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brooklynite

(93,844 posts)
Thu May 14, 2020, 09:19 PM May 2020

Trump encourages Pompeo to run for Senate but Secretary of State rebuffs him

Source: Washington Post

President Trump recently encouraged Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to reconsider running for the U.S. Senate in Kansas but Pompeo rebuffed the request, according to two people familiar with the conversation.

Trump spoke to Pompeo about making a bid for the seat during a one-on-one meeting at the White House about two weeks ago, both people said, suggesting that Pompeo could definitely keep the seat for Republicans if he ran.

Trump’s request underscores the growing nervousness among Republicans that they could lose control of the Senate in this fall’s election and that a once safe Kansas seat could now be in play.

The president has received regular updates from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and other political advisers about the worsening political landscape in the Senate, according to Trump advisers, who, like others, spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe private discussions. The president is regularly presented polling data about competitive Senate races.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-encourages-pompeo-to-run-for-senate-but-secretary-of-state-rebuffs-him/2020/05/14/16e23fc4-9563-11ea-8107-acde2f7a8d6e_story.html



Bring on Chris Kobach...
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Trump encourages Pompeo to run for Senate but Secretary of State rebuffs him (Original Post) brooklynite May 2020 OP
KR! Cha May 2020 #1
Something's going on in Pompeo's head that discourages him bucolic_frolic May 2020 #2
Little Donny filled his Pampeo again Blue Owl May 2020 #3
I'm not Rebl2 May 2020 #4

bucolic_frolic

(42,663 posts)
2. Something's going on in Pompeo's head that discourages him
Thu May 14, 2020, 09:44 PM
May 2020

This is not the first time during the past year that his name has been floated for high office. He doesn't flesh out his refusal to run.

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