Mike Pompeo: "We were told we’d get tired of winning. But I’m tired of losing."

[Alben Barkley]

https://twitter.com/mikepompeo/status/1593652158754324480?s=20&t=m2GRmUfzVHn...

This Republican Civil War is going to be the most entertaining thing ever.

[Inmate Trump]

So he's a candidate in 2024.

Should be fun to watch him call out his former boss in a debate...if Trump even shows up to any debates. I can see him sitting them out because he thinks he should be given the nomination rather than earn it.

[Comrade Funk]

Average of 1.3%. Out months before Iowa. Next.

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

Mike.Pompeo as a presidential candidate will likely be a nothing burger.

Mike Pompeo as one more moderately well known Republican throwing a well-aimed stone at Trump may end up being part of an avalanche that buries the former resident.

[Ferguson97]

Wow, Republicans are really gonna make the same mistake that they did in 2026, and fail to consolidate behind one non-Trump candidate…

[President Johnson]

Larry Hogan said the exact same on CNN recently. Kinda funny how all these Republicans start echoing Trump's own words against him here.

[Alben Barkley]

Wow, Republicans are really gonna make the same mistake that they did in 2026, and fail to consolidate behind one non-Trump candidate…

The thing is I'm not sure how much the non-DeSantis guys matter. It's not like last time where there wasn't a clear single alternative. You'll have others like Pompeo, Pence, Hogan, perhaps Cheney, Haley run, but they'll collectively get a much smaller share of the vote than Rubio, Kasich, Jeb!, Cruz, etc. all combined did. It will be a field of two major candidates and a handful of minor candidates who might add up to 10-15% of the vote.

[TheFonz]

Wow, Republicans are really gonna make the same mistake that they did in 2026, and fail to consolidate behind one non-Trump candidate…

The thing is I'm not sure how much the non-DeSantis guys matter. It's not like last time where there wasn't a clear single alternative. You'll have others like Pompeo, Pence, Hogan, perhaps Cheney, Haley run, but they'll collectively get a much smaller share of the vote than Rubio, Kasich, Jeb!, Cruz, etc. all combined did. It will be a field of two major candidates and a handful of minor candidates who might add up to 10-15% of the vote.

From your lips to God's ears. Mike Pompeo is a smart guy. He knows he's not going to be president. I can only think he's looking at running so he can have a larger platform to attack Trump, and end up in a high level cabinet spot in someone else's administration. Same with Nikki.

[Ferguson97]

Wow, Republicans are really gonna make the same mistake that they did in 2026, and fail to consolidate behind one non-Trump candidate…

The thing is I'm not sure how much the non-DeSantis guys matter. It's not like last time where there wasn't a clear single alternative. You'll have others like Pompeo, Pence, Hogan, perhaps Cheney, Haley run, but they'll collectively get a much smaller share of the vote than Rubio, Kasich, Jeb!, Cruz, etc. all combined did. It will be a field of two major candidates and a handful of minor candidates who might add up to 10-15% of the vote.

Yes but that 10-15% could make the difference. If DeSantis winds up with 40% of the vote to Trump's 45%, and the rest of the 'not Trump' field collectively has 15%...

[HisGrace]

Wow, Republicans are really gonna make the same mistake that they did in 2026, and fail to consolidate behind one non-Trump candidate…

The thing is I'm not sure how much the non-DeSantis guys matter. It's not like last time where there wasn't a clear single alternative. You'll have others like Pompeo, Pence, Hogan, perhaps Cheney, Haley run, but they'll collectively get a much smaller share of the vote than Rubio, Kasich, Jeb!, Cruz, etc. all combined did. It will be a field of two major candidates and a handful of minor candidates who might add up to 10-15% of the vote.

Yes but that 10-15% could make the difference. If DeSantis winds up with 40% of the vote to Trump's 45%, and the rest of the 'not Trump' field collectively has 15%...

I'm assuming the other poster meant that's what those candidates would poll at. Most of them are going to drop out fairly quickly if not before the actual election and you'll have Trump vs DeSantis pretty quickly.