Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, who is rumored to be contemplating a 2024 presidential run, spent his Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” pretending he is more of a “small government” Republican than Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who recently took action to protect children from radical gender ideology in government schools.
“I’m a small-government, you know, common-sense conservative, and to me, [DeSantis’ governance] sounds like big government and authoritarian: ‘You have to agree with me, and I’m going to tell you what you can and can’t do,’” Hogan told host Chuck Todd.
WATCH: Potential GOP WH candidates like Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis have made education a key issue and are cracking down on schools teaching race or gender.@LarryHogan: “I’m a small-government, common-sense conservative and, to me, it sounds like big government” pic.twitter.com/Y1Uog9WAmA
— Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) February 19, 2023
Hogan wants voters to think he believes in keeping the government out of Americans’ matters, but his heavy-handed response to Covid-19 shows that the true “big government and authoritarian” approach to governance happened under his watch in Maryland, not in Florida.
The former chief executive of Maryland is no stranger to criticizing DeSantis for going after big business and the federal government to preserve Americans’ rights. What Hogan doesn’t seem to recognize is that manipulating state authority to doom kids to screens and set them back for decades via school lockdowns isn’t comparable to using existing powers to protect children from the clutches of government-led indoctrination.
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