Des Monies, IA – Republican Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan said Monday that he doesn’t yet believe President Donald Trump is vulnerable in a primary, but he’s still considering launching a challenge because “things could change.”
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In an interview with The Associated Press at a National Governors Association regional meeting in Iowa, Hogan said, “I have a real important day job. I’m not someone who would just run just to make a statement. I’d have to believe there was an actual path to victory.”
Hogan, who won re-election last fall, said he had no political events planned for his two-day visit to the state but acknowledged he was fielding calls from Republican “thought leaders, donors and some elected officials” asking him to challenge Trump.
“We’ll see. You never say never,” he said.
Hogan has long been critical of the president, accusing him of contributing to GOP electoral losses in the state and emphasizing his distance from Trump on issues like health care. On Monday, he told NGA attendees that he was “really disappointed with dysfunction and divisiveness in Washington and the fact nothing seems to get done.” Later, when asked if Trump was to blame for the atmosphere in Washington, Hogan said, “There’s plenty of blame to go around.”
Hogan demurred when asked by the AP if it was time to start considering impeachment. In 1974, Hogan’s father, Lawrence Hogan Sr., became the only Republican on the House Judiciary Committee to support all three articles of impeachment against then-President Richard Nixon.
He said that he wanted to “get the facts” before passing judgment but that when the special counsel’s report comes out, “I think it’s going to be the start of more questions and more investigations.”
“It’s going to be a long saga for the country,” he said.
I suggest he not run bc Trump will label him with quite the nasty nickname
Like many here, its assumed that what was done to Nixon was a good thing henceforth we should follow suit.
Let me set the record, it was wrong ti impeach nixon too. (Just like impeaching clinton was wrong) It wrecked havoc and ensued a decade of chaos till Regean cleaned up Ford & the peanut farmer’s mess. Nioxn was a great president and doing a great job. And he had an overwhelming majority victory in 72. yes he did some small silly shady crime or covered it up. Big deal.
To: Archy-Once again, you’ve exhibited a gross ignorance of history and facts; you have absolutely no idea of what Nixon and his German mafia (Haldemann, Erhlichman, Kleindienst), put this country through, from 1972-1974. First of all, Nixon was NEVER impeached. He resigned, prior to being inpeached. Also, it was a bipartisan effort, and not just the Democrats vs. the Republicans, as is the case today. Even Sen. Barry Goldwater told Nixon that there were not enough Republican votes in the Senate to clear him, in the event that the House impeached him. He also stated that “tricky Dick has pulled his last trick”. The Watergate affair was not some “small, shady, crime”, as you’ve described it. Why don’t you go to the library, and read the transcripts of the 1973 Watergate hearings, before Congress, which were a bipartisan effort, to get at the truth. If Nixon had come clean immediately, instead of thumbing his nose at Congress, and cooperated with the Congressional investigators, articles of impeachment would never have been acted upon. On his last night in the White House, Nixon cried and stated to Henry Kissinger, “What have I done”. (continued).
(continued article, in response to Archy)- Kissinger was a secular Jew, and not at all religious. However, he complained in later years that he had to put up with a lot of anti-semitism, while serving in the White House. Nixon would routinely give it to Kissinger, about his disdain for certain Jews (i.e. “Those Jew boys in the Justice Dept. are out to get me”); Nixon even had someone research how many Jews were in the Labor Dept., in managerial positions; those Jews were later either fired or demoted. Nixon also complained why there were so few Jewish casualties in Vietnam (he stated ” I don’t know how they do it”). Yes, it is true that Nixon saved Israel during the Yom Kippur War, with a massive airlift, and that he liked Golda Meir. However, he was very uncomfortable with Jewish leaders in the USA, and besides Henry Kissinger, had practically no other Jews on his staff. The only other one was Leonard Garment, an Attorney. He referred to Judge Sirica, who was not a Jew, as a “wop”. Nixon could have avoided being forced to resign, if he had turned all of his tapes over to Congress, and fired those who were responsible for Watergate, instead of stonewalling. A shanda!
No republican challenger has a chance against the great Trump. Nor does any dem.