Hogan's Trump Apologist Interview in the NY Times

[Anonymous]

I don't understand why Marylanders support this spineless excuse for a Governor. I'm definitely not voting for him in November

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/04/opinion/sunday/republicans-donald-trump-larry-hogan.html?WT.nav=opinion-c-col-left-region&action=click&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-left-region&pgtype=Homepage®ion=opinion-c-col-left-region

Hogan on the Muslim ban.
You came under fire shortly after Trump was inaugurated for not saying anything publicly about his proposed Muslim ban.

Hogan: It really wasn’t impacting our state. There wasn’t a single person at B.W.I. Airport who was detained. I didn’t approve of it. People asked, “Why aren’t you at B.W.I. protesting with Martin O’Malley and one of our senators?” My job as governor isn’t to go out and lead protest marches.

I think what some people were saying was, “Why not just issue a statement?”

I guess that at the time, it didn’t rise to the point where it was something I thought I should weigh in on.

Hogan on Trump's Russia Performance
Governor Whitman was writing in the immediate aftermath of Helsinki and that news conference. What did you think of that performance?

Hogan: It was embarrassing. It was disappointing. But can you say the president needs to be removed from office because of his poor performance?

Does it create in you serious questions about whether he’s compromised in some way in his relationship with Russia?

Hogan: I’m not willing to go that far. Just from what I see in the media, it doesn’t give me the facts to make that kind of decision.

Hogan on the Republican Party
Are you ashamed of your party?

Hogan: I wouldn’t say I’m ashamed of the party. I’m sometimes embarrassed by some of the people in the party. I think that frankly the Democrats should be ashamed of some of the people in their party. I certainly wouldn’t become a Democrat today.

[Anonymous]

He's the only Republican I voted for in the last election where he was on the ballot. MD was getting out of control with taxing and spending. He has pushed forward on getting a rein in on that, and also furthering transpotation priorities and slowly making MD pro-business.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:He's the only Republican I voted for in the last election where he was on the ballot. MD was getting out of control with taxing and spending. He has pushed forward on getting a rein in on that, and also furthering transpotation priorities and slowly making MD pro-business.

I don't see MD becoming more pro-business. He didn't lift a finger when Discovery left Silver Spring. The only people I see him trying to help is his voter base in Ocean City, with his ridiculous Labor Day to June 15 policy which means that Maryland schools don't have a spring break week this year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He's the only Republican I voted for in the last election where he was on the ballot. MD was getting out of control with taxing and spending. He has pushed forward on getting a rein in on that, and also furthering transpotation priorities and slowly making MD pro-business.

I don't see MD becoming more pro-business. He didn't lift a finger when Discovery left Silver Spring. The only people I see him trying to help is his voter base in Ocean City, with his ridiculous Labor Day to June 15 policy which means that Maryland schools don't have a spring break week this year.

That's the school's fault partially. They can just move their days off for teacher service days if they want to keep those breaks. The benefit of starting school after Labor Day is it's a big benefit to Ocean City and the MD taxpayer (tax revenue), for no additional taxpayer cost.

[Anonymous]

Op, You have some major reading comp issues. Hogan repeatedly states he disagrees with Trump’s policies and is being held out by the writer as a representative of a dofferent wing of the republican party.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Op, You have some major reading comp issues. Hogan repeatedly states he disagrees with Trump’s policies and is being held out by the writer as a representative of a dofferent wing of the republican party.

+1 - OP you seem to have an agenda, and that's fine, but your reading comprehension could use some help. I am not a fan of Hogan, probably won't vote for him, but putting him on the Trump train based on these comments is ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

Honestly Jeff should change the title of your thread due to false advertising. I contributed $$$ to 2 Dem campaigns this week (a Texas house race and Claire McCaskill) But I support Hogan for exactly the kinds of comments in your OP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Op, You have some major reading comp issues. Hogan repeatedly states he disagrees with Trump’s policies and is being held out by the writer as a representative of a dofferent wing of the republican party.

+1 - OP you seem to have an agenda, and that's fine, but your reading comprehension could use some help. I am not a fan of Hogan, probably won't vote for him, but putting him on the Trump train based on these comments is ridiculous.

