Why Colin Powell says he no longer considers himself a Republican

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

50 Comments

  1. mikewinburn on January 21, 2021 at 1:43 am

    i most recently filed to change my party from republican as well. I was a member of the party since i cast my first vote in 1984.. and did so until 2016. But, as of 2019, i was convinced i have no affinity to what the party has become and aspire to.
    Its okay for them to stay like they are, its just moved away from what i can claim affinity with.
    So it goes. no big deal.

  2. Captain Pearly on January 21, 2021 at 1:44 am

    He’s a clone, why is he in a plain suit? trying to hard too.

  3. ROXANA G. PEREZ on January 21, 2021 at 1:45 am

    I LOVE YOUR SPEECH,WE WANT A PRESIDENT LIKE YOU AND MORE COLOR PEOPLE TO WORK TOGETHER,
    AMEN 🙂 THANK YOU,

  4. Jesse Seale on January 21, 2021 at 1:48 am

    I’m a liberal democrat and I admired Colin Powell.

  5. David R. Stone on January 21, 2021 at 1:51 am

    Wow ! 😳 “Let’s be realistic," Chuck Todd said on his Meet the Press Daily program. "Biden’s first crucial task is to vaccinate America, to fulfill that promise to get 100 million vaccinations in his first 100 days."

    "The ultimate success or failure of his presidency may hinge simply on that one promise," the MSNBC host continued. "And it might be his only way to immediately begin cauterizing American’s social, economic and political wounds."

    "Let’s put it this way. If Biden wants to succeed, he has to fulfill that first vaccination promise," Todd added. "If Biden doesn’t get it right, he will have failed on the job he was elected to do." I bet incompetent Joe Biden won’t even come close; besides he’s going to be a one term president if he isn’t replaced because of the senility before 4- years are up.

  6. Jim Williams Jim Williams on January 21, 2021 at 1:51 am

    TRUMP SHOULD STAY IN WHITE HOUSE AND INVOKE PEAD LAWS AND LOCK UP 1,000,000 COMMUNISTS AND DEMOCRATS TO START.

  7. Tung Luong on January 21, 2021 at 1:56 am

    I am with you GENERAL!. Thank you for your contribution. Please keep it up.

  8. J T on January 21, 2021 at 1:56 am

    Powell is not a patriot… there are plenty of treasons solders and those like powell that will rot in hell.

  9. Ghost Ghost on January 21, 2021 at 1:57 am
  10. Jim Williams Jim Williams on January 21, 2021 at 1:58 am

    China Joe Biden said " he would have the Army drag Trump out of the White House" the stupid bastard need Army to keep him in, after Biden knew he could not win election he had to steal it with communists help.

  11. Ilea Vazan on January 21, 2021 at 2:00 am

    the swamp is deep…it’s time for the accountability !!!

  12. John Penn on January 21, 2021 at 2:04 am

    Mr. Powell is a little older and more vigilant than I was when "trump" said that Mr. Obama wasn’t an American, but meant that Mr. Obama wasn’t a part of "their america" (white america)! It’s shocking that we still have to deal with people him who "still" want an all-white "america"! Take your hoods and go "back" to the shadows, we’ve gotten way beyond your lunacy…"GOOD" BYE!

  13. ipressedabutton on January 21, 2021 at 2:04 am

    2:25 wasnt it reagan that said "monkeys from african countries" in his leaked call.

  14. Jim Williams Jim Williams on January 21, 2021 at 2:05 am

    You stole the election the whole world watched you prevented Congress from presenting evidence by staging attack.

  15. Ricky J on January 21, 2021 at 2:05 am

    the bush government is been over for years

  16. Lawrence Kenchen on January 21, 2021 at 2:06 am

    It’s called the Second Amendment! Powell is a sellout, he should go away.

  17. Chengfu Saechao on January 21, 2021 at 2:07 am

    & 45%of celebrities who
    Voted for trump..i wonder
    What they think about
    D.Trump.LMFAO…..
    JAN 6 2021 big FIASCO

  18. Andre Coleman on January 21, 2021 at 2:08 am

    I think Colin is living in a dream world, talk to the Trump people? please! The country has a deep fissure, something is deeply amiss, it cant be solved by reasoning with each other. they know they lost the election, that didn’t matter. These people are willing to burn the building down – "If we cant have it, you wont have it either" Its sad but when its this bad, you either have a war or divide and go your separate ways. Lets hope Biden can do more that stave off the inevitable.

  19. Roger JP on January 21, 2021 at 2:10 am

    Good on you, Colin.

    Republicans propelled Donald Trump a long with Fox News, Twitter, far right groups and other delusional and ignorant souls.

    African Americans who supported and may still support DT should hang their head in shame. Martin Luther King must be spinning in his grave!

    How can black people support a man who is supported by the KKK – unbelievable. DT did achieve something; he united ignorant people from all races!

  20. Blue ZenCat on January 21, 2021 at 2:11 am

    Stop the Invasion from Communist China – – – *Pompeo for 2024*

  21. Bob Wardrop on January 21, 2021 at 2:11 am

    another lair….

  22. Carlos Surpris on January 21, 2021 at 2:12 am

    Trump is dust in the wind, nothing to make waves in God’s Kingdom !!!

  23. ZOHAR SUTTON on January 21, 2021 at 2:14 am

    Yeah Mr. Powell we have to bring in all those 75 Million deplorable such as myself who voted for Trump to see it the right way which is our way. That will never happen!!!

  24. Michelle Dax on January 21, 2021 at 2:15 am
  25. Barking dog. on January 21, 2021 at 2:15 am

    Is this the guy that performed that magnificent lie at the UN to justify war on Iraq. Yeah we should listen to him! Not!

