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Hogan withholds support from Trump after endorsement in Senate race – Washington Examiner
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An endorsement from former President Donald Trump of Larry Hogan on Thursday was met with anything but open arms from the Maryland Republican Senate candidate.
Trump threw his support behind the former two-term governor, despite years of vehement opposition toward him from Hogan.
“I’d like to see him win,” Trump told Fox News’s Aishah Hasnie when asked if he’d support Hogan. “I think he has a good chance. I would like to see him win. We got to take the majority. We have to straighten out our country, so I’d like to see him win. He’s somebody that can win.”
A Hogan campaign spokesperson rejected the endorsement, making clear the Senate candidate would not be reciprocating.
“Gov. Hogan has been clear he is not supporting President Trump, just as he didn’t in 2016 and 2020,” the spokesperson said in a statement to the Washington Examiner.
The Hogan campaign was not provided advanced notice of the endorsement, according to a separate person familiar with the matter.
The open seat is to replace retiring Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD) and is one of more than a half-dozen that Democrats must defend to have a shot at maintaining their Senate majority. Hogan, a centrist Republican notorious for his years of fierce Trump criticism, has given the GOP the first opportunity in decades to flip the deep blue seat.
But Trump’s backing could prove to be a kiss of death in the Old Line State, where Hogan needs to win over centrist Democrats and independents, as well as Republicans. The Trump campaign just two weeks ago declared Hogan politically dead for saying people should “respect the verdict” shortly before the former president was convicted on 34 criminal counts in his New York hush-money trial.
Democrats quickly put Hogan on blast for the endorsement, arguing it was evidence that his victory would put the Senate squarely in the arms of Trump and his allies.
“The stakes of this race could not get any higher,” said Angela Alsobrooks, Prince George’s County executive and Hogan’s Democratic opponent. “Just last week, Senate Republicans shot down access to contraception. Hours ago, Senate Republicans voted against protecting IVF. And just now, Donald Trump endorsed Larry Hogan so he can have a Republican majority.”
Senate Democrats’ campaign arm was curter.
“Donald Trump wants Republican Larry Hogan in the Senate,” Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee spokeswoman Amanda Sherman Baity said.
The Maryland Democratic Party also piled on, saying Trump offered his seal of approval “because he wants a Senate majority that’s beholden to Trump.”
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Trump’s endorsement came just hours after a closed-door meeting with Senate Republicans at their campaign headquarters on Capitol Hill, where attendees said the presumptive GOP presidential nominee pledged party unity and to help Senate candidates in their quest to retake the chamber.
Trump even made amends with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), marking their first public encounter since before the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack.
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Maryland Ranks as 2nd Happiest State in Country
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WalletHub’s “2024 Happiest States in America” report, released Monday, ranks Maryland as the second happiest state in the United States.
To determine happiness, WalletHub compared states across three key dimensions: well-being, work environment, and community, using 30 metrics.
Maryland ranked in the top five for several metrics, including the fourth-lowest suicide rate and an unemployment rate of 2.9%.
Maryland leads the nation in households earning over $75,000, and its residents rank third in job satisfaction and motivation.
A panel of experts, including Peter Harms, a professor at the University of Alabama, answered questions about happiness. Harms noted, “Money doesn’t bring happiness, but a lack of money brings unhappiness.”
Wondering which state is the happiest? Hawaii ranked number one.
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Mother of murdered Maryland mom Rachel Morin to testify on Capitol Hill on immigration policies
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BALTIMORE – Patty Morin, the mother of murdered Harford County resident Rachel Morin, is expected to testify on Capitol Hill on Tuesday on the U.S.-Mexico border crisis and Biden Administration immigration policies.
Morin, a mother of five, was killed off the Ma & Pa Trail in August 2023 allegedly by a man who was in the country illegally.
After a 10-month nationwide manhunt, Victor Martinez Hernandez was arrested in Tulsa, Oklahoma in June. He was extradited to Maryland where he has been charged in Morin’s murder.
Martinez Hernandez, who has been indicted by a grand jury and awaits trial, allegedly left his home country of El Salvador in February 2023 after an arrest warrant was issued for the murder of a woman, according to law enforcement. He was also connected to a home invasion and assault of a child in Los Angeles.
Patty Morin will testify before the House Committee on the Judiciary at a hearing titled “The Biden-Harris Border Crisis: Victim Perspectives.”
She will provide her insights as a mother of a victim of an alleged illegal immigrant.
According to her attorney, Patty Morin will “honor Rachel’s memory and address how current border policies contributed to the devastating loss of her daughter.”
“Patty’s courage in speaking out during such a difficult time is admirable,” said Randolph Rice, the Morin family attorney. “This hearing provides a crucial platform to shed light on the consequences of our nation’s border policies, and we hope her voice helps create meaningful change.”
Patty Morin sat down with WJZ’s Jessica Albert for an exclusive one-on-one interview after an arrest was made.
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Arrest of illegal immigrant previously convicted of rape in Maryland marks record for ICE
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Immigration authorities in Baltimore, Maryland, have arrested 153 illegal immigrant sex offenders this fiscal year, a record, with the latest being a Honduran man who was deported from the United States after he was previously convicted of raping a Maryland resident.
The Enforcement and Removal Operations branch under U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said last week that Madai Gamaliel Amaya was taken into custody on Aug. 29 in the suburb of Montgomery Village.
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Madai Gamaliel Amaya, a convicted rapist, has been deported from the United States multiple times, authorities said. (ICE)
“This is a landmark arrest for ERO Baltimore, in that they secured a record 153 noncitizen sex offenders arrested in their area of operations during a single fiscal year, but more importantly, there are 153 victims who need not fear their predators because of ERO officers,” said ERO Executive Associate Director Daniel Bible.
Amaya initially illegally entered the U.S. at an unknown date and place years ago, ICE said. On Jan. 8, 2009, he was arrested by Montgomery County police and charged with second-degree rape.
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He was convicted months later and sentenced to 10 years in prison and three years of supervised probation upon his release. Two years and six months of the sentence was suspended by a judge. ICE filed a detainer request in 2010 with local authorities and Amaya was deported in 2013.
On July 27, 2016, Amaya was caught trying to illegally enter the U.S. by U.S. Border Patrol agents near Hidalgo, Texas. He was convicted of unlawful entry in 2017 and sentenced to 30 months in an Oklahoma federal prison.
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He was deported once again in 2018. He then entered the U.S. again at an unknown date.
His most recent arrest came last month and he remains in custody pending deportation proceedings, authorities said.
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