Maryland’s Governor Larry Hogan is 'concerned about the Republican Party,' won’t rule out a primary challenge to Trump in 2020.
Until recently, no one thought of Larry Hogan as a candidate for president. His first two campaigns for office ended in defeat. In 2014, he won the Maryland governorship at age 58 — and within months received a diagnosis of Stage 3 non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
John Harwood: I can't start the interview without taking note of the fight that you had with cancer beginning in your first year in office. How are you doing right now? Just look at the precedent it sets. Even if you're a hardcore supporter of the president who says,"We want to build a wall," think about this. What if the next president who comes in ... let's say it's a far left, a Democratic president, who says,"I think climate change is an emergency. I'm going to skip Congress, and I'm going to declare a state of emergency to enact the Green New Deal.
Larry Hogan: I'm very hopeful that the FBI investigation is going to be fair and maybe take a look at the facts. But no man is above the law, not even the president of the United States. They need to get to the facts and the truth. I don't want an unfair investigation that's just trying to undermine the president. But I don't want the president stopping an investigation either. I just think we want to get to the truth.
I think the party needs to find a better way to reach more people and to find consensus without abandoning principles ... that the party has stood for, on economic growth, on job creation, on tax cuts, without just getting to a smaller and smaller base where, if you don't agree with us on 100 percent of these issues, you're an outcast, an enemy, and we don't want you, which seems to be some of what's going on today.
Larry Hogan: I wasn't really trying to send necessarily a message to the party or to President Trump. These are just guys that I admire. I grew up knowing and respecting President Bush, H.W. Bush, and he served in Congress with my dad. I went to his funeral, which is where I saw Jeb, and I thought he did a great job as governor of Florida. He's somebody I respect, and I asked him to come to speak at my inauguration.
John Harwood: But you are concerned about this president, who you did not endorse, and who you might run against. But I'm not running for re-election. I'm term limited. I'm in a very blue state that the president lost by 29 points.
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