In a speech focused on the Bill of Rights, Pompeo strongly addressed the Democrats, arguing that they “pretend to care about jobs in America” and slammed Biden’s government for holding a key permit for the proposed Keystone XL pipeline cut. He slammed his predecessor as foreign minister, John Kerry, now Biden’s climate envoy, for proposing in a press conference in January that fossil fuel workers who lost their jobs could ‘make solar panels’.
“You ask the good people in the middle of Texas, Oklahoma, or Kansas, or South Dakota, or Pennsylvania, do you think petroleum engineers and straight-handed solar panels are going to make it?” He added.
He also combined the Trump administration’s economic and immigration records with the administration’s foreign policy.
“America First is ready for America,” Pompeo said. “The whole world benefits when America is fearless and courageous and strong.”
‘[Democrats] Pompeo said, want to defend the police while blocking the Capitol. “It’s backwards. And canceling our freedom of peaceful assembly while censoring our communications online is completely antithetical to what our founders of America understand. ‘
The former Kansas lawmaker is among a group of potential populist candidates amid Republican Party rallies in the post-Trump era – though the former president is still popular with GOP voters.
Some of those in the job include Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), Rick Scott (R-Fla.) And Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who have all spoken at CPAC. . Trump will speak at CPAC on Sunday.
More than half of Republicans said in a recent poll by POLITICO / Morning Consult that they would vote for the former president if the election were held today, with all the other candidates behind. Mike Pence led the secondary group by 12%. Pompeo won 2%.