{"id":2215062,"date":"2024-04-07T16:58:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-07T20:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/embattled-dem-senate-candidate-says-he-suddenly-fell-ill-backs-out-of-another-debate\/"},"modified":"2024-04-07T16:59:36","modified_gmt":"2024-04-07T20:59:36","slug":"embattled-dem-senate-candidate-says-he-suddenly-fell-ill-backs-out-of-another-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/embattled-dem-senate-candidate-says-he-suddenly-fell-ill-backs-out-of-another-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"Struggling Democratic Senate Candidate Cites Sudden Illness, Withdraws From Debate"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fembattled-dem-senate-candidate-says-he-suddenly-fell-ill-backs-out-of-another-debate%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2215062&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Rep.\u2064 David Trone, a Democratic Senate candidate in Maryland,\u2064 faced health issues leading to event cancellations after being advised to seek hospital care by\u200d his doctor. Scheduled to debate, he withdrew due to illness. Trone\u2064 and rival Angela Alsobrooks \u200dcompete for retiring\u2063 Sen.\u200d Ben Cardin&#8217;s \u200dseat; Republican Larry Hogan also vies for \u2064the position. Well-wishes poured in\u2064 from both opponents. Rep. David Trone, a Democratic\u2062 Senate candidate in Maryland, had \u200dto cancel events and withdraw from a debate\u200c due to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-killed-in-new-zealand-shooting-hours-before-the-womens-world-cup\/\" title=\"Two dead in NZ shooting prior to Women's World Cup.\">health\u2064 issues<\/a> \u200dthat \u200crequired hospital care. Trone\u2064 is contending with Angela Alsobrooks \u200bfor the Senate seat of\u200c retiring Sen. Ben Cardin, while Republican Larry Hogan is also in \u2063the\u200d race. Both opponents sent \u200dtheir well-wishes\u2063 for Trone&#8217;s recovery.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>Rep. David Trone (D-MD), who is running for a U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/u-s-senate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Senate<\/a> seat in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/maryland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maryland<\/a> and is facing fallout after uttering a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/road-rage-incident-could-undermine-radical-prosecutors-promotion-to-u-s-attorney\/\" title=\"Road Rage Incident Could Undermine Radical Prosecutor\u2019s Promotion to U.S. Attorney\">racial slur<\/a>, canceled events after his doctor referred him to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/four-marines-injured-in-last-months-terrorist-attack-at-kabul-airport-are-still-in-the-hospital\/\" title=\"Four Marines Injured In Last Month\u2019s Terrorist Attack At Kabul Airport Are Still In The Hospital\">hospital due<\/a> to illness, his campaign said on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLast night following an event, David felt dehydrated and began to register a fever. Out of an abundance of caution David\u2019s doctor encouraged him to seek further testing at a local hospital,\u201d Team Trone <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davidjtrone\/status\/1776990967465148658\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDavid is feeling well and expecting to return home this afternoon,\u201d it added. \u201cWe apologize for the late cancellation of events David was expected to participate in today, and look forward to being back on the trail soon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trone had been scheduled to participate in a debate against a rival Democrat, Prince George\u2019s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks, on Sunday. The event will go forward without him and focus on the recent Key Bridge collapse, said a local official, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baltimoresun.com\/2024\/04\/07\/david-trone-hospitalized-senate-debate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to The Baltimore Sun<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Trone and Alsobrooks are running for the seat held by retiring Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD) in the primary scheduled for next month. They face a Republican challenger in former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/maryland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Maryland<\/a> GOP Governor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/larry-hogan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Larry Hogan<\/a>, who has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/larry-hogan-leads-maryland-democrat-rivals-by-double-digits-in-senate-race-poll\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">performed<\/a> well in polling since entering the contest. Both Alsobrooks and Hogan wished Trone well on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSending our best wishes to Congressman Trone and hope he gets better soon. Looking forward to seeing him back on the trail,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlsobrooksForMD\/status\/1777015263411544177\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> a post to X from Alsobrooks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSending our best wishes to Congressman Trone. Hope he feels better and can get back out on the campaign trail soon,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovLarryHogan\/status\/1776998288647929982\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> one from Hogan\u2019s account.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1712508447608000&#038;usg=AOvVaw3iUGOjjy0TVZ6XSVk_CeJB\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Trone, who has spent more than $20 million on the race, faced blowback after saying a racial slur <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/03\/25\/us\/politics\/angela-alsobrooks-endorsements-david-trone.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2014 \u201cjigaboo\u201d \u2014<\/a>  while talking about tax rates during a congressional hearing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/will-wisconsin-officially-move-their-electoral-college-votes-to-president-trump-after-200000-mostly-biden-votes-were-ruled-illegitimate\/\" title=\"Will Wisconsin Officially Move Their Electoral College Votes to President Trump After 200,000 Mostly Biden Votes Were Ruled Illegitimate?\">couple weeks ago<\/a>. Since that time,\u00a0Axios <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/03\/24\/maryland-senate-race-alsobrooks-endorsements-trone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> several black Democrats have since endorsed Alsobrooks, <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/3-black-women-aim-historic-senate-wins-2024\/story?id=107519764\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">who is black<\/a>. And Trone <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/david-trone-backs-out-of-debate-with-african-american-primary-opponent-amid-backlash-over-use-of-racial-slur\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">backed out<\/a> of another debate with her.<\/p>\n<p>In an apology, Trone said he meant to say \u201cbugaboo\u201d and instead used an \u201coffensive\u201d phrase, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/congressman-apology-racial-slur-mistake-3cfe6c5299cbceff05d138e8479ef168\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">per\u00a0the Associated Press<\/a>. \u201cThat word has a long dark terrible history. It should never be used any time, anywhere, in any conversation. I recognize that as a white man, I have privilege. And as an elected official, I have a responsibility for the words I use \u2014 especially in the heat of the moment. Regardless of what I meant to say, I shouldn\u2019t have used that language.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. David Trone (D-MD), pursuing a U.S. Senate seat in Maryland amid backlash over a racial slur, halted engagements when his doctor advised hospitalization for illness, as per his campaign on Sunday. &#8220;Last night after an event, David, feeling dehydrated, developed a fever.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1588,"featured_media":2215063,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-976031836-scaled-e1712517319938.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2215062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-976031836-scaled-e1712517319938.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2215062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1588"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2215062"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2215062\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2215063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2215062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2215062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2215062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}