{"id":2344053,"date":"2024-09-20T16:35:59","date_gmt":"2024-09-20T20:35:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-shift-strategy-in-maryland-and-rebrand-hogan-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-09-20T16:37:13","modified_gmt":"2024-09-20T20:37:13","slug":"democrats-shift-strategy-in-maryland-and-rebrand-hogan-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-shift-strategy-in-maryland-and-rebrand-hogan-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats shift strategy in Maryland and rebrand Hogan &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fdemocrats-shift-strategy-in-maryland-and-rebrand-hogan-washington-examiner%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=2344053&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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-times-issues-multiple-corrections-for-article-falsely-claiming-900000-u-s-children-have-been-hospitalized-for-covid-19-during-pandemic\/\" title=\"New York Times Issues Multiple Corrections For Article Falsely Claiming 900,000 U.S. Children Have Been Hospitalized For COVID-19 During Pandemic\">article discusses<\/a> \u2062the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-loses-latest-battle-with-teleprompter\/\" title=\"Biden Fails Again With Teleprompter\">latest political maneuvering<\/a> by Democrats as they\u2062 target Larry Hogan, a Republican U.S. Senate candidate from Maryland.\u200c They are framing him as a &#8220;phony Trump critic&#8221; and a &#8220;fake Never Trumper,&#8221; contrasting his past as a centrist \u200bgovernor with \u2063his current political positioning. Hogan&#8217;s Democratic opponents, including Angela \u2063Alsobrooks, argue that he is an enabler \u200cof\u200d the &#8220;MAGA&#8221; \u200dagenda, undermining his claims of being \u200dagainst former President Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Hogan&#8217;s campaign \u2064counters these accusations\u200d by declaring him a prominent critic \u2063of Trump and\u200c emphasizing his\u2062 commitment to stand up for Maryland&#8217;s interests \u2063against \u2063the Republican Party. \u2064The \u200carticle mentions Maryland Democrats, including Rep. Jamie \u200dRaskin and \u200dSen.\u200c Chris Van \u2063Hollen,\u2063 criticizing Hogan \u200dfor his perceived lack\u2063 of action \u2063against Trump during his governorship, suggesting\u2062 he has shifted his stance for \u200belectoral gain.<\/p>\n<p>Hogan&#8217;s campaign seeks to distance \u2062itself \u200bfrom \u2063Trump while maintaining a Republican alliance if elected, setting \u200dthe stage for a \u200dcompetitive race \u2064in a state that Biden won by\u200d a wide margin.  <\/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><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Democrats paint Larry Hogan as a phony Trump critic in latest rebrand<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1760153\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Democrats are pivoting to a new attack line against GOP Maryland Senate hopeful <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3143924\/larry-hogan-gop-culture-fear-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Larry Hogan\">Larry Hogan<\/a> that may raise eyebrows among those familiar with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3115359\/larry-hogan-tim-walz-not-centrist-democrat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"centrist Republican&rsquo;s\">centrist Republican&rsquo;s<\/a> record: He&rsquo;s a fake Never Trumper.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The rhetoric goes beyond that of Democratic rival <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3133321\/angela-alsobrooks-ride-momentum-kamala-harris-maryland-senate-win\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Angela Alsobrooks\">Angela Alsobrooks<\/a>, who&rsquo;s sought to rebrand the former two-term governor as a &ldquo;MAGA&rdquo;-enabler that would hand the keys of the Senate to Republicans, by painting his long-held antithetical views of the former president as phony.<\/p>\n<p>The Hogan campaign pushed back by touting its candidate as a &ldquo;leading&rdquo; Trump critic.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Governor Hogan has been the leading Republican speaking out against Donald Trump form the beginning &mdash; and Maryland Democrats have repeatedly praised him for doing so,&rdquo; campaign spokeswoman Blake Kernen told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. &ldquo;As part of his core commitments to Marland voters, Governor Hogan will never hesitate to stand up to the Republican Party to do what is right for Marland.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The unexpectedly competitive race in a state President Joe Biden captured by more than 30 points prompted Democrats early on to brush aside Hogan&rsquo;s promise to stay in the lane he charted as governor as a political maverick willing to rebuff his own party.<\/p>\n<p>Maryland Democrats, including senators, representatives, and the former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nevada-trump-campaign-says-clark-county-registrar-joe-gloria-hiding-from-subpoena-service\/\" title=\"Nevada: Trump Campaign Says Clark County Registrar Joe Gloria Hiding From Subpoena Service\">state <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-ag-barr-authorizes-federal-prosecutors-to-pursue-substantial-allegations-of-voting-irregularities-before-2020-election-is-certified\/\" title=\"BREAKING: AG Barr Authorizes Federal Prosecutors to Pursue &quot;Substantial Allegations&quot; of Voting Irregularities Before 2020 Election is Certified\">attorney general<\/a><\/a>, now say Hogan failed to stand up to Trump by snubbing progressive policies and demands as governor.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;When Trump became president, Gov. Hogan stood in the way of Maryland taking a strong stand against a whole series of things he was doing,&rdquo; said Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), a former lead impeachment manager against Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) whacked Hogan for having &ldquo;blocked or tried to block&rdquo; efforts by then-Attorney General Brian Frosh, a Democrat, to &ldquo;hold the Trump administration accountable.&rdquo; He added that Hogan underwent an &ldquo;election-year conversion&rdquo; with his policy positions.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Larry Hogan has been talking a lot about how he stood up to Donald Trump,&rdquo; Frosh said in a call with reporters on Friday. &ldquo;That&rsquo;s not what I remember.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>During Hogan&rsquo;s tenure, which ran parallel to Frosh from 2015 to 2023 and overlapped all of Trump&rsquo;s first term, the Democratic-led state legislature empowered the attorney general to sue the administration without the governor&rsquo;s approval.