neil: he was a very successful republican governor in the bluest of blue states, maryland. larry hogan decided he wouldn t run for president of the united states. he wanted to avoid what he feared would be a multi-car pile-up. he s here to explain what he meant. governor, good to have you. what did you mean by that? to avoid a multi-car pile-up. i want to avoid 2016 where we had so many candidates fighting over a limited chunk of votes. donald trump became the nominee. i just happened to believe very strongly that we ve got to figure out a way to nominate the strongest candidate that can win an election in november and that appeal to a wider audience. i don t think that is donald trump. there s a number of people running in the same lane that may be competing against each other and pulling votes from each other. i sort of decided to put the party and the country first.
It was doing so only against the backdrop of pre-constitutional abortion, which is the law of the land then, but not the law of the land today. so basically last year s decision of dobbs got rid of that right, basically pulse out the foundation from under the fda s approval of mifepristone. if that argument succeeds, if judge kacsmaryk issues a nationwide injunction against the fda, we could see consequences overnight, even in the bluest of blue states, when it comes to access to mifepristone. and it s pretty likely, right, that the fifth circuit would uphold the ruling of judge kacsmaryk? i think it depends on what the ruling says, but even as that process plays out, it s no coincidence that all of these cases are being brought in texas because then appeals go to the very, very conservative fifth circuit. but even if the opinion and the decision is so far out of the norm that the fifth circuit might reverse it, that s going
The 2024 republican presidential field is starting to take shape. nbc news has learned that former south carolina governor nikki haley is expected to formally announce her presidential bid later this month. two source say she plans to invite to an event. i m certainly giving it very serious consideration. we ve been really successful 30 miles outside of washington where everything appears to be broken and nothing but divisiveness and dysfunction. i ll in one of am bluest states in the country with a 70% progressive legislator and had the biggest economic turn around in america, so we re taking a close look at it. the only declared candidate at this point, of course, is donald trump. there s a lot of speculation about florida governor ron desantis. yesterday desantis responded to
There s now divided power in congress. legislating will be difficult. we expect him to tout bills he signed more often, neil. trace: thanks very much for that. jacqui heinrich at the white house. i want to raise that issue. he said that 37% of the republican party is trump s party. larry hogan, the republican governor of the bluest of blue states. he did that. governor, very good to see you. great to be with you. what did you make of that comment from president buy didn t, governor, 37% of the party is trump s party? well, you know, obviously he s trying to score points. i heard the intro that he said it wasn t a high bar. he s not making it up through the bar. the latest poll came out that said that trump was at 28% rather than 37. there s a chunk of people that like president trump s policies and maybe are taking a new look
We won in 22. see how it goes in 2024. show you 11 of the 18 from california and new york. the bluest of the blue states, if you will. the white house seems to think these are more likely targets than new yorkers maybe especially the idea the debt ceiling debate becomes about financial issues, maybe market turmoil? i think also they see a really fractured house republican conference and one that they believe will bear the blame, if there is a big debt ceiling crisis. making clear they re lg to hold it often. money already spent not looking to spend. that they might be able to break off some of these republicans. i think they see it as a broader strategy, too, there are house republicans that they can negotiate with on these must-pass bills, the debt limit. budget biller later in the year. feel they can appeal to them and it s not going to be popular in their districts to take this kind of stance. which is why kevin mccarthy has done something very interesting with regard to the
well, look, there is no question that an overwhelming majority of people like the kind of politics that charlie baker and i have successfully done for the past eight years. and he and i for eight years every quarter have been leading the pack and it is because whether you re a republican, democrat or an independent, i think they really do like the fact, we re republican governors in deep blue states, that we have to work together in order to get things done. and that bipartisan common sense solution, being willing to not demonize the other side and focus on solving problems is very popular in both parties. it doesn t get all the attention from the media or on social media or from the most passionate people on either extreme, but it is where most of america is. also phil scott from vermont, another republican governor, that s not even a blue state, that s like a that s a pink state or something. maryland and massachusetts both, you know, biden won by 33 points. i ran 45 points ahead of trump in the bluest state in the country. so, should your party be
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Bipartisan congresses, yes, since the great society, a lot done with republican votes. infrastructure, investments in science. investments in technology and semiconductors, support for ukraine. gun safety legislation and the house gop can continue that momentum, get up every day and work to deliver results. i ve got a district that has some of the bluest zip codes in the country as well as the reddest county in massachusetts. over the last two years with democrats in charge of the house we ve been able to deliver things that both republican mayors and democratic mayors find useful. up to the gop whether they want to continue that style of governance or whether they want to invite marjorie taylor greene to the leadership table and engage in theatrics to try to embarrass the president. if they do that we ll fight back ferociously. you mentioned marjorie taylor greene. with the house gop leadership silent on the many false claims from george santos only his background, we remember she was sidelined. removed from all committees soon
Arena, not a big surprise there. not a big surprise at all. it s beginning to look a lot like 2016 with republicans set to retake control of the house and donald trump running for president. let s bring in the panel former new york state senator david carlucci and press communications director for trump s 20 campaign, thank you both for coming on. republicans finally have control of the house and you look at the states that are bluest, new york and california and republicans did pretty well in both of those states. the democratic party chair in new york said the following we lost four competitive congressional seats that we very much would have liked to have won, that wouldn t be so unusual except for what happened in the rest of the country. so it looks like we underperformed. your thoughts on that. i think overall, democrats did much better than expected
Responsible for everything they re dissatisfied with in their lives, so really a weird cycle. we were saying the same thing. it just didn t feel like a wave election, and yet, how strange if the democrats lose the house as the new york times reports this morning it may be because of two of the bluest states in america, because of new york and because of california. and in new york, of course, the governor survived, but her campaign, i m sorry, got to say it, her campaign did not do members of congress, democratic members of congress any favors. we ve got one here who barely got out alive. that s right. and look, in new york, we had pretty much a wipe out expect for pat ryan in the hudson valley, and pretty much every race east of the mississippi is pretty clear at this point, we ve still got 30 races that still need to be sorted out, and i m looking at, you know, a