And then there was … one fewer, anyway. Larry Hogan made a splashy exit from the Republican presidential-contender field this morning, or as splashy as one can get while barely showing up on vot.
And then there was … one fewer, anyway. Larry Hogan made a splashy exit from the Republican presidential-contender field this morning, or as splashy as one can get while barely showing up on voters’ radar. Widely expected to toss his hat in the ring, Hogan instead decided that he will return to the private sector.
Why? Out of a sense of loyalty to the party and to the country, Hogan says, by making it tougher on Donald Trump. “I didn’t want to have a pile-up of a bunch ofpeople fighting” for the GOP presidential nomination, the former Maryland governor told CBS News’ Robert Costa. “Right now, you have Trump and DeSantis at the top of the field,” he continued, “soaking up all the oxygen, getting all the attention, and then a whole lot of the rest of us in single digits. And the more of them you have, the less chance you have for someone rising up.”
True enough, but also a rather self-interested view of the futility most will have in a 2024 race with Trump and DeSantis. Hogan gave a more altruistic spin later:
Former MD @GovLarryHogan tells @costareports, in a @FaceTheNation with @margbrennan exclusive, that he will not seek the GOP presidential nomination in 2024. “I didn’t want to have a pileup of a bunch of people fighting,” he says.
