{"id":356458,"date":"2018-04-12T21:14:11","date_gmt":"2018-04-12T20:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/code-pink-protester-removed-from-pompeo-hearing-arrested-rt-us-news\/"},"modified":"2018-04-12T21:14:11","modified_gmt":"2018-04-12T20:14:11","slug":"code-pink-protester-removed-from-pompeo-hearing-arrested-rt-us-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/code-pink-protester-removed-from-pompeo-hearing-arrested-rt-us-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Code pink protester removed from Pompeo hearing &arrested \u2014 RT US News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A \u2018Code Pink’ protester was removed from Mike Pompeo\u2019s confirmation hearing for his new appointment as Secretary of State. She told RT that as a former diplomat she thought that Pompeo was not fit for the job. <\/p>\n

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A number of Code Pink protesters, dressed in pink, held up signs demonstrating against Trump\u2019s choice. \u201cNo more wars, no Pompeo<\/em>,\u201d they chanted. One of the women protesting, Ann Wright, was removed from the room as she shouted, \u201cHe\u2019s no diplomat!<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n

Wright was handcuffed and brought to jail where she was charged with \u2018blocking passage.\u2019 She spoke to RT moments after her release.\u00a0\u201cI\u2019m a former diplomat, I served as a diplomat for 16 years, and resigned in opposition to the war in Iraq<\/em>,\u201d Wright told RT. \u201cSo to have someone like Pompeo nominated as secretary of state is just abhorrent to me as a professional person. This is not the kind of person that we need to be representing the United States<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Code Pink protested Pompeo over his advocacy for military intervention and his wish to dismantle the Iran nuclear deal, which they feel would \u201cbring the US closer to war, and could destroy diplomatic talks with North Korea<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Via RT<\/a>. This piece was reprinted by RINF Alternative News<\/a> with permission or license.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A \u2018Code Pink’ protester was removed from Mike Pompeo\u2019s confirmation hearing for his new appointment as Secretary of State. She told RT that as a former diplomat she thought that Pompeo was not fit for the job. A number of Code Pink protesters, dressed in pink, held up signs demonstrating against Trump\u2019s choice. \u201cNo more […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":356459,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[519],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-356458","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-newswire"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=356458"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356458\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/356459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=356458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=356458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=356458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}