Larry Hogan's fake #resistance: His purchase of Korean COVID-19 tests looks like a PR stunt
Published 2 hours ago on May 9, 2020
By Salon- Commentary
Despite being the governor of a small state, Larry Hogan secured coronavirus test kits from “13 time zones away,” thanks to “nearly a month of diplomacy talks” and “middle of the night” negotiations. His “tell it like it is” approach provides “a contrast with the president.”
That was the story line Hogan wanted, and he got it, in no small part because the Maryland governor offers an irresistible profile for the media: a Republican — yes, a Republican! — who criticizes Trump. Having checked that box, little else mattered.
The Hogan-initiated negotiations that led to a South Korean company flying 500,000 coronavirus testing kits to Maryland were glowingly reported on by the New York Times (4/20/20), NPR (4/21/20) and pretty much everyone else. The past few weeks, it’s been hard to watch TV without seeing Hogan, the chairman of the National Governors Association, holding forth on shows like ABC’s “The View” (4/21/20), Comedy Central’s “Daily Show” (4/29/20) and MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” (4/21/20).
Hogan’s victory tour for what he dubbed “Operation Enduring Friendship” was set to continue with a live conversation on April 30, branded “Leadership During Crisis,” with the Washington Post, a newspaper that generally loves him (FAIR.org, 11/21/18). But that morning, the bottom of the Post’s front page had a damning exposé (4/29/30) on Hogan’s South Korean gambit.
https://www.rawstory.com/2020/05/larry-hogans-fake-resistance-his-purchase-of-korean-covid-19-tests-looks-like-a-pr-stunt/
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