Posted on 12/19/2022 2:06:29 PM PST by SoConPubbie
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, a Republican weighing a 2024 White House bid, said Monday he believes former President Donald Trump is “at his lowest point ever,” as the House Jan. 6 committee wrapped up its investigation into what Hogan described as “one of the darkest days in American history.”
In an interview with The Associated Press shortly before the committee released its recommendations, Hogan said he believes the former president should be held accountable, after he “inflamed kind of a riotous mob to go attack the seat of our democracy.” However, the outgoing, term-limited governor was not specific about how Trump should be held accountable.
“I’m not a lawyer and don’t know what kind of legal accountability he should have, but I thought it was one of the darkest days in American history,” Hogan said, adding that the president bore some responsibility for what happened.
“The people that try to whitewash Jan. 6 as if nothing happened are delusional. It was an assault on democracy,” he said.
Later in the day, the House committee urged the Justice Department to bring criminal charges against Trump and his allies, wrapping up its investigation of the violent 2021 Capitol insurrection with what lawmakers called a “roadmap to justice.”
In the interview, Hogan said he did not know whether Trump would benefit politically from a criminal prosecution, though he said the FBI’s August raid of Mar-a-Lago, Trump’s resort home in Palm Beach, Florida, “got his supporters all fired up.”
“I think President Trump is at a low point in his career,” Hogan said. “I mean, I think he peaked in November of 2020, and, you know, it was slow to erode some of the base,
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Hogan couldn’t approach Trump, even at his supposed “lowest level”, if he stood on a tree surgeon’s ladder. Hogan is an unflushed toilet.
You are not sane if you think republican party is irrelevant.
GOP just took the gavel away from Pelosi.
Time to crawl out from under the rock and read the news.
When Hogan and Christie run for President in 2024, put them on opposite sides of the debate stage or it will flip over.
Hogan is going out with a bong! (No misspelling.)
I’m glad he beat his cancer. However, he has totally wasted his new lease on life. Obesity and GOPee politics are no way to go through life, Governor!
GOP just took the gavel away from Pelosi.
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BIG DEAL! That means nothing in terms of the issues that are jeopardizing not only the health and welfare of every American but also the defense of our country. The majority of GOP politicians are useless wimps constantly talking tough while simultaneously supporting the anti-American agenda of the Socialists and Communists running the Democrat Party!
I'm betting National Review loves the guy.
You are not sane if you think republican party is irrelevant.
GOP just took the gavel away from Pelosi.
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Are these the SOBs you think deserve the support of patriotic Americans? How many years have you been a RINO voting for these rats anyway??
I will take any Republican over any Democrat.
I will take any Republican over any Democrat.
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“The GOP isn’t really our party. It never was. That is the central truth that the Trump phenomenon has exposed—or exposed anew. It’s a political machine, just like the Democratic Party, and it wants to run itself, not be run by “ordinary” people like you and me. Trump’s nomination the first time around, from the GOP’s perspective, was a huge mistake, just as TR’s had been. And they have no intention of repeating that kind of mistake.” — Dan Gelernter
Ok, then choose Democrats. Because there is no third choice.
There is no second choice.
And THAT Is why Trump should create a new MAGA party.
"But that would split the GOP and let Democrats win!!" cry the usual whiners- WHO WANTS THE nutless and gutless to continue?????
PLUS - no it wouldn't. A new MAGA party would draw members from GOP, Dems, and Independents. Remember Trump got >81 million ACTUAL votes (probably a lot more-they shifted 15% to Bi-duhhhh-n)
There are only 31 million people registered as GOP.
There are plenty of dems tired of the dems radical views, too.
Trump will not create any new MAGA party. He has repeated many times, he is a repubolican. Stop dreaming and hallucinating. It is non-productive.
stop beating a dead horse (the GOP party)
the GOP is gutless and nutless - it is responsible for the last 40 years of decline and has become democrat-lite
Why are you still so loyal to it? They have proven not to be loyal to the people
When the GOPe attacks Trump they are really attacking the working class base. Republicans still don’t get it.
Ok, then choose Democrats. Because there is no third choice.
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Sure there is. One can stop pretending their vote makes a damn bit of difference, throw all fund-raising solicitations in the trash, and watch other folks making fools of themselves! But hey, wake me up should President Trump, or possibly Ron DeSantis, gets nominated.
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