Pompeo to give speech at Kansas State amid speculation of Senate run

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Source: axios



Jonathan Swan 6 hours ago


Add this nugget to your Mike Pompeo tea-leaf reader: The secretary of state, who Mitch McConnell hopes will resign to run for the open Kansas Senate seat in 2020, plans to return to Kansas in early September to give a speech at Kansas State University, according to two sources familiar with the secretary's schedule.

Between the lines: Pompeo's recent activity suggests a 2020 Senate run is far from "ruled out," as the secretary declared it was in February. (In July, Pompeo updated his position, telling a Kansas City radio station that he will "always leave open the possibility that something will change.&quot
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Read more: https://www.axios.com/mike-pompeo-kansas-senate-speech-4e13e593-7699-4d55-894a-4e6b9c52724d.html

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just put yourself out to pasture!

[RandySF]

1. I'll enjoy the cage match with Kobach.

[Maxheader]

2. Yeah, forgot

kohak is running for senate...Ole 10 hut might have a hard time dealing with a certified psycho..Maybe this will be the odd one where likes attract?

[bronxiteforever]

3. Pompeo is an epic failure at State

The enormous climate change denier downplayed climate change as a longstanding trend, suggesting that that modern societies could adapt to a changing environment, possibly with people moving to different places. “The climate's been changing a long time. There's always changes that take place," Pompeo said during an interview with the Washington Times published Friday, when asked whether he thought climate change was man-made and how best to address it. He did not mention anything about man-made pollution in his remarks.
"Societies reorganize, we move to different places, we develop technology and innovation," he added.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/07/politics/pompeo-climate-change-washington-times/index.html

I believe what Big Mike is trying to say here in his rudimentary language is that people will be climate refugees. That is pretty much what the Pentagon said in January. “The most comprehensive study done to assess the link between climate change, war and migration has confirmed that the warming planet is fueling conflicts that lead to more refugees.”

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-23/pentagon-fears-confirmed-climate-change-leads-to-war-refugees

But in Pompeo’s make believe world that will be just a fun trip to Wally World in the family truckster.