Trump ally launches effort to blunt Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan's potential 2020 challenge
As President Trump’s allies continue to try to discourage Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan from mounting a 2020 primary challenge, the president’s former deputy campaign manager David M. Bossie has started to organize a political salvo: A collection of endorsements for the president’s reelection campaign from prominent Maryland Republicans.
State Del. Barrie S. Ciliberti , who was a county chairman for the president’s campaign, said the statement will help “ward off any attempt at a primary for whoever would be foolish enough to do that.” Ciliberti acknowledged that things could change if special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s probe of Trump and his campaign “paints the man as Dracula,” but he doesn’t expect that to happen.
“I would encourage my fellow Republicans to resist that. They can make their decisions down the road. Give it a little time,” said Flanagan, a Hogan ally who has been critical of Trump. “There’s a temptation to look at the situation in the short run only, and we’ve got to invest in the future of the party. ”last week that he is in no hurry to make a decision on running for president and that “at this point in time, I don’t see any path to winning a Republican primary against this president.