+1

I guess to OP unless you publicly and loudly rant against Trump then that must mean you are for him. He's not an apologist. Just maybe not as vocal as others.

[Anonymous]

Hogan = trump. Period. End of thread.

If you vote for Hogan, you are supporting trump and everything he stands for. That makes you a racist trumptard.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hogan = trump. Period. End of thread.

If you vote for Hogan, you are supporting trump and everything he stands for. That makes you a racist trumptard.

Compelling argument. Care to share some of your rationale?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hogan = trump. Period. End of thread.

If you vote for Hogan, you are supporting trump and everything he stands for. That makes you a racist trumptard.

Compelling argument. Care to share some of your rationale?

I assume this was a sarcastic summation of OP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He's the only Republican I voted for in the last election where he was on the ballot. MD was getting out of control with taxing and spending. He has pushed forward on getting a rein in on that, and also furthering transpotation priorities and slowly making MD pro-business.

I don't see MD becoming more pro-business. He didn't lift a finger when Discovery left Silver Spring. The only people I see him trying to help is his voter base in Ocean City, with his ridiculous Labor Day to June 15 policy which means that Maryland schools don't have a spring break week this year.

That's the school's fault partially. They can just move their days off for teacher service days if they want to keep those breaks. The benefit of starting school after Labor Day is it's a big benefit to Ocean City and the MD taxpayer (tax revenue), for no additional taxpayer cost.

Sure big benefit to ocean city with no additional cost if you don’t count the learning outcomes for our children. I am not voting for Hogan either. He has been bad on education issues.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:He's the only Republican I voted for in the last election where he was on the ballot. MD was getting out of control with taxing and spending. He has pushed forward on getting a rein in on that, and also furthering transpotation priorities and slowly making MD pro-business.

I don't see MD becoming more pro-business. He didn't lift a finger when Discovery left Silver Spring. The only people I see him trying to help is his voter base in Ocean City, with his ridiculous Labor Day to June 15 policy which means that Maryland schools don't have a spring break week this year.

That's the school's fault partially. They can just move their days off for teacher service days if they want to keep those breaks. The benefit of starting school after Labor Day is it's a big benefit to Ocean City and the MD taxpayer (tax revenue), for no additional taxpayer cost.

Sure big benefit to ocean city with no additional cost if you don’t count the learning outcomes for our children. I am not voting for Hogan either. He has been bad on education issues.

1 week later start is going to have a drastic effect on learning outcomes?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:He's the only Republican I voted for in the last election where he was on the ballot. MD was getting out of control with taxing and spending. He has pushed forward on getting a rein in on that, and also furthering transpotation priorities and slowly making MD pro-business.

I don't see MD becoming more pro-business. He didn't lift a finger when Discovery left Silver Spring. The only people I see him trying to help is his voter base in Ocean City, with his ridiculous Labor Day to June 15 policy which means that Maryland schools don't have a spring break week this year.

That's the school's fault partially. They can just move their days off for teacher service days if they want to keep those breaks. The benefit of starting school after Labor Day is it's a big benefit to Ocean City and the MD taxpayer (tax revenue), for no additional taxpayer cost.

Sure big benefit to ocean city with no additional cost if you don’t count the learning outcomes for our children. I am not voting for Hogan either. He has been bad on education issues.

1 week later start is going to have a drastic effect on learning outcomes?

So it’s ok to sacrifice kids’ learning outcomes for the sake of putting extra $ in the pocket of few Hogan friendly voters? By the way, I’ve never seen evidence that this extra week out of school for Marylanders has an impact on Ocean City revenues, have you?

[Anonymous]

Hogan lied in that interview. I called his office and talked about the impact of the Muslim ban on my household as a Maryland constituent and his staff dismissed me. I’m sure many other Marylands called as well so for him to say that it didn’t affect Marylanders is a lie. Also, some may remember that he was sued for removing comments asking him to speak out on the Muslim ban from his public Facebook page (ie suppressing free speech) and lost the lawsuit and was told he had to allow a diversity of viewpoints on his website. But if you want to ignore his stance on social issues and call him “practically a Democrat”, you’ve got some serious cognitive dissonance going on.