Md.’s GOP governor says he doesn’t plan to vote for Trump
Republican Gov. Larry Hogan of Maryland said Wednesday that he “doesn’t plan” to vote for Donald Trump, his party’s presumptive nominee for President.
Hogan made the decisive statement in Prince George’s County Wednesday, while visiting the future site of MGM Resorts International in Oxon Hill.
But Hogan, a first-term governor, didn’t say who he would cast his ballot for instead.
“And we also agreed that the Obama administration during the past eight years has over-reached by passing cumbersome regulations that amount to a power grab that hurt state economies and destroy jobs”, she said.
Republican Presidential hopeful Donald Trump introduces NASCAR great Richard Petty as he takes the stage at a rally at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro Special Events Center in Greensboro, N.C. Tuesday, June 14, 2016.
“Several of us expressed a real concern that what we say and how we say it matters”, said Haslam, referring to the meeting with Trump.
Still, the governor said, “I appreciate him sitting down and talking with us”. When the Associated Press called Trump the “presumptive nominee”, Alexander responded “that’s what you say”. “That’s a whole different problem than what we’ve talked about”.
Like Haslam, Hutchinson endorsed U.S. Sen.
Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin and Presidential Candidate Donald Trump are set to meet on Tuesday, the governor’s office confirmed with News 9.
The NRA endorsed Trump last month. The nonprofit group advocates for gun rights. Bob Corker and Lamar Alexander in the wake of Trump’s comments about Muslims following the massacre of 49 people in a gay Orlando nightclub this week.
Haslam said the subject of conversation did sometimes turn toward the importance of Republican politicians uniting behind a nominee.