Corey Lewandowski, political commentator and former campaign manager for then-candidate Donald Trump, is joining a political action committee (PAC) founded by Vice President Mike Pence.
Lewandowski will work on rallying support for Republican candidates during the upcoming midterm elections. He’s also expected to work on President Donald Trump’s 2020 reelection bid.
Lewandowski confirmed the news later that day on Twitter.
Two special elections included, there will be 35 Senate seats up for grabs come election day on Nov. 6. Of those, 23 are currently held by Democrats, two by independents—Bernie Sanders and Angus King, who are allied with Democrats—and eight by Republicans.
In addition, voters will decide on all 435 voting seats in the House of Representatives, where Republicans currently hold 235 seats versus Democrats’ 193.
“Get out and vote. Don’t be complacent,” Trump said. “Like 90 percent of the time, you win the Presidency and, for whatever reason you lose the midterm. We can’t let that happen.”
Days later, Lewandowski was hired as a political commentator by CNN, but left days after Trump was elected president.
He’s remained a staunch Trump supporter, authoring, with David Bossie, a memoir about the 2016 presidential campaign called “Let Trump Be Trump.”
To join Pence’s PAC, Lewandowski is leaving America First Policies, a nonprofit supporting Trump’s signature policies such as tax cuts and renegotiating trade deals.
In March 2016, Lewandowski was charged with simple battery for grabbing a Breitbart reporter by the arm at a press conference. The charge was later dismissed.
