Fox News reporting on the 2024 election shares Mike Pompeos announcement on Friday that he will not be seeking the presidential nomination in 2024 from the Republican party.
The former Secretary of State said, Susan and I have concluded, after much consideration and prayer, that I will not present myself as a candidate to become President of the United States in the 2023 election.
Pompeos statement described the decision as personal and the time is not right for me and my family. To those of you this announcement disappoints, my apologies. And to those of you this thrills, know that Im 59 years old. There remains many more opportunities for which the timing might be more fitting as presidential leadership becomes even more necessary.
Although Pompeo had considered a presidential bid and participated in more public events, in recent months, his presence in public has become less frequent. He visited early primary states as other presidential hopefuls made their moves. His travel schedule included a visit to Ukraine rather than a visit to Iowa.
Recently, a close person who had direct knowledge of several conversations told NBC News that Pompeo had begun laying the groundwork with state activists indicating his run for the 2024 presidential race would not happen.
The unidentified person said, Money is definitely an issue, and it seems like his announcement window passed. And whats his lane? Foreign policy - but Nikki Haley has had a great rollout and is already harnessing that lane and has the donors lined up.
Friday, Pompeo gave a 30-second video message to guests at the annual conference of National Rifle Association annual conference in Indianapolis.
Last month, Pompeo expressed his disappointment with the GOPs less-than-impressive midterm results last month, saying, We should have won big. Losing is bad because losing is bad. But the principles that we stand for are whats really at risk... The problem is that the losses are a symptom of something much bigger. I think its a crisis in conservatism. We have lost confidence that we are right.
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