Mark Meadows announced this morning that he is going to retire from Congress and not seek reelection at the end of his term:
FOX NEWS – Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., will not seek re-election, he confirmed in a statement Thursday.
The four-term congressman said that he will be retiring at the end of his term.
“This was a decision I struggled with greatly. These last 8 years, I have been so blessed to serve the people of NC-11 and help give a voice to millions of Americans who feel Washington, D.C. has forgotten them,” he said.
“Since serving alongside President Trump, I have been a witness to historic economic prosperity, unemployment levels I only dreamed of when I took office, tax and regulatory reforms that are putting the American worker first, our Israeli embassy moved to Jerusalem, and trade deals that were once thought impossible,” he said. “I have seen our law enforcement and first responders receive the support they deserve and our military once again put on a path to maintain its superiority.”
Meadows went on to say that his work with Trump and the administration “is only beginning,” and he is “fully committed to staying in the fight with him and his team.”
Meadows has been a strong voice since Trump became president and I honestly hate to see him go.
Meadows hinted that he may be taking on some role that would help Trump, whatever that means:
FIRST IN PLAYBOOK: Rep. Mark Meadows, one of President Trump’s top allies, is not seeking re-election, and tells Playbook he could leave the House in the middle of this term to begin a new, yet presently undefined role helping Trump. https://t.co/vAuKVrwfPD
— POLITICO Press (@POLITICOPress) December 19, 2019
Note Politico says Meadows could leave in the middle of his term, which would be now or perhaps January. Which makes me wonder if he’s going to work on Trump’s campaign team in some capacity to help re-elect Trump.
Or perhaps he’ll take a job in the administration, perhaps a big one like Secretary of State? We’ve all been hearing that Pompeo wants to resign and run for the Senate in Kansas…