Former Obama U.N. Ambassador Trashes Pompeo For Being “Overtly Religiousâ€https://hotair.com/archives/karen-townsend/2020/08/26/former-obama-u-n-ambassador-trashes-pompeo-overtly-religious/Obama’s former U.N. ambassador, Susan Rice, was interviewed on Rachel Maddow’s show on MSNBC. Rice was brought on to criticize Pompeo’s decision to deliver a speech from Jerusalem in support of President Trump’s re-election during the convention coverage Tuesday night. But, Rice was also allowed to work in her personal opinion of Pompeo’s performance in his role, as it pertains to his religious faith. He talks about it sometimes, you know. It’s “problematic†that he is “overtly religiousâ€. She had to channel a New York Times piece from 2019 to go there, yet she did.
“Mike Pompeo has been an overtly religious secretary of state, which in itself is problematic because again he’s supposed to represent all of America, all of our religions,†Rice told MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow.
Pompeo has often spoken publicly about his Christian faith, saying in May that he reads both his Bible and intelligence reports in the morning.
Rice’s criticism echoes a New York Times “news analysis†piece from 2019 where correspondent Edward Wong wrote that Pompeo talking about Christianity and foreign policy has “increasingly raised questions about the extent to which evangelical beliefs are influencing American diplomacy.â€
US Constitution Article 6,
https://usconstitution.net/xconst_A6.html :
... but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States.
