Washington is consumed with the Senate impeachment trial this week, but it should also find some time to reflect on a sorry episode from this past weekend: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s behavior with NPR reporter Mary Louise Kelly. During an interview with Kelly in which he balked at discussing whether those State employees embroiled in the impeachment controversy – especially former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch – deserved an apology, Pompeo launched a profanity-laced tirade against the reporter for having the temerity to even ask such a question.
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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at the Organization of American States during a gathering of the representatives in Washington, DC on Jan. 17, 2020.
