Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) highlighted the “horror” of the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the Capitol, and his personal response, in an advert launched Tuesday as a part of his marketing campaign for the U.S. Senate.
“On January 6, as we watched in horror, Hogan didn’t just talk about defending democracy, he did something. Sending in the Maryland National Guard to protect the Capitol,” the narrator says within the TV advert, titled “Never Backs Down.”
“That’s the same Larry Hogan. Tough. Independent. Never backs down,” the narrator continues.
The one-minute advert exhibits footage from the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol, alongside with a information clip that claims Hogan despatched in 500 Maryland Nationwide Guard troops and 200 state troopers to help in defending the Capitol that day.
Hogan has been some of the notable critics of former President Trump. He has stated he won’t be voting for Trump in November, and he didn’t attend the Republican Nationwide Conference final month as he hopes to win the deep-blue state of Maryland towards Democrat Angela Alsobrooks.
The advert describes Hogan as an “early critic of Donald Trump” as information clips seem on the display screen portray the previous governor because the “face” of the “anti-Trump GOP” and because the “un-Trump Republican”. The narrator additionally stated Hogan is “one of the few Republicans who never caved.”
Within the days following the Jan. 6 rebellion on the Capitol, Hogan stated he was puzzled by the delay in approval for Maryland Nationwide Guard help. He advised CNN on the time that the Trump administration didn’t grant permission for the Maryland Nationwide Guard to enter D.C. for “quite some time” that day regardless of the troops mobilizing rapidly.
The Washington Publish reported that the brand new advert is a part of an $8 million blitz that Hogan has reserved for the autumn election season. The Hogan marketing campaign confirmed the reporting to The Hill.
A latest survey discovered the Maryland Senate race deadlocked, with Alsobrooks and Hogan tied at 46 p.c assist every. The state continues to be prone to vote for Vice President Harris, who leads Trump in the identical ballot by greater than 30 factors.
