{"id":2353356,"date":"2024-10-10T17:51:02","date_gmt":"2024-10-10T21:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hogan-and-alsobrooks-sling-insults-in-high-stakes-senate-debate-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-10-10T17:55:08","modified_gmt":"2024-10-10T21:55:08","slug":"hogan-and-alsobrooks-sling-insults-in-high-stakes-senate-debate-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hogan-and-alsobrooks-sling-insults-in-high-stakes-senate-debate-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Hogan and Alsobrooks sling insults in high-stakes Senate debate &#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\">24<\/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-and-alsobrooks-sling-insults-in-high-stakes-senate-debate-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=2353356&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>In a high-stakes Maryland Senate debate, nominees Angela\u2062 Alsobrooks and Larry Hogan exchanged \u200csharp criticisms, marking their first and likely only televised debate before the upcoming election. Alsobrooks, the\u2063 Prince\u2064 George\u2019s\u2062 County\u2062 executive, sought to portray Hogan\u2064 as an extremist aligned with more divisive Republican\u2064 figures, arguing that his decision\u200c to run as\u200d a Republican rather than an\u2062 independent\u2062 was a \u200cbetrayal of true independence.\u2064 Conversely, Hogan, a centrist former governor, accused Alsobrooks of misrepresenting his\u200d policies \u200dand labeled her as a stereotypical partisan politician.<\/p>\n<p>The debate covered key issues such as the Supreme Court, \u2064gun control, and marijuana legalization.\u200b Alsobrooks advocated \u200cfor expanding the Supreme Court and \u200blowering the filibuster threshold to support progressive agendas, \u2064while Hogan opposed these measures, citing the need for bipartisan compromise. On\u200c gun control, Hogan positioned himself as \u200da proponent of sensible legislation, \u200bcontrasting with Alsobrooks\u2019 claim that he had surrendered to the gun lobby. Regarding recreational marijuana, Alsobrooks supported legalization, while Hogan\u2063 remained against it, emphasizing concerns\u2064 about\u200c its impacts.<\/p>\n<p>The debate also touched on a recent controversy involving Alsobrooks and her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/irs-whistleblowers-contest-claims-that-doj-prosecutor-had-full-authority-on-hunter-biden-case\/\" title=\"IRS whistleblowers contest claims of DOJ prosecutor&#039;s &#039;full authority&#039; on Hunter Biden case.\">tax \u200drecords<\/a>. Following the discussion, Alsobrooks defended herself against \u200baccusations of improper tax exemptions\u2062 on her \u200bWashington properties. the encounter underscored \u200dthe candidates&#8217; \u2062differing political philosophies as\u200d they vie for a\u200b seat that could influence the \u2063Senate majority.  <\/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\">Larry Hogan and Angela Alsobrooks sling insults in high-stakes Maryland Senate debate<\/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_1770310\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Maryland Senate nominees <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3177703\/alsobrooks-donors-companies-awarded-government-contracts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Angela Alsobrooks\">Angela Alsobrooks<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3161513\/democrats-rebrand-larry-hogan-maryland-senate-race\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Larry Hogan\">Larry Hogan<\/a> traded barbs during a contentious debate Thursday in their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3176886\/hogan-surges-coming-up-short-long-shot-bid-flip-maryland-seat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Angela Alsobrooks\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/herschel-walker-offers-to-pay-rent-for-anyone-facing-eviction-by-raphael-warnocks-church\/\" title=\"Herschel Walker Offers To Pay Rent for Anyone Facing Eviction by Raphael Warnock\u2019s Church\">closely watched race<\/a><\/a> that could determine the chamber majority.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The head-to-head televised event marked their first and likely only debate before next month&rsquo;s election.<\/p>\n<p>Alsobrooks, the executive of Prince George&rsquo;s County, Maryland, sought to rebrand Hogan as a closet extremist who would empower more polarizing Republican figures with Senate control and said a true political maverick would have run as an independent.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If he wanted to be an independent, he should have run as one,&rdquo; Alsobrooks said. &ldquo;He opted to accept Mitch McConnell&rsquo;s request to come in.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;No matter what former Gov. Hogan says today, he would empower a caucus of people who will take our country backwards,&rdquo; Alsobrooks added, citing Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Ted Cruz (R-TX).<\/p>\n<p>Hogan, a former two-term centrist GOP governor of Maryland, repeatedly accused Alsobrooks of lying about his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-senators-grill-biden-doj-pick-vanita-gupta-over-attacks-on-gop\/\" title=\"GOP senators grill Biden DOJ pick Vanita Gupta over attacks on GOP\">policy stances<\/a> and presented himself as the only candidate willing to buck one&rsquo;s party.<\/p>\n<p>Alsobrooks&rsquo;s policy stances largely align with those of Vice President Kamala Harris, a longtime personal friend, and she emphasized her endorsement of the national party&rsquo;s agenda. She cited an intraparty feud to get the FBI&rsquo;s headquarters relocated from Washington, D.C., to Maryland as an example of her bucking other Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t think we need more partisan politicians who are going to be rubberstamps for their party,&rdquo; Hogan said. &ldquo;What we need are people that are willing to stand up and work with both parties or to criticize both parties when they are wrong.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>He added, &ldquo;I&rsquo;m not a &lsquo;MAGA&rsquo; Donald Trump, Mitch McConnell person, as my opponent would like you to believe.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Hogan later made the case to reporters that independents in modern-day partisan politics lack viability at the polls.