Pompeo Dashes McConnell’s Dreams: Running For Senate Is ‘Ruled Out’

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) dreams of bringing his buddy Secretary of State Mike Pompeo into the majority fold have been dashed.

During an interview with the “Today” show on Thursday, Pompeo appeared to dodge questions about whether he’s mulling running for Senate in Kansas in 2020 before flatly declaring he’s not doing it.

“It’s ruled out,” he said.

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  1. Why would Pompeo run for the Senate in 2020? He knows it’ll be a massive blue wave that could even reach Kansas.

  2. I’m confused. Are we transitioning to the stage of the story where Yertle the Turtle lifted his hand, and Yertle the Turtle gave a command, because if Pompeo is the belch that crashes the king of the sky to the king of the mud then I think we all owe him a round of drinks.

  3. From your keyboard to doG’s monitor!

  4. You had me at

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