{"id":2351328,"date":"2024-10-06T12:49:57","date_gmt":"2024-10-06T16:49:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hogan-promises-to-support-only-bipartisan-backed-nominees-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-10-06T12:51:24","modified_gmt":"2024-10-06T16:51:24","slug":"hogan-promises-to-support-only-bipartisan-backed-nominees-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hogan-promises-to-support-only-bipartisan-backed-nominees-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Hogan promises to support only bipartisan-backed nominees &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><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%2Fhogan-promises-to-support-only-bipartisan-backed-nominees-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=2351328&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>Former Maryland Governor Larry Hogan, who is running for the Senate, has stated that he \u2062will only support presidential nominees who have bipartisan backing if elected.\u2063 During an appearance on CNN\u2019s\u2062 &#8220;State of the Union,&#8221; Hogan emphasized his intention\u2064 to follow the example \u200dset by Senator Joe Manchin, asserting\u200c that he would not confirm appointments without bipartisan consensus. He \u2063highlighted his own track record of appointing\u200b members to the Maryland Supreme Court who received\u2063 unanimous confirmation from both parties, criticizing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/virginia-democrats-derail-hearing-after-lt-gov-winsome-sears-says-yes-sir-to-transgender-senator\/\" title=\"Virginia Democrats disrupt hearing after Lt. Gov. Winsome Sears addresses transgender senator with &quot;Yes, Sir\">current divisive nature<\/a> of\u2064 the nomination process in Washington. While Hogan \u200cis firm on his bipartisan approach, \u2062he suggested that \u2064he might reconsider this stance for Cabinet positions since the \u2063president requires discretion for those directly reporting to them. He called for a reduction in politicization of appointments, acknowledging ongoing issues in \u200cthe Senate related to confirmation delays and partisan \u200dconflicts.  <\/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\">Hogan to follow Manchin&rsquo;s footsteps by supporting only bipartisan-backed nominees<\/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>Maryland Senate candidate former Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/larry-hogan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Larry Hogan<\/a> (R-MD) indicated that should he be elected to the Senate, he would not vote to confirm presidential appointments unless there was bipartisan support.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Speaking on CNN&rsquo;s <em>State of the Union<\/em> with Dana Bash, Hogan said he would follow in the footsteps of Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Joe-Manchin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Manchin<\/a> (I-WY) and pledged not to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/confirmations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>confirm<\/a> nominations unless there was a bipartisan consensus on the person. Manchin recently endorsed Hogan&rsquo;s candidacy.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If we can&rsquo;t get any bipartisan buy-in, then I&rsquo;m not going to vote for that person,&rdquo; Hogan said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovLarryHogan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GovLarryHogan<\/a> says he won&rsquo;t <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-recruiting-gop-senators-for-amnesty-deal\/\" title=\"Democrats Recruiting GOP Senators for Amnesty Deal\">support nominees<\/a> without bipartisan support if elected to the Senate in November.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If we can&#8217;t get any bipartisan buy-in, then I&#8217;m not going to vote for that person.&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KLH9yMisQZ\">pic.twitter.com\/KLH9yMisQZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; State of the Union (@CNNSOTU) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CNNSOTU\/status\/1842936736671801414?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 6, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;Look, I appointed six out of the seven members of our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Supreme-Court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Supreme Court<\/a>. All six of them received unanimous confirmation by every Republican and every Democrat in the Senate. In Washington, we came to seem to get one vote. It&rsquo;s like Democrats will only vote for Democrats, and Republicans will only vote for Republicans,&rdquo; Hogan added.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If there&rsquo;s one place that we should not be playing politics, it&rsquo;s on appointments to the Supreme Court and the Cabinet as well,&rdquo; Hogan continued.<\/p>\n<p>He said that he would rethink this pledge for Cabinet positions, as he believes the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/president\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>president<\/a> should get a wider say on those who directly report to them.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think that the president has more latitude in the people that are going to report directly to him, as opposed to a separate but equal branch,&rdquo; Hogan said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Whether it&rsquo;s Kamala Harris or Donald Trump, I&rsquo;m going to take a look at every single nominee on the merits,&rdquo; he continued.<\/p>\n<p>The nomination process has become highly politicized. Last week, the nominee for Ambassador to Libya <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3175842\/ambassador-nominee-withdraws-frustration-slow-senate-confirmation-process\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>withdrew<\/a> her name, citing frustrations with the process&rsquo;s length. She was nominated for the position two and a half years ago.<\/p>\n<p>The Senate Foreign Relations Committee, which approves nominations, is typically bipartisan in nature, but has been entangled in disagreements for months. Sen. Jim Risch (R-ID), the panel&rsquo;s top Republican, has&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/punchbowl.news\/article\/senate\/icc-senate-jim-risch-tussle-foreign-relations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">refused to sign off on<\/a>&nbsp;a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ambassador-nominee-withdraws-amid-sluggish-senate-confirmation-process-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Ambassador nominee withdraws amid sluggish Senate confirmation process - Washington Examiner\">committee-wide meeting<\/a> to consider nominations and legislation. He is holding out until Democrats agree to add the sanctions bill against the ICC to the agenda, which was passed in the House.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Bash also asked Hogan about what could be his first vote in the Senate: certifying the election. During the 2020 election, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2021\/01\/07\/us\/elections\/electoral-college-biden-objectors.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>147 Republicans<\/a> in Congress voted in some capacity not to certify the election results in various swing states in an effort to overturn the results of the election.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;All the conspiracy theories about the stolen election are nonsense,&rdquo; Hogan said. &ldquo;I mean, certainly, there were some irregularities, but not enough overturning election. I thought it was a lack of courage on the part of some folks who got pressured into taking positions I would never take.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I was the first one, first Republican to congratulate President Biden to ask Donald Trump to concede. I mean, obviously we can&rsquo;t. You can&rsquo;t try to overcome the will of the voters,&rdquo; Hogan continued.<\/p>\n<p>When asked if he would certify &ldquo;no matter what,&rdquo; Hogan responded, &ldquo;Absolutely.&rdquo; Hogan has repeatedly said he is not voting for the top of the Republican ticket this election.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <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>Hogan plans to support only bipartisan nominees if elected to the Senate<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2910,"featured_media":2351329,"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\/10\/Larry-Hogan-md-1.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[3667,5864,8163],"class_list":["post-2351328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-bipartisan","tag-hogan","tag-nominees"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Larry-Hogan-md-1.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2351328","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\/2910"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2351328"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2351328\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2351329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2351328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2351328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2351328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}