Longtime Trump critic Hogan responded to the former president’s support by saying he won’t vote for him.
Donald Trump said he will support longtime critic Republican Larry Hogan in the Maryland Senate race, putting to rest speculation that the former president would attack Hogan — and delighting Democrats eager to keep the must-win seat in their hands.
Hogan’s opponent, Prince George’s County Executive Angela D. Alsobrooks, and other Democrats were nonetheless quick to capitalize on a link between the former Maryland governor and Trump, who lost the state by more than 30 percentage points in 2020.Hogan, who served as governor from 2015 to 2023, has eschewed traditional party-building tasks since taking office and has long planned to once again skip the Republican National Convention.
Chris LaCivita, the senior Trump strategist who declared on social media that Hogan “ended his campaign” with that comment, said Thursday that he, too, would prefer if Hogan wins the Senate seat. “We clearly would rather have Larry Hogan in the U.S. Senate representing Maryland than a Democrat.” The Maryland Democratic Party promptly sought to raise cash off Trump’s comments. “Donald Trump wants Larry Hogan because Trump knows Hogan would be the deciding vote to put Republicans in charge of the US Senate. It could not be more clear what is at stake,” a fundraising solicitation said. “With this endorsement, we know Trump is going to flood resources into the state to support his chosen candidate.
But asked in the same interview if his pick was in the room with him Thursday, when he met with members of Congress, Trump responded: “Probably. Yeah. Probably.”
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