Former Maryland governor Larry Hogan said Sunday that he will not seek the Republican nomination for president in 2024 to avoid a showdown with Donald Trump, the former president whom Hogan has unsuccessfully sought to steer his party away from.
for Trump to resign or be ousted following the attack on the U.S. Capitol by a mob of Trump supporters.
“I still believe in a Republican Party that stands for fiscal responsibility and getting the government off our backs and out of our pockets,” Hogan said in his statement, before going on to say: “And I still believe in a Republican Party that upholds and honors perhaps our most sacred tradition: the peaceful transfer of power.”
In the Times essay, Hogan seemed to also criticize the infrastructure that enabled Trump’s rise to power. “For too long, Republican voters have been denied a real debate about what our party stands for beyond loyalty to Mr. Trump. A cult of personality is no substitute for a party of principle,” he
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