{"id":575,"date":"2026-05-17T10:06:32","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T10:06:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=575"},"modified":"2026-05-17T10:06:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T10:06:32","slug":"once-a-darling-of-the-gops-never-trump-wing-this-republican-decided-hes-done","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=575","title":{"rendered":"Once a darling of the GOP\u2019s \u2018Never Trump\u2019 wing, this Republican decided he\u2019s done"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-568\" height=\"745\" src=\"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/04f5e052156f717d655860cdaf330ce3-1024x745.jpg\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/04f5e052156f717d655860cdaf330ce3-1024x745.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/04f5e052156f717d655860cdaf330ce3-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/04f5e052156f717d655860cdaf330ce3-768x559.jpg 768w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/04f5e052156f717d655860cdaf330ce3-1536x1118.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/04f5e052156f717d655860cdaf330ce3-2048x1491.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<figcaption>Former Maryland governor Larry Hogan, shown in his Annapolis office on Thursday, plans to focus on training the next generation of leaders rather than being one himself. (Maxine Wallace\/The Washington Post)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n<p>At the height of his political influence, Maryland\u2018s former Republican governor Larry Hogan was courted as a presidential candidate to offer an antidote to Donald Trump\u2019s takeover of the GOP.<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=564\">The woman who keeps beating men at America\u2019s most punishing running events<\/a><\/p>\n<p>But<b> <\/b>the brand that made him a popular blue state governor never made a splash outside the \u201cNever Trump\u201d world. Now Hogan is done trying to reshape his party as a candidate.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, in what he calls his \u201cZen\u201d era, Hogan is announcing Sunday the launch of the nonpartisan Hogan Institute at a small liberal arts college. Vowing to never run for office again, Hogan is instead focused on teaching leadership skills to Washington College undergraduates who he hopes can fix the \u201cbroken\u201d two-party system that he\u2019s leaving behind.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt can be the storefront of the Hogan philosophy, even if it\u2019s a little storefront,\u201d Hogan, 69, said in a wide-ranging interview about the Republican Party, his first since announcing earlier this year he wouldn\u2019t run for governor again.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-569\" height=\"769\" src=\"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/3307499c4810e1e4c741d94cb11b5fe1-1024x769.jpg\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/3307499c4810e1e4c741d94cb11b5fe1-1024x769.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/3307499c4810e1e4c741d94cb11b5fe1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/3307499c4810e1e4c741d94cb11b5fe1-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/3307499c4810e1e4c741d94cb11b5fe1.jpg 1998w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<figcaption>Bobbleheads from Hogan\u2019s time as the Maryland governor are now in his real estate office. (Maxine Wallace\/The Washington Post)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n<figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-570\" height=\"769\" src=\"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/273d53301555ce2b4b32178a3cbd2bf1-1024x769.jpg\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/273d53301555ce2b4b32178a3cbd2bf1-1024x769.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/273d53301555ce2b4b32178a3cbd2bf1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/273d53301555ce2b4b32178a3cbd2bf1-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/273d53301555ce2b4b32178a3cbd2bf1-1536x1153.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/273d53301555ce2b4b32178a3cbd2bf1.jpg 1998w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<figcaption>Mementos are displayed. (Maxine Wallace\/The Washington Post)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n<p>In political retirement, Hogan wants to shape a generation of ethical leaders that can reach the disaffected center of the electorate and rescue the country from polarized politics. \u201cThey\u2019re the only ones that have a chance to,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>His permanent exit from the political stage highlights another setback for the withered Never Trump movement, the loose coalition of anti-Trump Republican strategists, activists and politicians that failed to detach their party from the president.<\/p>\n<p>Hogan has acknowledged his predictions of an anti-Trump backlash opening the door for moderates like him didn\u2019t bear out. Republican voters stuck with Trump and his 2024 presidential comeback bid despite a slew of conservative challengers.<\/p>\n<p>Hogan said he really thought Republicans were \u201ceventually going to get back to sanity. And we haven\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Many  onetime Never Trump leaders now believe a post-Trump future for the GOP will look nothing like its pre-Trump conservative roots.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not like there\u2019s this band of people who are going to reconstitute it, like \u2018Return of the Jedi,\u2019\u201d said Republican strategist Mike Madrid, a co-founder of the Lincoln Project, a Never Trump organization. Some of the most enthusiastic supporters of groups like the Lincoln Project are liberals, and some Never Trumper Republicans have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/style\/2026\/05\/03\/george-conway-congress-trump\/\" rel=\"\" target=\"_self\" title=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/style\/2026\/05\/03\/george-conway-congress-trump\/\">become Democrats<\/a> or independents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVery few of the Never Trumpers call themselves Republicans any more, or are fighting for conservatism any more, and that\u2019s very telling,\u201d Madrid said.