Posted on 06/13/2024 6:08:12 PM PDT by chickenlips
Article Dig Deeper Former President Donald Trump endorsed former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan for the U.S. Senate on Thursday, despite Hogan urging voters to respect Trump's verdict in his New York hush money case.
Trump was convicted of 34 charges related to a hush money payment he made to former porn star Stormy Daniels. Trump has denied any wrongdoing and is expected to appeal the verdict and his subsequent sentence. He will be sentenced on July 11.
The former president said that he was personally "about the party" and the country, and would like to see Hogan win the Senate seat in November. Hogan is running as a Republican, and was elected governor as a Republican. But he has faced pushback from party members over his stances on abortion.
“Yeah, I’d like to see him win. I think he has a good chance to win,” Trump told a Fox News reporter. “We gotta take the majority. We have to straighten out our country. So I’d like to see him win. He’s somebody that can win … I know other people made some strong statements, but I can just say from my standpoint, I’m about the party and I’m about the country."
Hogan, whose campaign later told the reporter he would not be supporting Trump, previously vowed that he would not vote for Trump in November and would vote for a third party candidate instead. Hogan previously endorsed Nikki Haley for the Republican nomination when she was still in the race.
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Hogan’s campaign doesn’t want his endorsement, so Trump played this PERFECTLY knowing the schmuck wouldn’t accept it now he looks like an even bigger turd than he already is
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Hogan is pure filth.
I love it!
Imagine if Hogan actually wins and Trump takes credit. Ha!
He endorsed Mittens
He endorsed Mittens and look where that got him
His 40% voting record will be 40% better than the rat. On the other hand, the Rats will get to claim bi partisan as they further destroy the republic. If you have a Republican Senate because od this fool then it’s probably still a win because the Rats won’t get country busting billa to the floor. Especially if Mitch is switched.
Trump is trying to unite for a big November but a lot of dividers here aren’t going along.
“Trump just gave his campaign the kiss of death in MD.”
Probably but not so sure.
The people I meet at work who are totally p.o.ed with Biden are middle class black moms. They are livid on steroids!!! And then some!
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This is a perennial debate on Free Republic.
Larry Hogan is too liberal for us and he is widely criticized on this site. But then the alternative is an idiot Democrat. So how’s a Maryland Freeper supposed to vote?
So the ongoing debate continues, as to whether conservatives should vote for a more liberal Republican, to prevent a liberal Democrat from winning an election, or sit out or vote Democrat, to try to punish the Republican party and teach the Republican Party a lesson.
“Yeah, I’d like to see him win. I think he has a good chance to win,” Trump told a Fox News reporter. “We gotta take the majority. We have to straighten out our country. So I’d like to see him win. He’s somebody that can win … I know other people made some strong statements, but I can just say from my standpoint, I’m about the party and I’m about the country.”
Not exactly a full throated endorsement.
Pres Trump wants to win, bigly, with a YUGE red wave across the land.
Anyone mocking this (NOT you, dear lizma2) isn’t paying attention, or, is actually rooting for the other side.
hogan is NOT really a repub
“Hogan is toast. Trump just gave his campaign the kiss of death in MD.”
So says one of the resident miserable Trump-haters on this site.
And a budding soil and blood fascist, evidently. Trump is such a master at the art of the troll.
Alsobrooks is going to roast Hogan for Thanksgiving.
If Trump truly wants to help Hogan, he wouldn’t endorse Hogan.
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