The Maryland Senate Republican nominee sought to strike a neutral tone, prompting immediate backlash from the GOP presidential candidate's campaign.
Hogan, a former two-term governor and centrist Republican, said in a statement before the guilty verdict was handed down by a jury in Trump’s New York hush-money trial that Americans should “respect the verdict and the legal process” — regardless of the result.“At this dangerously divided moment in our history, all leaders — regardless of party — must not pour fuel on the fire with more toxic partisanship,” Hogan said. “We must reaffirm what has made this nation great: the rule of law.
He was met with swift rebuke from Trump campaign senior advisor Chris LaCivita, who suggested Hogan sealed his own political fate in a deep blue state. A longtime anti-Trump Republican, Hogan will need all the GOP voters he can muster in order to flip the open Senate seat red.The Hogan campaign did not respond to a request for comment.
Trump was found guilty on all 34 felony counts for falsifying business records of a hush-money payment to pornstar Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election to shield a past alleged extramarital affair. Congressional Republicans were unified in their decry of the “rigged” verdict that they vowed would only invigorate the GOP to get Trump elected in November.
“The real verdict is going to be Nov. 5 by the people,” Trump told reporters outside the courtroom following the verdict. “We didn’t do a thing wrong. I’m a very innocent man.”
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