Hogan’s Anti-Heroes

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Hogan’s much-celebrated recruitment, and his crossover appeal, has forced Democrats to worry about shifting money from other races to secure what should have been an easy win. Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images
Abby Livingston
June 4, 2024

So far, at least, the number one casualty in the Trump conviction aftermath isn’t the former president—now a certified felon—but rather the popular former governor of Maryland, Larry Hogan, who is also currently the Republican candidate for Senate in the state, having won his primary just three weeks ago. Hogan, of course, responded to the guilty verdict on Twitter by urging Americans “to respect the verdict and the legal process”—a seemingly innocuous comment that set off the dogs in Mar-a-Lago. “You just ended your campaign,” Trump senior advisor Chris LaCivita immediately responded. Lara Trump, the newish Republican National Committee co-chair, told CNN’s Kasie Hunt over the weekend that Hogan “doesn’t deserve the respect of anyone in the Republican Party at this point, and, quite frankly, anybody in America.”