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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMike Pompeo Is Searching for a Safe Exit From State Ahead of Senate Run, GOP Sources Say
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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has told three prominent Republicans in recent weeks that he plans to resign from the Trump Administration to run for the U.S. Senate from Kansas in next years elections. The problem: how to get out in one piece.
Pompeos plan had been to remain at the State Department until early spring next year, the three Republicans tell TIME, but recent developments, including the House impeachment inquiry, are hurting him politically and straining his relationship with Trump.
So Pompeo is rethinking his calendar, say the top Republicans, one who served in the Trump Administration, another who remains in government, and a third who served in several high-ranking posts and is active in GOP politics. The timing of Pompeos resignation now will be decided by his ability to navigate the smoothest possible exit from the administration, the three Republicans say.
There is no indication whether Pompeo has discussed his plans with President Trump. Rumors of a Pompeo Senate campaign have circulated for months, and while Pompeo has said repeatedly that he has no intention of running, he has not ruled out a race. Pompeo aides previously have denied he was planning to step down. They declined to comment on the record for this story.
Pompeos plan had been to remain at the State Department until early spring next year, the three Republicans tell TIME, but recent developments, including the House impeachment inquiry, are hurting him politically and straining his relationship with Trump.
So Pompeo is rethinking his calendar, say the top Republicans, one who served in the Trump Administration, another who remains in government, and a third who served in several high-ranking posts and is active in GOP politics. The timing of Pompeos resignation now will be decided by his ability to navigate the smoothest possible exit from the administration, the three Republicans say.
There is no indication whether Pompeo has discussed his plans with President Trump. Rumors of a Pompeo Senate campaign have circulated for months, and while Pompeo has said repeatedly that he has no intention of running, he has not ruled out a race. Pompeo aides previously have denied he was planning to step down. They declined to comment on the record for this story.
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Mike Pompeo Is Searching for a Safe Exit From State Ahead of Senate Run, GOP Sources Say (Original Post)
hlthe2b
Nov 2019
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mucifer
(23,521 posts)1. Morning Joe just said they think Sonland is gonna implicate Pompeo
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)7. Yep an NYTimes piece hits him hard today and Sondland will bury him
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The trump trash train destroys another career. He won't be able to win the Senate seat by the time this is over.
Unclephil
(92 posts)2. Leavenworth is safe
and in Kansas
Phoenix61
(16,999 posts)3. I like the way you think. nt
Mike 03
(16,616 posts)6. Nailed it.
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)8. A good choice
I can also think of a nice federal facility in a more tropical zone that comes with lots of warm weather.
OnDoutside
(19,949 posts)5. He must be exposed and blocked from running for the Senate. I hope Sonland implicates him today.