." 

His record proves this, but Democrats don't care about actual performance.

Booker's first confrontational question for Pompeo was whether he viewed those who worshipped "other gods," particularly Muslims, as "negative."

Pompeo referred to his "exquisite" record of treating people with respect, regardless of their religious beliefs. He also explained to the clueless Booker that Muslims have a special "opportunity" with how they respond to terrorist attacks because they are "better positioned" to respond to "certain types of violence."

Booker never asked Pompeo about the most prevalent form of religious hate: anti-Semitism. 

Perhaps he was afraid of offending Louis Farrakhan.


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