Former two-term Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, whose decision to run for Senate was seen as giving Republicans a real shot at flipping a blue-state seat, reacted to Donald Trump’s guilty verdict Thursday by calling for respect for the rule of law and urging people not to “pour fuel on the fire with more toxic partisanship.”
Trump’s senior campaign adviser, Chris LaCivita, responded on X, formerly Twitter, with a blowtorch: “You just ended your campaign.”
Democrats said the verdict would force Republicans to have to answer for Trump’s wrongdoing. But aside from Hogan, many candidates whose races will decide control of the next Congress were almost in a drive to outdo themselves in declaring their outrage at the verdict and support for Trump.
