Hogan rips RNC for shielding Trump from primary challenge
Source: Politico
Republican Gov. Larry Hogan said Thursday he expects to make a springtime trip to New Hampshire as he weighs a 2020 challenge to Donald Trump and accused the Republican National Committee of going to extraordinary lengths to shield the president from a potentially draining primary.
Typically they try to be fair arbiters of a process and Ive never seen anything like it and Ive been involved in the Republican Party for most of my life. Its unprecedented. And in my opinion its not the way we should be going about our politics, Hogan, a popular two-term Maryland governor, said in an interview with POLITICO. Its very undemocratic and to say, Were in some cases not going to allow a debate, we may not have a primary
And the question is, what are they afraid of? he added. Because on the one hand you look at polls, 70 percent of Republicans support the president in a primary. Why are they so concerned? Why the puffing out the chest Weve put together the greatest team ever assembled, were going to raise all this money early, were going to hire all these people early, were going to take over the RNC
During its annual winter meeting earlier this year, the RNC passed a resolution giving the president its undivided support ahead of the 2020 election. Trump has also rolled out a 2020 campaign organization that incorporates the RNC and his campaign into a single entity, with the reelection campaign and committee merging their field and fundraising programs into a joint entity known as Trump Victory. Traditionally, a presidential reelection committee has worked side-by-side with the national party committee but not overtaken it.
Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2019/02/21/larry-hogan-2020-trump-1179635
RainCaster
(10,874 posts)It explains alot really.
Leghorn21
(13,524 posts)msongs
(67,405 posts)marylandblue
(12,344 posts)He'll lose the primary, but if Trump loses the general he will be a frontrunner for 2024.
More_Cowbell
(2,191 posts)If the GOP lets him be primaried and he doesn't win.
Progressive Jones
(6,011 posts)would vote GOP, and then there would still be a huge Dem turnout.
The real key is to battle the GOP hard across the board. Trump is temporary, but this
whacko right wing controlled GOP is a danger to this nation. Moderate Republicans can't be counted on to
hold the GOP together. They're being shut out.
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)I think they're afraid of ticking off his base. They need those 35% to win against the Democrats.
Harker
(14,018 posts)So... what's all the bother about?