Mike Pompeo campaigns for midterms and mulls a presidential run — "The Takeout"
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Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is considering a run for president as he travels around the country supporting Republican candidates in 2022 midterm races.
"We're doing the kinds of things one might do, at least as we see it, to get ready for that moment," Pompeo said. "But it doesn't mean we've made our decision."
On "The Takeout" podcast this week, Pompeo told CBS News chief Washington correspondent Major Garrett that the operation he's using to campaign for candidates this fall would form the infrastructure of a presidential campaign, should he choose to run.
We just had another election with a clear and verifiable victor, overseen by hundreds of thousands of election officials. Those public servants have suffered years of harassment, and despite their successes, are still being accused of taking part in a massive and impossible conspiracy — a conspiracy led by the party out of power to steal an election and cover up all evidence.
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