Former Republican Governor of Maryland Larry Hogan touted his response to the 2015 Baltimore riots in a statement shared with Daily Caller on Thursday.
Hogan, who served as Maryland’s Governor from 2015 to 2023 and is now running for Senate, oversaw a response to the 2015 riots that erupted in Baltimore when 25-year-old Freddie Gray suffered fatal injuries while in police custody.
“It was nine years ago this month. I had only been governor for 89 days when the worst violence in 47 years erupted in the city of Baltimore,” Hogan told the Daily Caller.
“Baltimore City and all Maryland families deserve peace and safety in their communities. Politics can never come before public safety. That’s exactly how I served you as governor, and that is how I will serve you in the Senate,” he concluded.
“The immediate need is to restore calm and peace to the city, make people feel safe,” Hogan said at the time, according to a video shared by the America United advocacy group.
57 percent of polled voters across the state of Maryland said crime was affecting their quality of life, according to the poll.
