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During a visit to London, Mike Pompeo called Jeremy Corbyn's opposition to U.S. stance on Venezuela 'disgusting'
Tim O'Donnell

The United States and the United Kingdom have no doubt had their differences in the past. But the longtime allies with a "special relationship" usually don't publicly bicker, even if it takes great restraint on either side.

Breaking with that diplomatic tradition, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday had some choice words for the U.K.'s Labour Party Leader, Jeremy Corbyn, Politico reports. Pompeo was asked about Corbyn's critique of "outside interference" in Venezuela and international support for opposition leader Juan Guaidó as he seeks to remove President Nicolás Maduro from power.

Pompeo said it was "disgusting" to see leaders, from anywhere in the world, support the "murderous dictator" Maduro. His comments came at the end of a joint press conference with his British counterpart, Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt, in London.

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