Pompeo says Capitol riot have not turned U.S. into `banana republic`
(FOX News Politics)

`The slander reveals a faulty understanding of banana republics and of democracy in America,` Pompeo tweeted in a thread Thursday evening. `In a banana republic, mob violence determines the exercise of power.  In the United States, law enforcement officials quash mob violence so that the people`s representatives can exercise power in accordance with the rule of law and constitutional government.`