Former President Donald Trump said he “would like to see” Maryland Senate candidate Larry Hogan win his election in November, according to a Fox News reporter who interviewed Trump on Thursday.
Trump spoke with the reporter in Washington, DC, amid meetings with Republican lawmakers on Capitol Hill. He told the reporter he wanted to see Hogan, a former Maryland GOP governor, defeat Democratic nominee Angela Alsobrooks, according to a social media post by the reporter.
“I’d like to see him win. I think he has a good chance to 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. And I would like to see him win,” Trump said, according to Fox News.
In a statement reacting to Trump’s endorsement, Michael Ricci, a spokesman for Hogan, said, “Governor Hogan has been clear he is not supporting President Trump just as he didn’t in 2016 and 2020.”
Hogan, however, has continued to criticize the former president, telling CNN that a Trump versus Joe Biden matchup was a “terrible choice” and that he wouldn’t vote for either man. “I know that sounds like a cop-out, but I just don’t think either one of them should be president,” he said.
“If Trump loses this election, I think that will be the end of the movement. And I think we’ll try to get the party steered back to a more Reaganesque, bigger-tent party that can win elections by appealing to a broader audience of people,” Hogan said. “If Trump wins, then, you know, we’re going to see how long that movement will be successful.”
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Author: Paul Bedard
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