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Not Extinct Yet: Some Republicans Still Run on Bipartisanship

Plus: How the House GOP fumbled another element of their Biden probes.

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Joe Perticone
May 16, 2024∙ Paid
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What does “normal” mean, anyway?

Weird things are afoot in Maryland, that “hotbed” of bigfoot activity, hauntings, and other eerie phenomena. The state is practically an X-Files ideas lab, and today we can give Mulder and Scully one more case: the one about a Republican nominee for a statewide election who is touting his opposition to Trump and the support he’s received from Democrats. Time-traveling politician? Visitor from another reality entirely? I can’t wait to find out.

Right after former Maryland Governor Larry Hogan clinched the Republican nomination for his U.S. Senate race on Tuesday, his campaign launched “Democrats for Hogan,” a series of ads that signal the general election stance the governor hopes will maximize his odds against his Democratic opponent, Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks.

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