Former Secretary of State Colin Powell has abandoned the GOP saying he no longer considers himself a Republican following last week’s attack on the Capitol.
Powell, a republican who endorsed Jo Biden for president, also said Trump should resign immediately just as Richard Nixon did following the Watergate scandal.
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During Fareed Zakaria GPS on Sunday Powell was asked whether fellow Republicans, who had not criticized President Trump in the days since, were ‘encouraging this wildness to grow and grow’
Breitbart reports: Powell responded in his opinion “they did, and that’s why I can no longer call myself a Republican.” He said:
I’m not a fellow of anything right now. I’m just a citizen who has voted Republican, voted Democrat throughout my entire career, and right now I’m just watching my country and not concerned with parties.
I do not know how he was able to attract all of these people. They should have known better, but they were so taken by their political standing and how none of them wanted to put themselves at political risk. They would not stand up and tell the truth or stand up and criticize him, or criticize others.
Powell’s denouncement of the GOP was the second time in less than a week he has entered the national political fray.
In the wake of the assault on the Capitol, Powell wished Trump would resign from office sooner rather than later.
“I wish he would just do what [former President] Nixon did, and that’s step down,” Powell told NBC’s “Today” show. “Somebody ought to go up there and tell him, ‘It’s over. The plane’s waiting for you. You’re out.’”
“That way, he would not only step down; he would in addition sort of cut the guts out from underneath this group of people he has working for him,” he continued.
In August last year, Powell endorsed Joe Biden, calling him “a president we will all be proud to salute,” while just the week before he called Trump “dangerous” to the country during a TV interview, as Breitbart News reported.
On that occasion Powell said, “I never believed that the constitution was under threat until recently. I have concerns about that. We should all be attentive right now to how the rule of law is being administered in this country.”
He continued, “We have a constitution. We have to follow that constitution. The president’s drifted away from it. I’m so proud of what these generals and admirals have done, and others have done.”
Powell, 83, served as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and national security adviser in the 1980s and 1990s.
After retiring from the military in 1996 he joined the Republican Party and at one point was mooted as a possible presidential contender.
He was secretary of state under President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2005.
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He was always a Democrat, Claims he is a Republican to try to Trick Republicans into being Progressives.
Powell is an Affirmative Action maroon.
Republican and democrat are both nonsense titles used to control the average person and lead them where the illuminati satanists want them. All industries have been taken over at the top, including the churches sadly. The leading doctors, scientists, politicians, actors, athletes are in their positions most often because they are controllable and often come from illuminati bloodlines. The only truth is in the king james bible. Beware of the wolves
Matthew 7:15
“Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.”
Acts 20:29 – For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.
Ezekiel 22:27 – Her princes in the midst thereof [are] like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, [and] to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.
You never were….that’s why your own run for President failed.
you can no longer call yourself an American, you commie pig
Oh as if hes an innocent Knowing nothing of the true nature of political 7nteugues and disingenuities What a deceiving liar fraud and false pretender he always was He and his crew were why I was never a republican .He thinks we the people are all fools ,were all born yesterday And for the most part hes right in effect but that’s only because the media owners swap teams to deceive the people more effectively Like a chameleon they change their image But not their nature .
Powell is a Rino. This deep state goon caused lied to get us into more wars, Thousands of u.s. deaths are on his head. Sickening jacka$$.
That ship sailed when he endorsed Obama the first time.
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Please! You were disqualified from even calling yourself an American at all a long time ago.
Mr. Yellowcake himself…..
Gee, we’re gonna cry ourselves to sleep, ColOn……You NEVER were one!
Why does this purportedly Conservative site embed Liberal talking points in it’s articles? There was no ‘attack’ on Washington or our Capital. This is dangerous nonsense speech started by our Liberal overlords. Widely repeated even here? Ominous.
Good riddance you bastard commie
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