【美国真相】美媒：蓬佩奥为2024年竞选总统铺路_风闻

以下图文是来自美媒AP的报道（9/24）：

特朗普的国务卿蓬佩奥已在美国广泛旅行，向保守派观众讲话。除了庞培可能给特朗普的任何支持外，这些旅行还增加了人们的猜测，即他有自己的政治野心，包括可能在2024年竞选总统。庞培偏向了对其个人野心的质疑。

庞培的家乡堪萨斯州是一个经常到访的目的地，但他还在田纳西州，佛罗里达州和肯塔基州的一些集会发表过讲话，这些集会不可能被视为外交政策讨论的首选地点。

 庞培（Pompeo）周三在威斯康星州首府麦迪逊发表了针对中国的演讲后，威斯康星州民主党参议员克里斯·拉森（Chris Larson）对此表态进行了谴责，称其为“伪装成外交政策演讲的竞选言论”。

但是庞培上个月在共和党全国代表大会上的出场-引起了民主党的强烈反对-似乎为特朗普全面大选之年的竞选活动奠定了基础，庞培吹捧总统对以色列的全力支持和促进国际宗教自由以及对中国的强硬立场。

除了周三威斯康星州参议院，庞培还与白人福音派人士进行了交谈，这是特朗普在得克萨斯州普莱诺的普雷斯顿伍德浸信会的重要支持者。

他说：“行使正确的权利，并确保您的每个朋友都做同样的事情，然后主会传递它，我们将从这次选举中走出来，成为一个更强大，更好的国家。” “我对此很有信心。”

As Trump’s secretary of state Pompeo has traveled extensively in the United States to speak to conservative audiences. Beyond any support Pompeo may be giving to Trump, the travels have added to speculation that he has political aspirations of his own, including a possible presidential run in 2024. Pompeo has deflected questions about his personal ambitions.

Pompeo’s home state of Kansas has been a frequent destination, but he has also spoken in Tennessee, Florida and Kentucky at events that might not otherwise be considered prime locations for foreign policy discourse.

After Pompeo’s China-focused speech at the Wisconsin state capitol in Madison on Wednesday, Wisconsin Democratic state Sen. Chris Larson decried the appearance, calling it a “campaign speech disguised as a foreign policy address.”

But Pompeo’s appearance at the Republican National Convention last month — it attracted a substantial backlash from Democrats — appears to have set the stage for an all-out, election-year push for Trump as Pompeo touts the president’s full-throated support for Israel, promotion of international religious freedom and increasingly tough stance on China.

In addition to the Wisconsin state Senate on Wednesday, Pompeo spoke to white evangelicals, a key demographic for Trump at the Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano, Texas, at services last Sunday.

“Go exercise that right and make sure every one of your friends does the same, and then the Lord will pass upon it and we will come out of this election a stronger, better nation,” he said. “I am confident of that.”