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By Sean Sullivan and
Josh Dawsey January 17 at 10:43 PM
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has personally courted Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to consider running for an open Senate seat in Kansas, according to people familiar with the effort, a move that could anger President Trump and further roil his tumultuous Cabinet.
Senate GOP leaders have been so dedicated to recruiting Pompeo that McConnell directly urged him to consider it in a recent telephone call, according to two people familiar with the conversation, which has not been previously reported.
By the time Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) announced this month that he was retiring, GOP leaders were eyeing Pompeo. In the hours ahead of Robertss announcement, their allies were talking up Pompeo.
But Trump does not want to lose Pompeo and sees him as his favorite Cabinet member, according to two people familiar with his thinking. It was unclear whether he was aware of the conversation between McConnell and Pompeo. A White House representative did not immediately respond late Thursday to a request for comment.
Pompeo, who has risen through the ranks in Washington from congressman to CIA director and now the head of the State Department, has not publicly ruled out a run.
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Iliyah
(25,111 posts)SOS because of t-rump's (hoping earlier departure) from the USA.
Siwsan
(26,333 posts)Fingers crossed his worries won't be in vain. More fingers crossed that the same will happen to Mitch's seat.
bdamomma
(63,974 posts)may be going blue too. He needs to go, all of the repigs who are involved with Russian interference need to go.
beachbum bob
(10,437 posts)about any other GOP candidate, especially if the field is crowded/ McConnel KNOWS that a Kobach candidacy is another very likely democratic pickup in Kansas
C_U_L8R
(45,040 posts)Do you think the Orange L'oaf will get the hint?
democratisphere
(17,235 posts)Just the kind of guy Moscow Mitch would love to control.
bullwinkle428
(20,631 posts)Golden Raisin
(4,619 posts)but not to re-open Government. Total partisan hack and scumbag.