{"id":1194610,"date":"2022-01-06T16:05:30","date_gmt":"2022-01-06T21:05:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1194610"},"modified":"2022-01-06T16:05:44","modified_gmt":"2022-01-06T21:05:44","slug":"amid-2024-speculation-mike-pompeo-loses-90-pounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/amid-2024-speculation-mike-pompeo-loses-90-pounds\/","title":{"rendered":"Amid 2024 Speculation, Mike Pompeo Loses 90 Pounds"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Famid-2024-speculation-mike-pompeo-loses-90-pounds%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1194610&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has lost nearly one-third of his total body weight since June 2021, he revealed in a Thursday interview.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after weighing himself and seeing the scale near 300 pounds, Pompeo \u201cstarted exercising, not every day, but nearly every day, and eating right and the weight just started to come off,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/01\/06\/mike-pompeos-weight-loss-story-down-90-pounds-in-6-months\/\">told<\/a> the New York Post. The three-term Kansas representative, who also led the CIA, has struggled with his weight throughout his life, but the problem became worse when he entered Congress in 2011, he added.<\/p>\n<p>To aid the process, Pompeo built a home gym in his basement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI tried to get down there five, six times a week and stay at it for a half-hour or so. And that was nothing scientific. There was no trainer, there was no dietician. It was just me,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Mike Pompeo tells The Post how he lost 90 pounds in six months <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EwHAoduCII\">https:\/\/t.co\/EwHAoduCII<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cThw1WrKh3\">pic.twitter.com\/cThw1WrKh3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 New York Post (@nypost) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nypost\/status\/1479166959803674625?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 6, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The pronounced weight loss has fed <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChuckRossDC\/status\/1479170707770810372\">speculation<\/a> that Pompeo may run for president in 2024. He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcci.com\/article\/mike-pompeo-visits-iowa-again-doesnt-commit-to-2024-presidential-run\/37657095#\">visited<\/a> Iowa twice in 2021, and New Hampshire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.concordmonitor.com\/Trump-s-secretary-pompeo-devos-New-Hampshire-42276621\">once<\/a>. Pompeo also <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/15\/pompeo-launch-pac-supporting-republicans-2022\/\">founded<\/a> a new organization, Championing American Values PAC, in June, which has raised money for and endorsed various <a href=\"https:\/\/cavpac.com\/cavpac-in-action\/\">candidates<\/a> running in the 2022 midterms. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/04\/pompeo-says-national-security-shouldnt-appease-liberal-woke-agenda\/\">(RELATED: Pompeo Throws Shade At CIA, Says National Security Shouldn\u2019t Be Risked To \u2018Appease Some Liberal, Woke Agenda\u2019)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Pompeo isn\u2019t the only 2024 contender to lose weight, however. Former President Donald Trump has reportedly lost between 20 and 25 pounds since leaving the White House in January, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GBNEWS\/status\/1447309659694637056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">according<\/a> to top aide Jason Miller.<\/p>\n<p>During the 2020 election cycle, several Democratic candidates made public efforts to lose weight and project physical fitness. New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker, who is vegan, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/01\/14\/nyregion\/cory-booker-gillibrand-weight-loss-2020.html\">tried<\/a> intermittent fasting, while New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand publicized her weight-lifting regimen.<\/p>\n<p>Republican New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who ran in 2016, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2013\/05\/07\/cutting-waist-christie-down-40-lbs-after-secret-weight-loss-surgery\/\">underwent<\/a> secret lap band surgery.<\/p>\n<p>Polling has indicated that voters consider the weight of prospective candidates, with CBS News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/60-minutesvanity-fair-poll-fitness\/\">finding<\/a> in 2014 that 19% of Americans viewed a hypothetical overweight president negatively.<\/p>\n<p>Pompeo denied that his weight loss was related to a future campaign, however.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe truth is, I\u2019m really getting ready for 2044 and hoping I\u2019ll be around in 2054,\u201d he joked, noting his son\u2019s upcoming wedding and future potential grandchildren.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has lost nearly one-third of his total body weight since June 2021, he revealed in a Thursday interview.Shortly after weighing himself and seeing the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1194610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1194610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1194610"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1194610\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1194610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1194610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1194610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}