Former Maryland Governor and U.S. Senate candidate Larry Hogan (R-Md.) said he “did not ask” for an endorsement from former President Donald Trump and is “not interested in it.”
when Asked If Hogan “publicly” declines to endorse Trump, he said the endorsement is “not something his campaign is pushing,” according to WTOP News. Hogan’s comments come a week after Trump said in a Fox News interview that he hopes Hogan wins the Senate race.
“I just said that’s not what I want,” Hogan explained. “And I don’t want that. And I’m not interested in that. It’s not something we’re going to push. In a state that Donald Trump lost by 33 points, we’re not going to attract a lot of voters to our cause. So I don’t think there’s any interest in embracing it.”
Exclusive: Former Maryland Republican Gov. Larry Hogan (now running for U.S. Senate) weighs in Follow Responding to President Trump’s recent endorsement of Hogan, he said, “I didn’t ask for it… I’m not interested.” Governor Larry Hogan pic.twitter.com/y84sYUZ8py
— Nick Iannelli (@NickWTOP) June 20, 2024
Hogan won the Republican primary for the Senate in May and will face Democratic challenger Angela Alsobrooks, the mayor of Prince George’s County, in November. Both are seeking the seat of retiring Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.).
Hogan, who is known to be critical of Trump, stated In May, he called for the verdict to be “respected” in the former president’s business records trial.
In an August 2023 interview with CNN, Hogan said he was “embarrassed and disgusted” by six Republican presidential candidates saying during a debate that they would support the former president even if he had been convicted of a crime.
