If there was ever any doubt about Mike Pompeo’s political intentions, the former secretary of state reassured them Friday by becoming the first big-name Republican to meet voters in Iowa this year and the foundation for a major potential initiative.
Speaking near Des Moines in Urbandale, Iowa, Mr. Pompeo sent his remarks largely to the Conservative West Club in an attempt to win a Republican majority in Congress in the 202 midterm elections. But his breakfast speech was full of reference to a major campaign in 2024 – a race conducted by Mr. Pompeo never refused to take a look.
“These elections in 2022 will have a huge impact on how 2024 also ultimately goes, which is why I am out here today,” said Mr. Pompeo. to the small crowd, according to Fox News. “That’s why I’m going to continue to go out and campaign.”
“If we get 2022 right, 2024 will solve itself,” Mr. Pompeo said.
The former top representative – who was also CIA director of former President Donald J. Trump before becoming secretary of state in 2018 – also plans to speak to a Republican in New Hampshire on Monday on a call video to a fundraiser for a state Housing Advocate.
Iowa and New Hampshire are the first two states to cast votes in primary school campaigns in recent election circles. Mr. Pompeo said he also helps Republicans in Texas, Nebraska and Alabama.
While at the State Department, Mr. Pompeo did not reveal much secrecy about his political aspirations.
He was the first sitting secretary of state in modern history to address a party’s national convention, a platform he would use to introduce himself to a domestic audience while he was on a taxpayer-funded diplomatic trip to Jerusalem last August. He also held about two dozen dinners in the region, over two years, for foreign policy talks with American business leaders and political conservatives who would be the key supporters in future campaigns.
In the two months since leaving office, Mr. Pompeo has repeatedly criticized Biden ‘s administrative policies on a number of issues, including China, immigration and aid to Palestinians. (However, it has become clear from direct criticism of his successor, Antony J. Blinken, the current secretary of state.) Pompeo has also focused on social issues, e.g. transgender athletes and here it is eliminate culture shift, to firmly establish bona fides.
He has accepted Mr. Mantra Trump de “America first“And on Friday he told the breakfast crowd in Iowa that” America is the country that will come out in a way that will bring good results to our people and to people all over the world – and will that’s because of the good work that we’ve done we all do. “
Ironically, in an interview with Fox News earlier in the week, Mr. Trump did not mention his former secretary of state in calculating the Republicans he believes the party’s future holds.