Hogan will not challenge Trump, leaving Trump's GOP critics with limited options

[brooklynite]

Source: Washington Post

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, who was considering an insurgent White House bid that would have championed traditional GOP values, will not challenge President Trump for the Republican Party’s 2020 nomination.

“I’m not going to be a candidate for president in 2020,” Hogan said in an interview.

Hogan’s choice dashes the political hopes of Trump’s leading GOP critics, who have wooed the popular Maryland governor for months and connected him with key players in early voting states. The decision also comes as other top Republicans are shying away from jumping into the presidential fray.

While Hogan acknowledged that Trump’s enduring popularity with most Republicans would have been difficult to overcome, he said his decision was driven by his desire to govern without being pulled into an unpredictable political maelstrom that would keep him away from Annapolis.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/hogan-will-not-challenge-trump-leaving-trumps-gop-critics-with-limited-options/2019/06/01/c74c0b3a-8473-11e9-bce7-40b4105f7ca0_story.html

[Cryptoad]

1. Reckon there was ,,,,,,,

some of that Russian Money put in an off-shore account for him this last week?

[Progressive Jones]

2. Or, GOP threats to his safety if he runs. nt

[Aristus]

4. Russian mob enforcers aren't the least bit dainty in their enforcement.

n/t

[rurallib]

6. I believe Hogan has a history of heart problems

which the Russians could easily exploit.

[NCjack]

3. Larry "would have championed traditional GOP values" -- maybe he

discovered that he is the last Republican with those values.

[marble falls]

5. Proving once again that there are no "moderate/liberal/progressive" Republicans of conscience ...

any more: these people just cannot be shamed.