{"id":734441,"date":"2021-09-09T14:36:11","date_gmt":"2021-09-09T18:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=734441"},"modified":"2021-09-09T14:36:13","modified_gmt":"2021-09-09T18:36:13","slug":"pompeo-endorses-kan-ag-schmidt-for-gov","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pompeo-endorses-kan-ag-schmidt-for-gov\/","title":{"rendered":"Pompeo endorses Kan. AG Schmidt for Gov."},"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\">14<\/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%2Fpompeo-endorses-kan-ag-schmidt-for-gov%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=734441&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 id=\"attachment_2514935\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2514935\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt discusses a proposal that he\u2019s pushing with other Republicans to amend the state constitution to give the Legislature the power to overturn state agencies\u2019 administrative regulations, at a news conference, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. (AP Photo\/John Hanna)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 11:34 AM PT \u2013 Thursday, September 9, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has given his endorsement to Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt for governor. Pompeo, who represented Kansas in the House for six years, announced his decision in a statement Wednesday, praising Schmidt as the trusted conservative Kansans need.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you look at his record as Attorney General, you see a leader who has always fought for the most vulnerable and always stood up to do the right thing,\u201d Pompeo said in a statement. \u201cI\u2019m honored to support Derek for governor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Schmidt responded to the glowing endorsement, offering his thanks and complimenting the former secretary of state himself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMike has made Kansans proud as he served in Congress and far beyond,\u201d said Schmidt. \u201cHe has been a strong conservative leader for our state and I\u2019m grateful to have his support as I seek to serve the good people of Kansas as their next governor.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DerekSchmidtKS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DerekSchmidtKS<\/a> is the trusted conservative Kansans need in the Governor&#8217;s Office. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dLyC9RVTBv\">https:\/\/t.co\/dLyC9RVTBv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mike Pompeo (@mikepompeo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mikepompeo\/status\/1436003868832419840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 9, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Schmidt is seeking to win the GOP primary for a chance to unseat Democrat Gov. Laura Kelly in 2022. He\u2019s considered to be the most prominent Republican in the primary. Additionally, Schmidt recently picked up an endorsement from Kansas Sen. Roger Marshall (R).<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/white-house-biden-to-reveal-robust-strategy-against-delta-variant\/\">White House: Biden To Reveal \u2018Robust\u2019 Strategy Against Delta Variant<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt discusses a proposal that he\u2019s pushing with other Republicans to amend the state constitution to give the Legislature the power to overturn state agencies\u2019 administrative &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-734441","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\/734441","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\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=734441"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/734441\/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=734441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=734441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=734441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}