David M. Drucker
writing for the Washington Examiner, July 20:
Donald Trump
and the Democratic Governors Association have been a match made in political heaven in Maryland, working independently to appoint
Dan Cox
for governor within the Republican major.
Cox was an extended shot. . . . That is, till Trump offered one in all his highly effective, signature endorsements and the DGA meddled within the major, spending $1 million on promoting to spice up the state legislator’s identify identification and enchantment amongst grassroots Republicans. Armed with each, Cox routed
Kelly Schulz,
a centrist who fell 56% to 40% regardless of being backed by well-liked outgoing Gov.
Larry Hogan.
In the method, the Republican gubernatorial nominee delivered Trump a victory in his proxy conflict with Hogan, undermining a attainable competitor for the 2024 presidential nomination. And Democrats acquired what they wished: the weaker basic election opponent. Republican insiders anticipate Cox, a Trump acolyte who helps the previous president’s stolen election claims, to get pummeled within the midterm elections in Maryland by the eventual Democratic nominee.
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