Article 3J5HM Mike Pompeo, Christian Crusader & Koch Brothers Ally, Tapped to Be Trump's Secretary of State

Mike Pompeo, Christian Crusader & Koch Brothers Ally, Tapped to Be Trump's Secretary of State

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On Tuesday, President Trump announced via Twitter he was firing Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and tapping CIA Director Mike Pompeo to replace him. As a former Kansas Republican congressmember, Pompeo has a history of making Islamophobic statements. He's also been a major ally to the billionaire right-wing Koch brothers. For more, we speak with Lee Fang, investigative reporter with The Intercept. His 2016 piece is "Trump CIA Pick Mike Pompeo Depicted War on Terror as Islamic Battle Against Christianity."

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