Larry Hogan says he has the courage to stand against MAGA | On Balance

TRUMP'S FREE FALL RIGHT NOW PUTS REPUBLICANS HOPES AND DREAMS OF A CONTROLLING BOTH HOUSES OF CONGRESS IN CRISIS AND OBVIOUSLY OF KAMALA HARRIS WINDS. THAT WILL BE THE ONLY CHECK REPUBLICANS. HALF A FEW WEEKS AGO, REPUBLICANS TALKED ABOUT HAVING 55 SENATE SEATS IN ABILITY TO RAM THROUGH ANY KIND OF LEGISLATION FROM DONALD TRUMP. THIS IS THE DDH 2 PROJECTION MAP. REPUBLICANS A PLACE THEY WILL ALMOST CERTAINLY PICK UP A SCENE. WEST VIRGINIA, FOR EXAMPLE, ON THAT MAP, MONTANA MIGHT BE LIKELY. BUT STILL, THERE'S THERE'S SOME ISSUES. >> THEN THERE IS MARYLAND, WHICH IS YOU CAN SEE IS A REALLY HARD ROAD FOR A REPUBLICAN LARRY HOGAN IS THAT REPUBLICAN TRYING TO FLIP A BLUE SENATE SEAT IN MARYLAND. IT'S PROVING TO BE A TALL TASK. HE TRAILS IS VIRTUALLY UNKNOWN OPPONENT BY 8 POINTS. ALTHOUGH THERE'S A LOT OF UNDECIDEDS OUT THERE, WHICH IS SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE LARRY HOGAN, ONE, MARYLAND BY 12 POINTS BACK IN 2018 PUBLIC AND SENATORIAL CANDIDATE, FORMER GOVERNOR LARRY HOGAN WITH US ON SET CAN SEE. THANK YOU. SEE YOU. YOU KNOW THAT OLD IS BOTH OPPORTUNITY. ENDANGER REPUBLICANS ARE IN CRISIS RIGHT NOW. CLEARLY, WHAT'S THAT MEAN FOR YOU? WHAT'S HARD TO TELL EXACTLY WHAT IT MEANS? BUT FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD JUST CAUON, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, THIS FOLLOWING POLITICS AS YOU DO THAT. >> THIS IS STILL VERY EARLY. WE'VE GOT 85 DAYS UNTIL THE ELECTION. SO WHATEVER THE POLLS SAY NOW AREN'T GOING TO MATTER AS MUCH AS WHAT WE DO OVER THE NEXT 85 DAYS. ALSO, I THINK REALLY DOES PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY. AND YOU LIKE YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THE FREEFALL IN THE CHANGING NUMBERS REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. I THINK I'M SORT OF IMMUNE TO THAT A LITTLE BIT. MAYBE YOU BECAUSE YOU REFUSED TO ACCEPT TRUMP'S >> ENDORSEMENT. DOES THAT MEAN OF TRUMP'S DOING WELL? IT DOESN'T HURT YOU WHAT? I'VE JUST GOT A LONG TRACK RECORD IN BRAND THAT'S COMPLETELY SEPARATE FROM THE REPUBLICAN BRAND AND SEPARATE FROM DONALD TRUMP. AND THAT'S WHY WE WERE SUCCESSFUL IRAN. 46 POINTS AHEAD OF DONALD TRUMP AND MARYLAND AND THE VOTERS CONTINUE TO STILL TRUST ME. WE'RE GOING TO PLAY BACK-TO-BACK YOUR LATEST AG TRYINGO POSITION A REALLY, TRULY IN THE MIDDLE, WHICH TO BE FAIR IS WHERE YOU GOVERN FROM. WHEN YOU WERE IN IN OFFICE. AND THEN OF CONGRESSMAN GLENN IVEY IS RESPONSE TO THAT AD. TAKE A LISTEN. >> THERE'S AND THEY TO STAND CURRENT PRESIDENT, THE FORMER PRESIDENT TO THE PARTY BOSSES IN DEMOCRATIC PARTY OR REPULICAN PARTY. >> NOT ON ADS. I'VE SEEN ADS I'VE SEEN. HE'S RUNNING AS AS A DEMOCRAT, BASICALLY. SO SHE'S HE YESTERDAY I SAW ONE OF HIS ADS. IT SAYS CHOOSING PEOPLE OVER POLITICS. THAT IS THE HOUSE DEMOCRATS SLOGAN ABOUT FOR THIS CYCLE. THAT'S AIR FROM HAKEEM