Welcome to Larry Hogan: Republicans’ Dream Senate Majority Maker, a weekly update on the latest news on self-described “lifelong” Republican Larry Hogan. Hogan, who was recruited by Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell and vows to caucus with Republicans, could be the 51st seat Republicans need to win control of the U.S. Senate and push forward an agenda that’s out of step with Marylanders, including a nationwide abortion ban.
Here’s the latest:
- Hogan keeps lying about his real record of opposing reproductive rights.
- This week, Hogan falsely stated to CNN, the Daily Mail, and on X (formerly known as Twitter) that he’s consistently supported abortion rights – but his record tells the true story.
- In 2022, Hogan vetoed legislation in 2022 to expand access to abortion in Maryland.
- A few months later, Hogan doubled down after the legislature overrode his veto by refusing to release funding to train abortion providers.
- As a Senate candidate, Hogan spent the first four months of his campaign refusing to commit to backing Roe v. Wade.
- Hogan continues to refuse to commit to only backing judicial nominees who support abortion rights.
- MARYLAND DEMOCRATIC PARTY RESPONDS TO LARRY’S LATEST LIES → “Larry Hogan can’t hide from the fact that if elected, he could be the 51st seat Republicans need to ban abortion nationwide. His record shows he can’t be trusted to protect reproductive freedom,” said Maryland Democratic Party Spokesperson Lindsay Reilly.
- Hogan got caught too close to Big Pharma.
- Republican Larry Hogan planned to hold a fundraiser this week with a former Big Pharma executive known for jacking up the price of a lifesaving cancer drug – until he was called out by the New Jersey Globe. Hogan’s campaign suspiciously removed the event with Hugin from its fundraising page hours after the New Jersey Globe story was published 🤔
- Hogan got hammered in the editorial pages.
- BALTIMORE SUN READER → “Hogan is a Republican, period. He will vote Republican if he is in the Senate.”
FLASHBACK: THE BALTIMORE SUN EDITORIAL BOARD → Hogan a nonpartisan? History tells a different tale. “As governor [Hogan] hewed to the conservative party line, vetoing expanded access to abortion, opposing a constitutional amendment guaranteeing abortion rights in the state and refusing just two years ago to release budgeted funds to train abortion providers […] So how can Hogan — with a straight face no less — claim he was a nonpartisan governor?”
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