{"id":2262564,"date":"2024-06-07T18:17:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-07T22:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hogan-dings-alsobrooks-for-platitudes-on-crime-after-gun-control-speech\/"},"modified":"2024-06-07T18:20:06","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T22:20:06","slug":"hogan-dings-alsobrooks-for-platitudes-on-crime-after-gun-control-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hogan-dings-alsobrooks-for-platitudes-on-crime-after-gun-control-speech\/","title":{"rendered":"Hogan criticizes Alsobrooks for offering only &#8216;platitudes&#8217; on crime following her gun control speech"},"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\">28<\/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%2Fhogan-dings-alsobrooks-for-platitudes-on-crime-after-gun-control-speech%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=2262564&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>The summary is about the Senate race in \u2064Maryland between former Governor Larry Hogan and current Prince George&#8217;s \u200dCounty Executive Angela Alsobrooks. Hogan \u200dhas challenged Alsobrooks\u2064 on her record \u200bon public safety\u200b and crime, citing specific statistics that have worsened during her leadership. Alsobrooks received an endorsement \u200dfrom Vice President Kamala Harris on &#8220;Gun Violence Awareness Day,&#8221; but Hogan has criticized her\u2064 for\u2064 offering empty promises on gun control. Crime rates\u200c in Prince George&#8217;s County have risen after a pandemic-era\u2062 decrease, becoming a top concern \u2062for Maryland voters.  <\/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<div>\n<p>Former Maryland Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/larry-hogan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Larry Hogan\">Larry Hogan<\/a> challenged his Democratic opponent in the state\u2019s Senate race on Friday over her record on public safety, accusing Prince George\u2019s County Executive <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/angela-alsobrooks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Angela Alsobrooks\">Angela Alsobrooks<\/a> of offering empty promises with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/firearm-background-checks-soar-to-record-high-in-march-ahead-of-biden-gun-control-push\/\" title=\"Firearm Background Checks Soar To Record High In March Ahead Of Biden Gun Control Push\">gun control rhetoric<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3032225\/harris-joins-alsobrooks-campaign-trail-hogan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Kamala Harris endorsed Alsobrooks\">Kamala Harris endorsed Alsobrooks<\/a> on Friday at an event marking \u201cGun Violence Awareness Day\u201d in her Maryland county.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInstead of just offering more platitudes, we urge her to tell voters how she will address the skyrocketing crime on her watch in Prince George\u2019s County,\u201d Hogan said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The former two-term governor cited county crime statistics that have worsened \u201cafter years of underfunding and deprioritizing public safety under her leadership,\u201d including steep rises in homicides, carjackings, and other violent crimes.<\/p>\n<p>The Alsobrooks campaign did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, nationwide crime trended downward by double digits in 2023 after a pandemic-era spike, including in Prince George\u2019s County. But county police said earlier this year that violent crime in the area was again on the rise, leading the matter to become a top concern for Maryland voters in a recent <em>Washington Post<\/em>-University of Maryland <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/dc-md-va\/2024\/03\/25\/poll-crime-maryland-voters-worried\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"poll\">poll<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Data show violent crime in Prince George\u2019s County increased by 12% from 2019 to 2023. Carjackings went up nearly 500%, from 86 in 2019 to 508 last year. Year-over-year crime in 2023 also went up, including murders by 7%, carjackings by 17%, and stolen vehicles by 141%, per county police.<\/p>\n<p>Alsobrooks took office in December 2018. Prior to that, she had been the state\u2019s attorney for Prince George\u2019s County since 2011.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Pictured from left to right: Maryland Senate Republican nominee Larry Hogan and Democratic nominee Angela Alsobrooks. (AP Photo\/Brian Witte\/Daniel Kucin Jr.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Hogan reiterated his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hogans-a-hero-the-senate-candidate-gives-long-suffering-maryland-republicans-a-chance\/\" title=\"Hogan: Maryland Republicans' Savior for Senate\">10-point crime plan<\/a>, which includes more law enforcement funding, cracking down on repeat violent offenders, and removing guns from those with mental illnesses and violent criminal records.<\/p>\n<p>Harris and Alsobrooks painted a Democratic victory in the contested race as the key to enacting long-stalled plans by the party to enact an assault weapons ban and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/obama-calls-for-commonsense-gun-safety-laws-after-atlanta-shootings\/\" title=\"Obama Calls For \u2018Commonsense Gun Safety Laws\u2019 After Atlanta Shootings\">stricter gun control measures<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will not accomplish these goals to keep America safe without a Senate majority,\u201d Alsobrooks said. \u201cThe path to the majority runs through Maryland.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Maryland Senate seat is one of eight that Democrats must retain control over in order to keep their majority with another 50-50 split chamber, if President Joe Biden wins reelection. A victory by Hogan or presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump would almost certainly mean a Republican majority.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaryland, this November, you have the power to elect leaders who have actually kept our communities safe,\u201d Harris said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Maryland Governor Larry Hogan criticized his Democratic rival in the Senate race, Prince George\u2019s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks, for her public safety record and gun control promises. 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