{"id":1916379,"date":"2023-04-18T22:56:55","date_gmt":"2023-04-19T02:56:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-voters-dont-have-an-appetite-for-neoconservatism-and-mike-pompeos-failed-presidential-aspirations-proves-it\/"},"modified":"2023-04-18T23:02:17","modified_gmt":"2023-04-19T03:02:17","slug":"republican-voters-dont-have-an-appetite-for-neoconservatism-and-mike-pompeos-failed-presidential-aspirations-proves-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-voters-dont-have-an-appetite-for-neoconservatism-and-mike-pompeos-failed-presidential-aspirations-proves-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Republican Voters Don\u2019t Have An Appetite For Neoconservatism, And Mike Pompeo\u2019s Failed Presidential Aspirations Proves It"},"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\">32<\/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%2Frepublican-voters-dont-have-an-appetite-for-neoconservatism-and-mike-pompeos-failed-presidential-aspirations-proves-it%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=1916379&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>\n<div>\n<figure>                         <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>After months of speculation, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced on Friday that he will not seek the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.<\/p>\n<p>During a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/video\/2023\/04\/15\/pompeo_i_am_not_going_to_run_for_president_in_2024_i_will_endorse_the_republican_nominee.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">interview<\/a> on \u201cSpecial Report with Bret Baier,\u201d Pompeo revealed he and his wife had \u201ccome to the conclusion that we\u2019re not going to join the race in 2024.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[W]hile we care deeply about America and the issues that I have been talking about this last year-and-a-half and, frankly, for decades, matter an awful lot, this isn\u2019t our moment,\u201d Pompeo said. The former secretary of state also released a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mikepompeo\/status\/1647001369587466241?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pre-recorded video<\/a> announcing the decision, adding that \u201cthe time is just not right.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When pressed by Baier on who he plans to support in the 2024 GOP primary, Pompeo declined to answer, saying he will back whoever the nominee is and that the primary should not be \u201cabout any one person.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to find that person who can not only talk about the things that matter to every family in America but who can actually build an organization, create a team, and deliver that for the American people,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd when I figure out who that right person is, I will \u2026 get behind them and do everything I can to help them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>GOP presidential primary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/epolls\/latest_polls\/republican_nomination_polls\/#!\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">polling<\/a> has regularly shown Pompeo with minuscule support among potential 2024 voters. In a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wmur.com\/article\/poll-trump-new-hampshire-republican-primary-4323\/43500482#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">survey<\/a>, for example, only 1 percent of <a href=\"https:\/\/htv-prod-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/files\/sacsc-0323-book-642b54562a1fc.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">registered New Hampshire voters<\/a> threw their support behind Pompeo, compared to 42 percent who said they\u2019d back former President Donald Trump and 29 percent for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.<\/p>\n<h2>Conservatives Are Tired of Neocon Foreign Policy<\/h2>\n<p>On paper, Pompeo appears to have a fairly solid track record while serving as Trump\u2019s secretary of state. During that time, he helped secure numerous diplomatic wins, including the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2020\/sep\/18\/mike-pompeo-deserves-credit-for-the-abraham-accord\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Abraham Accords<\/a> and raising global awareness of the threat communist China poses to the existing world order. He also helped <a href=\"https:\/\/www.i24news.tv\/en\/news\/israel\/diplomacy-defense\/1557321678-pompeo-us-embassy-in-jerusalem-officially-open-after-completion-of-ambassador-residence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">facilitate<\/a> the moving of the U.S. embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.<\/p>\n<p>So, why the limited support for a Pompeo presidency? <\/p>\n<p>While numerous issues undoubtedly factor into voters\u2019 candidate selection, it\u2019s revealing how the top two contenders for the 2024 Republican nomination \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2023\/03\/16\/trump-calls-for-peace-without-delay-in-ukraine-ending-the-entire-globalist-neo-con-establishment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Trump<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/03\/14\/ron-desantis-calls-for-de-escalation-in-ukraine-peace-should-be-the-objective\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DeSantis<\/a> \u2014 are level-headed realists regarding U.S. foreign policy. When it comes to Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine, for instance, both have called on the Biden administration to find a peaceful resolution to the ongoing conflict.<\/p>\n<p>Contrast such statesmanship with Pompeo, who frequently <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=from%3Amikepompeo%20(ukraine)&#038;src=typed_query\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">espoused<\/a> neocon talking points to justify continued U.S. involvement in the matter. Just last week, Pompeo <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mikepompeo\/status\/1646969975893119014?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">argued<\/a> the \u201cquickest\u201d and \u201ccheapest\u201d way to end the ongoing war is to give Ukraine weapons to defend itself while baselessly asserting it would \u201ccost the United States far more\u201d if Russian President Vladimir Putin takes control of Kyiv.<\/p>\n<p>Such a claim completely ignores how endlessly shipping weapons to Ukraine \u2014 the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/06\/28\/after-more-than-50-billion-in-aid-zelensky-wants-billions-more-from-american-taxpayers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">second most corrupt country<\/a>\u00a0in Europe \u2014 is becoming <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/02\/16\/poll-less-than-half-of-americans-support-shipping-our-weapons-to-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">increasingly unfavorable<\/a> among the American public. Moreover, it sidelines the fact that the U.S. has already contributed nearly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/us-leads-rest-of-the-world-196-billion-ukraine-war-russia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">$200 billion<\/a> in promised or sent aid to Ukraine, which is more than any other country in the world.<\/p>\n<p>Pompeo\u2019s continued insistence that the U.S. further entrench itself in a conflict that doesn\u2019t implicate U.S. national security isn\u2019t just nonsensical because it\u2019s strategically incorrect. It\u2019s nonsensical because it\u2019s out of touch with where the majority of Republican voters stand on the issue. After witnessing years of foreign interventionism under the Bush and Obama administrations, conservatives recognize that each global conflict is different and that there\u2019s a time and place to use power in order to protect American interests. <\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>   Shawn Fleetwood is a Staff Writer for The Federalist and a graduate of the University of Mary Washington. He also serves as a state content writer for Convention of States Action and his work has been featured in numerous outlets, including RealClearPolitics, RealClearHealth, and Conservative Review. Follow him on Twitter @ShawnFleetwood<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After months of speculation, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced on Friday that he will not seek the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. During a recent interview on \u201cSpecial Report with Bret Baier,\u201d Pompeo revealed he and his wife had \u201ccome to the conclusion that we\u2019re not going to join the race in 2024.\u201d \u201c[W]hile<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":539,"featured_media":1916381,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[17029,23477,4894,5886,4301,21290,16577,3849,6455,3911,4223],"class_list":["post-1916379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-appetite","tag-aspirations","tag-dont","tag-failed","tag-mike","tag-neoconservatism","tag-pompeos","tag-presidential","tag-proves","tag-republican","tag-voters"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1916379","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\/539"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1916379"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1916379\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1916381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1916379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1916379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1916379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}