Republican National Committee Co-Chair Lara Trump on Sunday he looked Maryland Republican Senate Candidate Larry Hogan in response to his call for Americans to respect the verdict of former President Donald Trump’s secret trial.
“Well, I’ll tell you one thing: I don’t support what he just said,” Lara Trump said during an interview. interview on CNN’s “State of the Union” program. “I think it’s ridiculous and I think that anyone who doesn’t speak out in the face of something that should never have seen the light of day again at trial, that would never have been brought against anyone other than Donald Trump, doesn’t deserve anyone’s respect.”
“He doesn’t deserve the respect of anyone in the Republican Party right now,” she added. “And frankly, anyone in America, if that’s how you feel. It’s very upsetting to hear.”
Asked whether the RNC is willing to give up the Senate seat in Maryland to Democrats and not support Hogan’s candidacy, Lara Trump said the committee wants the Republican Party to win, but that Hogan’s remarks are a “disgrace” and that “he should have thought long and hard before saying this publicly.
Pressed again about whether the RNC will use party resources to support Hogan’s Senate bid, Lara Trump sidestepped the question and again criticized Hogan’s comments.
“Well, I’ll get back to you about all the financial details. But what I can say is, as co-chair of the Republican Party, I don’t think he should have ever said something like that,” she said. “I think that’s ridiculous.”
Hogan, a Outspoken Trump critic and former governor of Maryland, urged “all Americans to respect” the verdict in Trump’s secret trial in a post to X last week.
“Regardless of the outcome, I ask all Americans to respect the verdict and the legal process,” Hogan wrote in a statement. post on X last week. “At this dangerously divided moment in our history, all leaders – regardless of party – must not add fuel to the fire with more toxic partisanship. We must reaffirm what made this nation great: the rule of law.”
Hogan’s Senate campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The RNC co-chair’s comments on CNN come after Chris LaCivita, a senior adviser to the Trump campaign, made similar comments last week. In a post on X, LaCivita said Hogan’s Senate campaign is “over” after he appealed to the public to “respect the verdict and the legal process.”
During her interview with CNN, Lara Trump also refused to detail the amount of fundraising that will cover the former president’s legal fees.
The RNC co-chairman argued Sunday that voters “spoke to their wallets and their pocketbooks,” boasting that the RNC raised nearly $70 million in digital fundraising in the first 48 hours after the verdict. of Trump was uttered.
Asked how much of that money would be used to pay the former president’s legal fees, the RNC co-chair said he would have to “wait and see.”
“Well, everyone has the option to opt out of donating to our joint fundraising agreement,” she said. “It is a very small percentage of the money we receive. So I have to say let’s wait and see what is needed in the future.”
“Obviously, this was very costly, not just for Donald Trump and his campaign, but for America,” he added. “I find this stain that this has placed on our country abominable. And we will do everything necessary to ensure the right thing happens on November 5th, because that is when the final verdict will be given.”
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