{"id":2362547,"date":"2024-11-01T06:10:01","date_gmt":"2024-11-01T10:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-haunts-hogan-in-final-days-of-maryland-senate-battle-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-11-01T06:12:05","modified_gmt":"2024-11-01T10:12:05","slug":"trump-haunts-hogan-in-final-days-of-maryland-senate-battle-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-haunts-hogan-in-final-days-of-maryland-senate-battle-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump haunts Hogan in final days of Maryland Senate battle &#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\">26<\/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%2Ftrump-haunts-hogan-in-final-days-of-maryland-senate-battle-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=2362547&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 the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pentagon-announces-official-end-to-u-s-war-in-afghanistan\/\" title=\"Pentagon Announces Official End To U.S. War In Afghanistan\">final days leading<\/a> up \u200dto the Maryland Senate\u200d election, \u200bRepublican \u200bcandidate Larry Hogan is \u2062facing challenges \u200cstemming from an unwanted endorsement by former\u2063 President \u200dDonald Trump. \u200bHogan, a self-proclaimed \u2062moderate\u200d who has often distanced himself from Trump,\u200b is reportedly \u2063using the \u200bendorsement to appeal to Trump\u2019s\u200d base during private donor calls, despite \u2062publicly rejecting it. A\u200d leaked video of Hogan discussing\u200c the endorsement has fueled criticism \u2064from opponents, particularly his Democratic rival,\u200c Angela Alsobrooks,\u200b who \u200dargues that it contradicts Hogan\u2019s image as a centrist. <\/p>\n<p>While Hogan&#8217;s campaign denounced the leaked remarks \u200bas a misrepresentation, critics have \u200cseized the opportunity to highlight\u200d his connections \u2063to Trump and suggest that he \u200bis more aligned with the former president than he claims. Despite \u200ctrailing in the polls, Hogan&#8217;s \u200creputation as \u2064a bipartisan leader\u200d has kept the\u200d race competitive. As the election nears, Hogan continues to assert his independence from Trump&#8217;s influence, \u2062while \u200balso denouncing the media scrutiny over his\u200d remarks. The situation\u200d exemplifies the complex dynamics of the\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-armed-man-posing-as-federal-agent-arrested-at-rfk-jr-event-in-los-angeles\/\" title=\"Armed imposter posing as federal agent nabbed at RFK Jr. event in LA.\">current political \u2062climate<\/a>, especially within the Republican\u200b Party, where positions on Trump can significantly\u2063 impact candidates&#8217; \u200bsupport\u2064 among 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<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\">Trump endorsement haunts Hogan in final days of Maryland Senate battle<\/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 Republican Senate hopeful Larry Hogan&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3056633\/larry-hogan-one-word-response-trump-endorsement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"unwanted endorsement\">unwanted endorsement<\/a> from former President Donald Trump has reemerged days before the election as a political headache for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3141939\/hogan-untrump-republican-title-maryland\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Never-Trumper\">never-Trumper<\/a>. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Hogan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/10\/30\/politics\/larry-hogan-tout-trump-endorsement\/index.html\">privately told donors<\/a> in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wizards-of-waverly-place-showrunner-confirms-obvious-same-sex-relationship-between-alex-and-stevie\/\" title=\"\u2018Wizards Of Waverly Place\u2019 Showrunner Confirms \u2018Obvious\u2019 Same-Sex Relationship Between Alex And Stevie\">leaked video call<\/a> that &ldquo;Donald Trump actually endorsed me&rdquo; when prompted about the two&rsquo;s rival relationship, saying that he emphasizes it to &ldquo;hardcore Trump folks&rdquo; who might be offput by his more centrist views and opposition to the GOP presidential nominee.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/live-blog\/2024-election-campaign-live-updates-harris-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2024 ELECTIONS LIVE UPDATES: LATEST NEWS ON THE TRUMP-HARRIS PRESIDENTIAL RACE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Hogan campaign denounced the leaked tape, which the former two-term governor says is being used to misconstrue his words.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This 11th-hour, desperate stunt is exactly what&rsquo;s wrong with politics,&rdquo; a Hogan spokesperson told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. &ldquo;As Governor Hogan said in the same answer, he will always be his own independent voice, even if it angers some members of his party.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Hogan has long <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3044678\/hogan-withholds-support-from-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">condemned Trump&rsquo;s endorsement<\/a> publicly and characterized it as a &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3056633\/larry-hogan-one-word-response-trump-endorsement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">half-hearted<\/a>&rdquo; seal of approval that could drag him down among vital split-ticket voters in deep-blue Maryland.