Why Colin Powell says he no longer considers himself a Republican

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell weighs in on conservative support for President Donald Trump, explaining to CNN's Fareed Zakaria why he can no longer consider himself a member of the Republican Party. #CNN #News

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  1. “America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will because we destroyed ourselves.”
    Abraham Lincoln

    1. @Random Internet User just because he has a new account or new channel doesn’t make him a troll. I delete my whole channel every now and again because I want as little as possible from my IP address left on google or any other internet sites for long.

    2. @Joanne Lucas . “The proof of the pudding is in the Eating.”🤪
      ,,, We all saw the millions of Trump’s voters protesting and everyone of those has sons/siblings in the US-Armed Force.😨
      ,,, “Ye Pao-Seng – Dead Tyrants Will Litter the Roads of America !😠 😡 🤬

    3. @uncle sam let me make this clear, we autistic people are NOT the result of some medical mistake! We are human beings who deserve better than to be cast as some deformed freak of science by a moronic conspiracy theory. The reason autistic nmembers have risen is that doctors have learned how to spot it more easily now than 30 years ago.

    1. @gracestar4all My reply was to yours regarding the Gadsden flag which is a Revolutionary War flag carried by the patriots in that war. All this “Flag of Satan” “Revelations” which you wrote is just a lot of religious bullsh!t.

      Are they insurrectionists or protestors? To be insurrectionists, they would have had to, by force, stop or prevent the exercise of lawful orders or powers. There is no proof beyond reasonable doubt that their intentions were other than protest. The congress evacuated out of precaution; but no one threatened any Member of Congress with force. They returned and then resumed business. They were not prevented.

      Of course, all criminal violations should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. But insurrection is a bit of a stretch when there is a more likely alternative explanation like protest gone awry. It is far more dangerous to freedom people throwing around accusations of insurrection to suppress protest than it is to protest.

    2. @Elizabeth Jacob . “The proof of the pudding is in the Eating.”🤪
      ,,, We all saw the millions of Trump’s voters protesting and everyone of those has sons/siblings in the US-Armed Force.😨
      ,,, “Ye Pao-Seng – Dead Tyrants Will Litter the Roads of America !😠 😡 🤬

    3. @John Hart The world government, it’s a big cancer, it’s clear.
      They poison us slowly with propaganda and food,
      That ignorance is the raw material for legal business
      And hold you down no matter how hard you pull.
      Pesticides, leave whole hectares arid
      So they give us sleeping pills so they don’t shake us.
      Over gas emissions leading to acid rain
      They have every interest in keeping us legal.
      Both major news agencies are theirs
      And even so, I’m worried about what I see on TV:
      From the Persian Gulf War to the bombings,
      The disaster in the Gulf of Mexico and others caused.
      Like the earthquake in Haiti
      Where I saw the invaders driving the rescue cars.
      The hunger for glory leads leaders to euphoria
      And they rush to write history.
      How many pollution assessments,
      When the authors do not know what to do in the sense of depopulation,
      That’s why the Policolor vapors gather in poisonous clouds
      And our airways.
      That’s why not only criminals, but also informants
      They do much better than farmers.
      Babylon lives, it’s nothing metaphorical
      It’s a draconian system and it spoils the value system.

      [CHORUS X2]
      Fears of deaf mermaids and cunning hyenas
      It leaves people with marks in their souls and veins.
      Babylon is eternal uncle, modern hell
      What is not created by the government, it creates governments.

      Genocide in Yugoslavia, slavery in China,

      Slaughter in Tibet, abuses in Palestine,
      The United States has taken Iraq and gasoline is in the air
      Plus Afghanistan and it’s in the air h *****.
      Yes, and so it was still missing from under the nose c ***** a
      And now I blame everyone when they blow the whistle.
      They’re still unhappy with how their car is pulling
      Only the Federal Reserve is pulling our curtains.
      When the fuses are fired and the bullets hiss
      No matter how much your cramps hold you, run as long as your legs hold.
      Death comes through the pipeline with oil
      And they have control over everything the basement has given us.
      And I give you whatever you want as long as you pay
      Even if you have grotesque desires, you can find everything you want,
      But he who loves God also honors his creation;
      That’s about it.
      They tend to educate the population when landmarks are bad
      And trouble is thick when you have bad models
      They make you think super models are chaste
      To give in to the children who give frustrated keys.
      They said it was nationalism and turned it into an occult,
      They said it was communism, and that was populism,
      They said it was capitalism and it was cannibalism,
      Whatever paradise they promised, they omitted the truth.
      Put it in your head!

