It’s pretty clear that Republicans are not lining up at this point to challenge Trump in the Republican primary. So far the only one who has committed to such an endeavor is former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld.
There is a sitting governor, however, who announced that he was seriously considering running against Trump in the 2020 primary. But now he’s announced those plans are kaput:
WHSV – Maryland’s Larry Hogan, the popular Republican governor in a liberal-leaning state, says he won’t challenge President Donald Trump for the GOP nomination in 2020.
Hogan, who was elected to his second term last fall, said in a statement posted Saturday on Twitter that while he appreciates “all of the encouragement” he received to run for president, “I will not be a candidate.”
In his statement Saturday, Hogan said he wanted to honor his commitment to the people of Maryland, where he said Democrats and Republicans work together to find “common-sense solutions to the serious problems facing our state.” He also cited his new role as the incoming chairman of the National Governors Association.
It’s pretty smart of Hogan to back out.
After all, he said early on that he wasn’t interested in running a kamikaze campaign and that’s exactly what most of us thought it would be.
Right now the only challenger that remains is Bill Weld and honestly, I don’t think Trump has to get out of bed to beat this guy.