Trump ally Meadows won’t seek reelection, teases ‘options’ – By Gary D. Robertson (The Associated Press) / Dec 19 2019
RALEIGH, N.C. — Republican Rep. Mark Meadows of North Carolina, a top conservative ally of President Donald Trump, said Thursday he won’t seek reelection next year and said his work with the Trump administration “is only beginning.”
Now in his seventh year in the House, Meadows has been a leader of hard-right conservatives who repeatedly defied and bedeviled two GOP House speakers. His disruptive tactics seemed to make him a kindred spirit with Trump, and the two men meet and confer often.
Meadows’ name has been floated inside the White House as a possible replacement for Acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney. Meadows told reporters Thursday that joining Trump’s White House staff or presidential campaign “are certainly options.”
The 60-year-old lawmaker declined to rule out taking a new post and leaving Congress before his two-year term expires.
“I plan to continue to help the president and the administration, and how we do that and in what capacity has yet to be defined,” he told reporters.
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In this Nov. 13, 2019, photo, Rep. Mark Meadows, R- N.C., speaks to reporters as the hearing with top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine William Taylor, and career Foreign Service officer George Kent, at the House Intelligence Committee ends on Capitol Hill in Washington. In a statement Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019, the North Carolina congressman and top ally to President Donald Trump says he struggled with the decision and came to it after discussion with his family. (Andrew Harnik/AP)
