Posted on 01/18/2019 4:43:33 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
By ALEX ISENSTADT 01/18/2019 05:04 AM EST Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Republican Gov. Larry Hogan is acting a lot like a guy who wants to run against Donald Trump in 2020 — and the president's reelection team is taking notice.
The second-term Maryland governor has been implicitly going after Trump in speeches, meeting with Never Trump Republicans, and planning a March trip to Iowa as vice chair of the National Governors Association.
It’s all fueling speculation that Hogan, a 62-year-old cancer survivor who coasted to reelection in liberal Maryland and remains one of the most popular governors in the country, is open to the prospect of a long-shot primary challenge to the incumbent president. His flirtation comes at a time when Trump is facing increasing blowback over his handling of the protracted government shutdown and bracing for a potentially devastating report by special counsel Robert Mueller.
Hogan used his inaugural address on Wednesday to repudiate the “debilitating politics” of Washington — and to raise the specter of impeachment. He recalled how his father, former Rep. Lawrence Hogan, was the first Republican congressman to support the removal of Richard Nixon.
The governor didn’t utter Trump’s name, but the implication was clear.
“Despite tremendous political pressure, he put aside partisanship and answered the demands of his conscience to do what he thought was the right thing for the nation that he loved,” Hogan said of his late father.
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Delusional. .001%
said what?
In before Mitt.
In before Mitt.
Hogan’s Zeroes.
BWAAAHHHAAAAA!
Nikki Haley will be the GOP’s choice to run against Trump in 2020.
OH NOES
LMAO
ROFLMAO yeah right. 0.001% chance.
She’s ineligible, but so was Zero.
Finally, someone who Jeb Bush could beat.
LOL
Who?
Maybe Hulk Hogan - Larry, not so much.
Haley wouldn’t do that
“Larry Hogan stokes speculation he’ll primary Trump in 2020”
Larry Hogan? Sounds like a mick punk I knew growing up on the south side of Chicago.
Hogan could be formidable.
But he won’t run in 2020-—maybe 2024.
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