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan speaks during an interview with the Associated Press, Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024, in Annapolis, Maryland. (AP Photo\/Stephanie Scarbrough)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As evidence of Hogan&rsquo;s alleged anti-Trump facade, Frosh cited his own lawsuits launched against the Trump administration covering the so-called Muslim ban, Obamacare, access to abortion, food stamps, toxic chemicals, environmental protections, gun control, and migrant detentions.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Please don&rsquo;t tell me that Larry Hogan is going to stand up to Donald Trump,&rdquo; Frosh said. &ldquo;The house was on fire for four years, and Larry Hogan did not so much as spit on the blades.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>On the campaign trail, Hogan has vowed not to vote for Trump but will caucus with Senate Republicans if elected, an alliance that would create a GOP majority.<\/p>\n<p>He&rsquo;s consistently spurned Trump and distanced himself from national Republicans, such as denouncing the &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3143924\/larry-hogan-gop-culture-fear-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>culture of fear<\/a>&rdquo; over speaking out against the presidential nominee that is &ldquo;a plague on our party.&rdquo; His campaign has cited the national GOP&rsquo;s agenda as the &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3136575\/hogan-senate-maryland-greatest-challenge-national-gop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>greatest challenge<\/a>&rdquo; to winning in Maryland.<\/p>\n<p>As part of its rebuttal to Democrats&rsquo; claims, the Hogan campaign referred to an ad it cut in May rejecting the Left&rsquo;s attempt to paint him as a &ldquo;MAGA&rdquo; stooge by showcasing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3006268\/hogan-pushes-against-maga-label-from-democrats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>past praise from Democrats<\/a>, including Van Hollen.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Gov. Hogan put the country over party,&rdquo; Van Hollen says in a clip.<\/p>\n<p>Van Hollen said at the time that the Hogan campaign must&rsquo;ve &ldquo;really had to dig for that one&rdquo; because it&rsquo;s from a 2016 debate, and it called it &ldquo;cherry-picked.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The ad also included positive comments, made prior to Hogan&rsquo;s Senate campaign, from Alsobrooks, Biden, Gov. Wes Moore (D-MD), former President Bill Clinton, and Rep. David Trone (D-MD), Alsobrooks&rsquo;s onetime primary opponent.<\/p>\n<p>Hogan has also made remarks that have fueled Democratic attacks, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.semafor.com\/article\/08\/16\/2024\/larry-hogan-praised-donald-trumps-incredible-justices-to-the-supreme-court-in-2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>giving Trump credit<\/a> for having &ldquo;nominated incredible justices to the Supreme Court.&rdquo; His campaign at the time said the remarks were to a Jewish group in the context of a religious education ruling and criticized Senate Republicans&rsquo; handling of the confirmation process for Trump&rsquo;s nominees.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1760153\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1760153\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrats are shifting their strategy to target GOP Maryland Senate candidate Larry Hogan, portraying him as a disingenuous critic of Donald Trump. This new narrative suggests that Hogan, a centrist Republican, is not genuinely opposed to Trump despite his past statements. Unlike Democratic opponent Angela Alsobrooks, who has labeled Hogan as a supporter of the &#8220;MAGA&#8221; agenda and accused him of potentially handing control of the Senate to Republicans, this approach emphasizes that his long-standing opposition to Trump is insincere. In response, Hogan&#8217;s campaign asserts that he has been one of the most vocal Republican critics of Trump from the start. Campaign spokeswoman Blake Kernen stated that Hogan will always prioritize doing what is right for Maryland voters over party loyalty.<\/p>\n<p>The competitive nature of this race in a state where President Joe Biden won by over 30 points has led Democrats to challenge Hogan&#8217;s claims about being an independent thinker willing to defy his party. Prominent Maryland Democrats argue that during Trump&#8217;s presidency, Hogan failed to confront him on various issues and did not support progressive policies while in office. Representative Jamie Raskin criticized Hogan for not taking a strong stance against Trump&#8217;s actions as president, while Senator Chris Van Hollen accused him of obstructing efforts by then-Attorney General Brian Frosh to hold the Trump administration accountable.<\/p>\n<p>Frosh pointed out several lawsuits he filed against Trump&#8217;s policies during their overlapping tenures and dismissed any notion that Hogan would stand up against Trump effectively. On the campaign trail, although Hogan has pledged not to vote for Trump if elected but would align with Senate Republicans\u2014potentially creating a GOP majority\u2014he continues distancing himself from national Republicans and condemning their culture.<\/p>\n<p>In defense against Democratic attacks, the Hogan campaign released an ad highlighting past praise from Democrats like Van Hollen and others before his Senate run while also addressing comments he made regarding Trump&#8217;s judicial nominations which have fueled criticism from opponents<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3108,"featured_media":2344054,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/democrats-accuse-hogan-phony-trump-critic.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[3685,4837,4158],"class_list":["post-2344053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-democrats","tag-maryland","tag-strategy"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/democrats-accuse-hogan-phony-trump-critic.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2344053","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\/3108"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2344053"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2344053\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2344054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2344053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2344053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2344053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}