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m trying to fix the broken politics, and my party&rsquo;s got some serious problems, and I&rsquo;ve been a leading voice against it,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;I could be a key voice in the middle to try to get more people.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The debate was prerecorded Thursday afternoon and will be broadcast later that evening to accommodate Alsobrooks&rsquo;s attendance at an event for the National Council of Negro Women. Among the moderators was NBC News&rsquo;s Chuck Todd, marking a rare occurrence of a national journalist refereeing a debate for a state election.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some of the biggest policy takeaways from the one-on-one encounter.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Alsobrooks backs packing Supreme Court and nixing filibuster<\/h2>\n<p>Alsobrooks sided with many of her would-be Democratic Senate colleagues with the belief that the Supreme Court should be expanded from nine justices to tip the scale from its current conservative bend. She also backed term limits.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think that they are out of line with the will of the American people,&rdquo; Alsobrooks said.<\/p>\n<p>As most Senate Democrats have advocated, she said the Senate&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-manchin-considering-proposal-to-lower-60-vote-filibuster-threshold\/\" title=\"Joe Manchin Considering Proposal To Lower 60-Vote Filibuster Threshold\">60-vote filibuster threshold<\/a> has &ldquo;thwarted&rdquo; progressive agendas and should be lowered to a simple majority.<\/p>\n<p>Hogan accused both parties of politicizing the Supreme Court, vowed only to support the confirmation of judicial nominees with bipartisan backing, and promised to protect the filibuster because it forces compromise.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hogan endorsed an assault weapons ban but opposed federal recreational marijuana<\/h2>\n<p>Hogan touted himself as a &ldquo;long supporter of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hollywood-celebs-admit-film-tv-must-stop-irresponsible-gun-portrayals\/\" title=\"Hollywood Celebs Admit Film &amp; TV Must Stop Irresponsible Gun Portrayals\">common sense gun legislation<\/a>,&rdquo; including red flag laws, universal background checks, and bans on bump stocks and so-called assault-style weapons, positions that put him at odds with many GOP lawmakers.<\/p>\n<p>He supported medical marijuana but remained against legalizing it for recreational use at the federal level, despite Maryland voters doing so for the state.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We haven&rsquo;t seen the full impact of that yet, and I think some in law enforcement are concerned about the fact that we have a lot of deaths for drunk driving,&rdquo; Hogan said. &ldquo;I think we&rsquo;ve got to make some more advances before we take a step like that.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Alsobrooks supported the federal legalization of marijuana and accused Hogan of having &ldquo;kowtowed to the gun lobby&rdquo; as governor by vetoing stricter gun control measures on mandatory purchase waiting periods and ghost guns.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hogan downplays Alsobrooks&rsquo;s tax records scandal <\/h2>\n<p>Alsobrooks was recently slapped with a nearly $48,000 bill by the District of Columbia for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3162381\/alsobrooks-improper-tax-breaks-dc-maryland-properties-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>improperly taking tax exemptions<\/a> over the past two decades on properties she owned in Washington. That <a href=\"https:\/\/wjla.com\/features\/i-team\/maryland-us-senate-candidate-angela-alsobrooks-unpaid-property-tax-bill-washington-dc-campaign-penalty-percent-waived-larry-hogan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>figure included<\/a> the waiving of a 10% penalty and 25% of the accrued interest being forgiven.<\/p>\n<p>Alsobrooks told reporters after the debate that attorneys came to the agreed-upon amount.<\/p>\n<p>Alsobrooks, prompted by moderators, said she paid back the unpaid taxes totaling $18,000 but was still &ldquo;working to pay off the interest.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Hogan said he was &ldquo;not sure it should matter,&rdquo; later suggesting that voters should not ding his opponent for what she has described as an honest mistake. One of the properties was formerly owned by her grandmother.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We ought to focus on other things,&rdquo; Hogan later told reporters. &ldquo;I think she has some explaining to do. I don&rsquo;t know about the mortgage documents and what kind of investigation is going on. But I&rsquo;m not trying to &mdash; I haven&rsquo;t talked about that at all.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Still, national Republicans have tried to capitalize on the controversy on the airwaves with campaign ads propping up Hogan. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;[Hogan] has these &lsquo;MAGA&rsquo; Republican billionaires who have come into our state, who are also working to defeat Democrats all across the state,&rdquo; Alsobrooks said. &ldquo;They found a false issue, an issue to mislead the voters, and it was good to hear him say it.&rdquo;<\/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_1770310\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1770310\"}});<\/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 and Alsobrooks exchange insults in Maryland Senate debate<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3108,"featured_media":2353357,"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\/2024-U.S.-Senate-debate-Hogan-speaking-1-scaled-1024x682.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[32427,5864,5894,37246],"class_list":["post-2353356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-alsobrooks","tag-hogan","tag-politics","tag-senate-debate"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/2024-U.S.-Senate-debate-Hogan-speaking-1-scaled-1024x682.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2353356","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=2353356"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2353356\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2353357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2353356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2353356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2353356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}