      [CHORUS X2]
      Fears of deaf mermaids and cunning hyenas
      It leaves people with marks in their souls and veins.
      Babylon is eternal uncle, modern hell
      What is not created by the government, it creates governments.

    1. Exactly, so much foolishness.. Black or White…. It wasn’t a thing. Trump is bad politics gone wrong

  2. To Americans who say “These people don’t represent the party.”, go one step further: leave the party. Turn them in. Do something courageous.

    1. @Logic Police
      and according to you
      ‘Grow a brain’
      would mean:
      Little Logic
      Lots of Police
      Thought Police
      Exactly like the DemonRats prescribe?

    2. What about all the people who have been burning businesses, stealing and rioting for months before the election? What do you say to them and the democratic politicians who have let it happen?

  3. America needs to step forward, the two party system doesnt fit in this world anymore, people need alternatives.

    1. True. If the village 😂 people had taken the YMCA instead of the capitol this party could have ended happily. But noooooooooooo.

  4. He’s a “progressive” republican? 😂 there’s no such thing. The media has turned into opinion makers more then “real” news makers.

  5. “Politicians are a lot like diapers. They should be changed frequently, and for the same reasons.”

    ― Mark Twain

    1. @nizzam1 this quote is frequently misattibuted to Twain. We don’t really know where it came from, but it predates Twain

    2. @christian seroian Dems always raise taxes. Biden already said he would do away with Trumps tax plan in his first 100 days.

    3. @christian seroian they have to raise taxes to pay for all the “free” stuff they want to give away. And don’t be fooled when Biden says it isn’t that middle class that will pay for it.

  6. Round the table, given everyone a chance to lie in his face. They passed the test. You are the best monster ever

  7. You can’t move ahead without holding him and his follow terrorists to account.
    There is nothing without justice.

    1. What about all the people who have been burning businesses, stealing and rioting for months before the election? What do you say to them and the democratic politicians who have let it happen?

    1. This is the fundamental problem. You can’t shout ‘Fire’ in a crowded theater. Yet what Fox and others are doing is the same thing, except that the theater is the nation as a whole. They claim to be an entertainment channel, and the courts have even supported them in this. It’s crazy. These outlets are poisoning people’s minds, and destroying the country in plain sight. They are the enemy within.

    2. @Hunther Sisterinlaw – So, do you have any sence ot selfe aweness? Like, do you even understand the democratic process?

    3. What about all the people who have been burning businesses, stealing and rioting for months before the election? What do you say to them and the democratic politicians who have let it happen?

    1. What about all the people who have been burning businesses, stealing and rioting for months before the election? What do you say to them and the democratic politicians who have let it happen?

  8. Oh come on, Powell claiming he’s not a Republican anymore is like Groundhog Day. That ship sailed a long time ago. This is not news. Disingenuous.

    1. He was paid-off for his lie about Iraq weapons of mass-destruction, he got $50,000,000.00 for AIDS treatment in Africa

    2. @Kurt Vonfricken I loved John McCain and dearly miss him and I’m a “lefty”. But first I am a human being and Senator McCain was a good man.

  9. To Americans who say “These people don’t represent the party.”, go one step further: leave the party. Turn them in. Do something courageous.

    1. fk the party , represent the people, dont chase power and money . protect we the people that vote for you, dont ever betray us

    2. What about all the people who have been burning businesses, stealing and rioting for months before the election? What do you say to them and the democratic politicians who have let it happen?

  10. “Accountability” great answer, not just a GOP whitewash. Rebuild America as a law abiding nation where NOBODY is above the law.

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