WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell that he will not run for an open Senate seat from Kansas this fall, two people close to McConnell said Monday. Pompeo’s decision complicates the GOP’s chances of holding what should be a guaranteed seat in the deep red state.
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The news comes days after the U.S. used an airstrike authorized by President Donald Trump to kill Qassem Soleimani, Iran’s most powerful general and leader of that country’s elite Quds Force. Iran has vowed revenge on the U.S., making it an uncomfortable time for Pompeo to leave his post.
Pompeo indicated that he will not run in a conversation with McConnell on Monday afternoon, the two people say. They spoke on condition of anonymity to describe a private talk.
Pompeo, a former congressman from Kansas, has traveled repeatedly to the state in recent months, and many Washington Republicans had expressed a belief that he would be a candidate. If he ran, he was considered all but certain to prevail in the GOP primary and the November general election.
Now, Republicans worry that former Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, a polarizing conservative, could win the GOP nomination. GOP officials worry that if Kobach is the nominee, they would lose the general election, repeating the defeat he suffered in 2018 when he was the Republican candidate for governor.
Republicans consider retaining the Kansas seat crucial in this fall’s voting, when they will defend their 53-47 Senate majority. The seat is being vacated by GOP Sen. Pat Roberts, 83, who’s served in the Senate since 1997 and, before that, in the House since 1981.
Pompeo’s conversation with McConnell was first reported by The New York Times.
Sec of Snake Pomposity is the liar who said he didn’t know about the imperfect call trumpf made to Ukraine, except that he was on the call. No lie is too big for either one. Now they’re lying us into an unnecessary WAR with Iran, with Israel as a prime target.
Bomb the heck out of Iran, now!!
Then say it was because of a video. If Suzy Rice can pull it off, so can we , doesnt have to make sense. You’re not worried about Israel. Stop lying.
Good luck with whatever you decide, Mr. Secty.
You were a breath of fresh air in a Washington sewer.
“Clint Eastwood”: .. worth reading his comment .. very eye opening …
“I love when people call Trump Stupid..
You mean the multi-billionaire who kicked every Democrats butt, buried 16 career Republican politicians, and continues to make fools out of once reputable news organizations ..
You mean the guy who won the presidency?
You mean the guy with the super model wife?
You mean the guy whose words alone put a massive slow down on illegal border crossings?
You mean the guy whose mere presence made the stock market smash its previous records?
You mean the guy who created 1 million jobs in his first 7 months in office?
Are you sure you even know what it is you’re resisting?
Are you sure you back a party that enables the decimation of every core principal of Christianity?
Are you sure you back a party that voted 100% against the abolition of slavery?
Are you sure you really take a politician like Maxine Waters seriously?
Are you sure you don’t see anything wrong with someone who has a 40 yr career as a public servant living in a $4.5 mansion representing a district she doesn’t even live in?
Are you sure you see nothing wrong or peculiar about Hillary Clinton a woman being involved in politics for the last 30 yrs having a net worth of $240 million?
Are you sure you’re not just basing your opinion on hatred spewed by a crooked paid for media platform?
Could you even tell me 5 things the Democratic Party has done to improve you’re day to day prosperity as a hard working American citizen?
Probably not..
Do you realize the debacle you are sending your children into once they become adults by continuing to support a political party that has done nothing for the poor except kept them poor, gave them free abortions, and a few hundred a month to keep food in their fridge?
The prosperity and safety of its citizens is job one of your government.
Get with the program.
Everyone else has horribly failed you!
Smarten up and take a position for the sake of your children.
I promise you a country full of illegal immigrants, abortions, $15 an hour jobs, and non-gender specific people aren’t gonna make your country and life any more prosperous.
Rosie, Madonna, Katy Perry, and Robert Deniro are not just like you. They don’t have to live through the real world day to day disparity of an average American.
Men don’t hate women, white people don’t hate black people, and Donald Trump is not a racist.
Stop allowing yourself to be brainwashed by a party that has continuously failed you.
Be about your prosperity, your safety, your children, and an America First mindset.
Dump these crooked politicians that have stunted your growth.
Dump these crooked politicians that have stunted your children’s growth.
Toughen up, take a stand, and act like a proud American.
See the spirit of Trump supporting and freedom loving Americans and just imagine where we could be as a country if everyone had the same priorities”
goldinamedina= wow,you’re spot on! I thought I was the only one who realized that trumpf,pomposity,etc are lying scum and obama,hillary,kerry,brennan ,comey,nadler,schiff,pelosi,strok,schumer,etc etc are towering symbols of virtue!!
Thank you for taking out the Iranian terrrorist who was also responsible for murdering his own people. The Iranian people thank you too , despite the insane appeasers .
I find it amusing when I see someone using name call and denigration as an argument.
You should dial back your hatred a bit.
It might give you a clearer mind.
H’mmm I wonder if you’re a democrat or republican.
Attention GoldinaMedina go back to iran and stay off the frum websites no one needs to hear your anti frum anti moral anti semitic rants
Like in the IMPEACHMENT not one troll can defend the orange yutz. Half the dummies on VIN still think the Iranians are ‘arabs’. The others are busy w Obama Derangement Syndrome and ‘meds’ and fox news spin. Anyone out there able to think for themselves? Maybe John Bolton can help you. Your Rav can’t.
GoldinaMedina although on the highest dose of meds still not kicken it … perhaps a change of prescription might be effective as the old stuff just ain’t workin