  26. ipressedabutton on January 21, 2021 at 2:16 am

    2:31 how can americans "feel strongly" about the country, when they dont even own a 2 foot x 2 foot square of land under their own feet. ?? i’ll actually own more when im dead, than when im alive.. who can i thank for that ??

  27. Kevin Ander on January 21, 2021 at 2:16 am

    Colin Powell has always been a traitor.

  28. Martha Newport on January 21, 2021 at 2:17 am

    I’m glad you don’t. You never was one.

  29. anthony butto on January 21, 2021 at 2:17 am

    Real Americans are needed to tell the truth I hear, and what is truth I’m left wondering it’d be the answer everyone is seeking to know; or are there people that can’t handle the truth; or do people only just care about fattening up their own wallet with their own money. What a messed up world we live in, where is the saying, "love thy neighbor, action speaks louder than words." I think there’s to much jealousy going on, where in the midst of a pack of wolves.

  30. Minimax on January 21, 2021 at 2:18 am

    Powell is something between a tragic figure and a war criminal. you choose.

  31. b3arbait on January 21, 2021 at 2:18 am

    "We’re all small d people"
    Speak for yourself General Powell.

  32. Faisal Al-Mobarak on January 21, 2021 at 2:19 am

    liar interviewing a liar = that’s your media

  33. laeeque nadvi on January 21, 2021 at 2:21 am

    Fears that those entrusted with guarding the American leadership may be infected with extremist ideology. Some were found involved in the storming of the US Capitol.

    An inside hit of the kind that killed many world’s leaders by their own
    bodyguards. John F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963

    Such a possibility would worry the US security personnel. An allegation that extends to even some extreme right-wing Republican lawmakers.

  34. Allyson Young on January 21, 2021 at 2:23 am

    In Australia, after the Tasmanian mass murder, the conservative government immediately ordered a dumping of all fire arms with a compensation. Australians rose to the call and we have not had a mass murder and that was about 30 years ago. We have little fear of guns as owning one is very strange. I am in my 60s and I have never met a person who owned a gun except a second cousin who is a policeman.

  35. Randall Mellott on January 21, 2021 at 2:23 am

    Oh no now the world will end. Much respect for Colin Powell no matter what Party he may chose.

  36. Bianca Li on January 21, 2021 at 2:24 am

    How can he so sure Trump must be out of his office ? Powell is still have power ? This election is fradulent…. this is illegal for sure….are you lying too ? Feeling disappointed CNN big media news report taking wrong side…. twisted news….

  37. Linda Randolph on January 21, 2021 at 2:24 am

    Yesssssd

  38. Pakistan Politics on January 21, 2021 at 2:26 am

    Why can’t America have healing and accountability together? The Allied powers were able to hold the Nuremburg trials and carry out de-nazification without compromising Germany’s recovery from World War 2.

  39. H on January 21, 2021 at 2:27 am

    joe biden will be a illegitimate president
    IMPEACH joe biden " Rigged" presidential election
    joe" Beijing" biden will never be my president
    America On The Brink Of Civil War 2.0

  40. Brian Farrington on January 21, 2021 at 2:28 am

    I should do a video entitled, "Why no one should give a fuck why this dirtbag considers himself anything other than a dirtbag".
    Colin Powell was G. Bush’s non-black token black, and never did anything to stand up against Imperialism, Corruption, Cronyism, Corporate Welfare, and the Military Industrial Complex.

    He’s an enemy of equality, democracy, and justice.

  41. Losaiko Biden WON!!! on January 21, 2021 at 2:31 am

    America is a melting pot. Nobody speaks of the plaque on the Statue of Liberty.

  42. Tracey Thompson on January 21, 2021 at 2:32 am

    Took you long enough, Brethren.

  43. Fou Mas on January 21, 2021 at 2:33 am

    The 2 party dictatorship, both strongly influenced by THE Z Lobby

  44. sebastian ward on January 21, 2021 at 2:33 am

    Colin Powell needed the insurrection to denouce Trump. I didnt hear him before now.

  45. Mr Sporty on January 21, 2021 at 2:33 am

    Democracy in US is a joke 😂

  46. No Name on January 21, 2021 at 2:35 am

    No more bullshit from lying reporters. Here is the truth they are hiding from Americans:

    There was election interference by Italy. The hacker is in custody and has signed an affidavit (below) swearing to it. Trump has had a copy of this affidavit since Christmas. So then, what do you think inauguration day will be like?

    https://www.reddit.com/r/anarchogeoism/comments/ks3mfl/affidavit_from_arturo_delia_claims_delia_under/

  47. Justice 007 on January 21, 2021 at 2:35 am

    Iiars cnn are the demons we know the truth no matter how long you plan on censoring people or hidding the truth the declassified info says enough .

  48. Kelly Hunt on January 21, 2021 at 2:36 am

    TRUMP DIDNT DRAIN THE SWAMP HE WALLOWED IN IT WITH THE OTHER SLIMEBALLS AND RUMP SMOOCHERS

  49. Chris Rieger on January 21, 2021 at 2:39 am

    I never considered him a republican anyways

  50. Between The Lines on January 21, 2021 at 2:40 am

    Accountability needs to start with Colin Powel for the imperialist war in Iraq based on LIES, claiming that Saddam had weapons of mass destruction, while the weapons were in Washington D.C. Democrats are Marxist, liberal, progressive dictators. Don’t blame that mess in America on Donald Trump, a president for 4 year while all is haters have been in government for decades.

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