On Monday, Governor Hogan continued to make the case for lowering the temperature and turning away from toxic politics after the events of the last few days.
WUSA
Watch Governor Hogan’s full interview on WUSA9.
“I think it is important to look at is it going to give us an opportunity to be an inflection point to turn away from the kind of divisive rhetoric and the angry toxic politics that have kind of brought us to this moment.
“The fact that we have both the Democratic and Republican nominee, the President and the former President, both saying that they’re going to change, I think it’s a step in the right direction and I hope that they and the other folks in both parties will actually take that to heart and lower the temperature. I really think we’re in a tinder box right now. I think we’ve got to really make sure that we do the right things at this moment in time.”
CBS
Watch Governor Hogan’s full interview on CBS.
“This is something that I’ve actually been talking about for many many years and I’ve been talking about it everywhere I could to anyone that would listen.
“The events that just took place with the attempted assassination of the former president kind of brings to a head all of that concern about the kind of angry, toxic politics, the divisive rhetoric, and about how important it is to lower the temperature. And I’m glad to hear that now both President Biden in his oval office address and I understand President Trump is going to change his remarks to try to talk about some of these concerns that I’ve been espousing for a long time as I actually literally have been focused on this as my primary passion for several years now.”
CNN
Watch Governor Hogan’s full interview on CNN.
“Right now after the horrific assassination attempt on the president, I think we really need to encourage not just Joe Biden and Donald Trump, but all of the people on both sides of the aisle — if ever there were a time for us to come together, and to stop the angry, divisive, toxic politics it’s certainly right now at this moment, as we’re reaching an inflection point. I mean, the whole country is a tinder boxing. We got to be very careful about how we proceed.”
WBAL Radio
Listen to Governor Hogan’s full interview on WBAL Radio.
“I think we’re at a critical turning point. And I think it really could be very volatile. I don’t want to see gasoline thrown on the fire on either side. … We have to come together as a nation, and there is more that unites us than divides us.
“I’ve been traveling all over the state, every county. The average people out there, they all are concerned about a lot of issues, issues that we should be focused on. They’re concerned about the economy and inflation and expensive housing costs and paying for groceries. They are concerned about crime and their communities. They’re concerned that nobody’s fixing the crisis at the border. But they’re not as angry and divisive as the people we watch on television. And I think maybe if the politicians and some of the pundits were more like regular folks, the country would be in a lot better shape.
“It’s really why I’m running for US Senate. … Everything I’ve been talking about is about trying to reach a point where we can find a way to lower the temperature and work together. … We’ve got to get back to the way politics used to be, a more civil dialogue, then we can disagree better. We’re not even having real discussions about the issues anymore. We’re yelling at each other. And now it’s reached a boiling point where we’ve got actual violence going on. It will tear the country apart if we don’t really use this as an inflection point, to try to turn things around now. … If ever there was a time for us to lower the temperature and find a way to come together, it’s now.”
