ANNAPOLIS, MD—Governor Larry Hogan today appeared on CNN’s ‘The Lead with Jake Tapper’ to discuss the events of Jan. 6, 2021 at the U.S. Capitol.
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“I think that people in my party who refuse to accept the realities of what happened one year ago today are making a big mistake, and putting fealty to Donald Trump ahead of their constitutional oath to defend the Constitution and represent their constituents. It’s not helpful for the Republican Party. It’s not good for the country.”
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“There’s certainly a shortage of courage in my party and a lot of people that are whitewashing what happened. You can have different opinions on different issues, and I certainly don’t question Kevin McCarthy’s desire to be Speaker and Republicans taking over the House, but I don’t think we ought to get there by trying to deal with conspiracy theories and lying about what happened in the last election or trying to pretend like this wasn’t a violent insurrection at the Capitol a year ago.”
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“This is something really important to me. I’ve been focused on this for the entire time I’ve been in elective office, but especially over the past year, and I think we need to have more voices in the Republican Party that are willing to have the courage to stand up and speak out.”
Excerpts:
“I think that people in my party who refuse to accept the realities of what happened one year ago today are making a big mistake, and putting fealty to Donald Trump ahead of their constitutional oath to defend the Constitution and represent their constituents. It’s not helpful for the Republican Party. It’s not good for the country.”
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“There’s certainly a shortage of courage in my party and a lot of people that are whitewashing what happened. You can have different opinions on different issues, and I certainly don’t question Kevin McCarthy’s desire to be Speaker and Republicans taking over the House, but I don’t think we ought to get there by trying to deal with conspiracy theories and lying about what happened in the last election or trying to pretend like this wasn’t a violent insurrection at the Capitol a year ago.”
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“This is something really important to me. I’ve been focused on this for the entire time I’ve been in elective office, but especially over the past year, and I think we need to have more voices in the Republican Party that are willing to have the courage to stand up and speak out.”
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