JEFFRIES. YEAH, EXACTLY. AND THEN HE'S HE TALKED ABOUT ABORTION NOT A REAL REPUBLICAN IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. WELL, HE CERTAINLY ISN'T RUNNING ON THEIR ISSUES AND HE'S A MILLION MILES AWAY FROM, YOU KNOW WHAT DONALD FOCUS COULD BE A. >> IS THAT CRITICISM? I'M NOT SURE. I MEAN, LOOK, I LEFT OFFICE LAST JANUARY WITH A 77% JOB 70% OVER EVERY DEMOGRAPHIC. BUT 79 WITH HE'S RIGHT IN THE FACT THAT I'M PRETTY POPULAR WITH PEOPLE ACROSS THE AISLE BUT GOT A PROVEN TRACK RECORD OVER A GOOD WAY DO IT BETTER ASK IT THAT WAY. IT WILL BECAUSE OF THE DRAIN AT THE TOP OF THE TICKET AND BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT ME BEING THE 51ST VOTE TO TO EMPOWER THE MAG AGENDA. AND SO WE DO HAVE TO CLEARLY SEPARATE OURSELVES AND SAY, LOOK, I'M GOING TO BE A CRITICAL SWING VOTE THAT'S WILLING TO STAND UP IN THE MIDDLE AND FIGHT FOR WHAT I THINK IS BEST FOR THE STATE OF MARYLAND FOR THE PEOPLE OF AMERICA. AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHHAT I'VE NE FOR THE PAST 8 YEARS. AND SO PEOPLE KNOW THAT I'M WILLING STAND UP AND HAVE THE COURAGE TO DO THAT. I'M NOT GOING TO BE A RUBBER STAMP FOR ANYBODY. AND MY OPPONENT SHE'S GOING TO BE 100%. WHATEVER THE DEMOCRAT BOSSES DOLLAR TO MOVE. JUST TO BE SPECIFIC, A NICHE. >> WHAT WOULD YOU DO? YOU'VE SEEN THAT REPUBLICANS WANT TO DO AND TO BE FAIR, DONALD TRUMP PUT OUT A LOT MORE POLICY PROPOSALS THAN KAMALA HARRIS BUT WHAT WHAT HAS DONALD TRUMP PUT OUT THAT YOU SAY? ABSOLUTELY NOT. >> WELL, QUITE FRANKLY, I WROTE AN OP-ED PROJECT 2025, WHICH HAD A LOT OF THINGS HE ABOUT THAT SO MUCH. I'M GLAD HE BUT THAT, YOU KNOW, I CAME OUT THAT WAY. FIRST OF ALL, THAT WAS TALKING ABOUT POLITICIZING ENTIRE FEDERAL WORKFORCE, WHICH WE HAVE THE LARGEST CONCENTRATION OF FEDERAL WORKERS OF ANY STATE IN AMERICA. I THOUGHT THAT WAS CRAZY. I THINK, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE STUFF THAT WAS IN THAT POLICY, OBVIOUSLY I DISAGREE WITH. I AGREE WITH TRUMP ON A LOT OF ECONOMIC POLICY. I THINK SOME OF THE TRUMP TAX CUTS LIKE SMALL BUSINESS CREDITS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. WE'VE GOT TO SUPPORT, I ON FOREIGN POLICY WHERE PRETTY MUCH IN ALIGNMENT. BUT I'M SURE THERE ARE LOTS OF THINGS I'M GOING TO DISAGREE WITH EITHER KAMALA HARRIS OR DONALD TRUMP I'VE NEVER HESITATED TO STAND UP WHEN I DO DISAGREE. AND THAT'S WHAT I'LL CONTINUE KNOW. I WATCHED COVERED YOU WHEN YOU WERE. YOU WERE GOVERNOR, BUT JUST PUT A FINER POINT ON YOU SAID YOU'RE GOING TO BE THE CRITICAL SWING VOTE THEM AND PEOPLE ARE WORRIED ABOUT RUBBER STAMPING THE MAGA AGENDA. >> IS THERE ANY SPECIFIC THINGS FROM DONALD TRUMP? YOU'VE SEEN NOT HE'S DISAVOWED THE THINGS HE ACTUALLY SAID HE WANTS TO DO THAT. YOU SAY I'M SORRY. I VOTE WITH THE DEMOCRATS. I OBVIOUSLY IF THEY TRY PUT THIS PROJECT WHEN 25 STUFF AND I'LL BE VERY MUCH IN JUST CONGRESSMAN SAY SOMETHING ABOUT ABORTION. I MEAN, I'VE BEEN PRETTY CLEAR