Pompeo Talks of New Trump Term, Playing to False-Claim Furor
- He predicts a ‘smooth transition’ to a second Trump term
- Democrat Spanberger calls comment ‘shameful and dangerous’
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Secretary of State Michael Pompeo said Tuesday there will be a “smooth transition to a second Trump administration,” a remark which may have been in jest but throws fuel on the president’s unsubstantiated claims that the Nov. 3 election was fraudulent.
“The world should have every confidence” that the Jan. 20 transition will be successful, Pompeo said from the State Department podium in response to a reporter’s question about Joe Biden’s electoral victory. “We’re ready, the world is watching what’s taking place here. We’re going to count all the votes.”