Fox News: Pompeo accuses Biden admin of working to make Iran America's 'senior partner' in Middle East
In an interview with Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel on her podcast "Real America," Pompeo discussed the importance of "stability and peace" in Jerusalem while accusing the Biden administration of backing Iran over Israel.
Pompeo accuses Biden admin of working to make Iran America's 'senior partner' in Middle East
Fox News
Brooke Singman
July 20, 2021
"Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo accused the Biden administration of working to make Iran America’s 'senior partner in the Middle East, calling talks with Iran 'especially dangerous' for Israel, and saying factions of the Democratic Party are behaving in ways that are "fundamentally anti-Semitic.'
"During an interview with Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel on her podcast 'Real America,' Pompeo discussed the importance of 'stability and peace' in Jerusalem while accusing the Biden administration of backing Iran over Israel.
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"'Think about just these first 100-plus days. There’s a group of terrorists in a country called Yemen. … They’re called Houthis – they’re tribesmen. They are an Iranian proxy. They’re clearly terrorists, and the administration says, no, we’re going to de-designate them. We’re going to say they are not terrorists,' Pompeo continued, referring to the Biden administration's move in February to lift the designation of Houthis as a global terrorist organization. 'Today, they are launching missiles into the kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The Americans traveling in Riyadh and Jeddah, all over. There will be an American killed.'
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"But Pompeo said the Biden administration is creating 'the ninth year of the Obama-Biden administration’s effort to make Iran America’s senior partner in the Middle East.'
"'It is dangerous for the Gulf states, it’s especially dangerous for this important place of Israel that’s going to celebrate its 73rd anniversary in the days ahead,' Pompeo added.
"Pompeo warned that the decisions in the Middle East 'will impact us here at home as well.'
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"And in yet another swipe at the Biden administration, Pompeo said 'the whole team’s back,' referring to members of President Biden’s national security team who served under former President Obama.
"'We need to push back against them,' Pompeo said, adding that U.S. policy toward Israel was 'largely bipartisan.'
"'Everyone understood this was an important Democratic partner in the region. You have significant, not outlier, but significant segments of the Democratic Party that are behaving in ways that is fundamentally anti-Semitic,' Pompeo said.
Pompeo pointed to Democrats like Rep. Ilhan Omar and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, but also 2016 and 2020 presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders.
"'This is now sweeping into mainstream liberal ideology that somehow Israel’s existence is a threat to the world, not a glory,' Pompeo said.
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