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.
Trumps request underscores the growing nervousness among Republicans that they could lose control of the Senate in this falls 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...
bucolic_frolic
(43,192 posts)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.
Blue Owl
(50,427 posts)n/t
Rebl2
(13,525 posts)sure he could win in KS now.