By David Brunnstrom and Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON, April 15 (Reuters) – The U.S. envoy to the United Nations, Mike Waltz, appeared to torpedo the candidacy of former Chilean President Michelle Bachelet to be the next leader of the world body on Wednesday by saying he shared a U.S. senator’s concerns about her fitness for the job. At a U.S. Senate committee hearing, Republican Senator Pete Ricketts of Nebraska charged that Bachelet had pulle…
Mike Waltz supported Republican senators' criticism of the former Chilean president, questioning her stance on abortion and her 2022 report on Uighurs in China.