Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R), who is running for the state Senate, said he would “absolutely” vote to certify the results of the 2024 presidential election if he wins in November. said.
Dana Bash said in an interview on CNN's “State of the Union” that if Hogan wins, one of the first votes in the Senate will be to certify each state's election results. This procedure is usually ceremonial and takes place in January. After a presidential election year.
Mr. Bash asked Mr. Hogan whether he thought all Democrats and Republicans should vote to certify the results no matter what.
“I think all the conspiracy theories about a stolen election are nonsense,” the moderate Republican responded, referring to the 2020 election.
“So, yes, there was some fraud, but not enough to overturn the election,” he continued.
more Two-thirds of House Republicans And eight of the 51 Republican senators cast at least one objection to counting the 2020 electoral votes.
a handful of democrats I used the processElections since 2000 have also seen protests to raise concerns about the election. It wasn't until 2005, when former Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) supported the effort, that a vote was taken against it. She said at the time that her goal was not to overturn the election results but to “shine the light of truth on a flawed system that must be fixed now.”
“You know, the lack of courage on the part of some people who have been pressured to take positions that I would never take,” Hogan said, referring to Republicans who voted against certifying the 2020 election results. “That's what I thought,” he said.
“And I was the first person, and the first Republican, to congratulate President Biden and call on Donald Trump to concede,” Hogan continued. “So obviously you can't do that. You can't overturn the will of the voters.”
Bash again asked if that meant voting for certification “no matter what.”
“Of course,” Hogan replied.