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats are projecting Hogan&rsquo;s words as an &ldquo;I-told-you-so&rdquo; moment that his image of a GOP maverick who despises Trump and was twice-elected governor of a liberal state is nothing more than a fa&ccedil;ade.<\/p>\n<p>Hogan trails his Democratic opponent, Prince George&rsquo;s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks, in the polls. But his stature as a centrist Republican willing to criticize or cut deals with either party has made the contest far more competitive than it otherwise would be.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think the video speaks for itself,&rdquo; Alsobrooks told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> of Hogan&rsquo;s private comments. &ldquo;And he can speak for himself.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Other Democrats and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">aligned advocacy groups weren&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t as reserved.<\/p>\n<p>Karen Darkes, executive director of the Maryland Democratic Party, said Hogan&rsquo;s donor call was proof &ldquo;we know he&rsquo;s proud of&rdquo; Trump&rsquo;s endorsement, support that Hogan continues to reject publicly.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Senate candidate 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>&ldquo;Hogan is bankrolled by Project 2025 authors [and] GOP megadonors like Harlan Crow and billionaires who support Trump,&rdquo; Darkes said. &ldquo;Extremist Republicans like [Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)] and [former presidential candidate and ex-Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA)] to [Gov. Brian Kemp (R-GA)] are lining up to hold fundraisers to benefit Hogan&rsquo;s campaign.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Kevin Curtis, executive director of Natural Resources Defense Council&rsquo;s political arm, said Hogan would &ldquo;act out what he apparently said &hellip; which is he loves Donald Trump&rsquo;s endorsement and appreciates it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Hogan downplayed his Trump endorsement remarks in an interview with Washington metropolitan-area radio station WTOP.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Politics as usual, with people cutting things out of context and trying to make a big deal out of it. Nothing changed whatsoever,&rdquo; he <a href=\"https:\/\/wtop.com\/maryland\/2024\/10\/i-dont-accept-trumps-endorsement-gop-senate-candidate-larry-hogan-denies-trump-support\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">said<\/a>. &ldquo;I just said it on CNN. &hellip; I don&rsquo;t accept Trump&rsquo;s endorsement, that I&rsquo;m not supporting Trump and not voting for Trump. My position is very clear.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Hogan also vehemently denounced the apparent election meddling of a dark money super PAC in the closing stretch of the race that&rsquo;s believed to be aligned with national Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>The Save Western Culture PAC, which is targeting the Maryland and Texas Senate races, as well as &ldquo;toss-up&rdquo; House districts, is propping up Libertarian Mike Scott in an attempt to siphon conservative votes from Hogan. Robocalls and mailers funded by the group portray Hogan as a liberal and knock him for saying President Joe Biden won the 2020 election.<\/p>\n<p>Scott has <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/10\/29\/us-news\/mysterious-super-pac-props-up-libertarians-undercuts-gop-in-tough-races\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">denied any involvement<\/a>. Such controversial campaign tactics have been utilized by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/megadonors-pour-record-amount-of-money-into-get-out-the-vote-effort-for-dems\/\" title=\"Megadonors Pour Record Amount of Money Into \u2018Get Out the Vote\u2019 Effort for Dems\">political groups<\/a> and parties in past election cycles, particularly by Democrats.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3145190\/how-to-vote-dates-deadlines-know-about-before-election-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">VOTER REGISTRATION AND EARLY VOTING: KEY DATES AND DEADLINES IN THE 2024 ELECTION<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hogan denounced the strategy as &ldquo;shocking and deeply disappointing.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Lying to voters while asking for their trust is a slap in the face to our most sacred democratic processes,&rdquo; he said in a statement. &ldquo;This smear campaign based on lies is more of the same tacky political gamesmanship everyone hates &mdash; Marylanders deserve better.&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>Trump&#8217;s endorsement troubles Hogan in Maryland Senate race<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3108,"featured_media":2362548,"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-senate-candidate.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[3728,5864,4837,3740,3634],"class_list":["post-2362547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-election","tag-hogan","tag-maryland","tag-senate","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/larry-hogan-senate-candidate.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2362547","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=2362547"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2362547\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2362548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2362547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2362547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2362547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}