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-571\" height=\"707\" src=\"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/583d052d8066687a24d18b9116eacfd9-1024x707.jpeg\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/583d052d8066687a24d18b9116eacfd9-1024x707.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/583d052d8066687a24d18b9116eacfd9-300x207.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/583d052d8066687a24d18b9116eacfd9-768x530.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/583d052d8066687a24d18b9116eacfd9-1536x1060.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/583d052d8066687a24d18b9116eacfd9-2048x1413.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<figcaption>Hogan gives his inaugural address at the Maryland State House in Annapolis in 2015 as Chris Christie, then the governor of New Jersey, stands behind him. (Linda Davidson\/The Washington Post)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Hogan served two-terms as governor in a deep blue state that picks Democratic presidential candidates by a 25-point margin or more. He left office with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/dc-md-va\/2023\/01\/23\/larry-hogan-maryland-governor-legacy\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/dc-md-va\/2023\/01\/23\/larry-hogan-maryland-governor-legacy\/\">record-high approval ratings<\/a>, but could not parlay that into a future on the national stage. Hogan was too Republican for Democrats, not Republican enough for Trump supporters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2018m somewhat jaded,\u201d Hogan said.<\/p>\n<p>Hogan sees the this year\u2019s midterms as a pivotal moment to shake the president\u2019s grip on his party.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are some people that have been afraid of  speaking out or standing up because they were afraid of being primaried or attacked on social media,\u201d he said. \u201cBut when they start losing seats, I\u2019m hoping that maybe there\u2019ll be some more political courage that pops up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Others in the Never Trump movement view Hogan\u2019s optimism as clinging to a battle that has been lost by anti-Trump Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat group, definitely now in year 10 has fractured,\u201d said Tim Miller, a former Republican strategist who hosts the self-described <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/style\/power\/2024\/05\/28\/the-bulwark-podcasts-newsletters\/\" rel=\"\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/style\/power\/2024\/05\/28\/the-bulwark-podcasts-newsletters\/\">\u201cflagship podcast\u201d<\/a> of the Never Trump movement. \u201cIt\u2019s not that we\u2019re mad at each other. There\u2019s different views about what the future should look like.\u201d<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=559\">Photos from the 151st Preakness Stakes<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Miller finds it a \u201cfool\u2019s errand\u201d to convince a group of voters who nominated Trump three times to agree with moderates.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-572\" height=\"741\" src=\"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1e88b2d97f9e9645401686f3e2dd7b81-1024x741.jpg\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1e88b2d97f9e9645401686f3e2dd7b81-1024x741.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1e88b2d97f9e9645401686f3e2dd7b81-300x217.jpg 300w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1e88b2d97f9e9645401686f3e2dd7b81-768x556.jpg 768w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1e88b2d97f9e9645401686f3e2dd7b81-1536x1111.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1e88b2d97f9e9645401686f3e2dd7b81-2048x1482.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<figcaption>Hogan, center, with lawmakers after signing the Retirement Tax Elimination Act in 2022. (Bill O&#8217;Leary\/The Washington Post)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWith love to Larry, sometimes you\u2019ve got let go of things you love because they change,\u201d Miller said. \u201cI mourned the loss of Larry Hogan-style Republicans five years ago, so the scab has been healed over.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other Republicans who emerged as prominent critics of Trump have left the political stage, including former senator Mitt Romney of Utah and Jeff Flake of Arizona, and rivals in the 2024 presidential primary such as Nikki Haley and Chris Christie.<\/p>\n<p>Some centrist Republicans are still trying to salvage what they valued about the party, such as former senator Lamar Alexander, who wrote in his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.notus.org\/analysis\/lamar-alexander-trump-republican-party\" rel=\"\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/www.notus.org\/analysis\/lamar-alexander-trump-republican-party\">new book<\/a> about charting a post-Trump future.<\/p>\n<p>Hogan rose to national prominence during the pandemic as the rare Republican to contradict Trump\u2019s narrative about the coronavirus, accusing the president of spreading misinformation and downplaying the severity of the virus. He was courted for presidential bids by moderates in both 2020 and 2024. He abandoned his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2024\/06\/03\/larry-hogan-lara-trump-rnc\/\" rel=\"\" target=\"_self\" title=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2024\/06\/03\/larry-hogan-lara-trump-rnc\/\">presidential ambitions<\/a> before the 2024 election, calling it a \u201ckamikaze mission\u201d to try to dislodge Trump\u2019s hold on the party.<\/p>\n<p>He instead sought an open Senate seat in 2024, arguing he could moderate a Republican majority in the Senate. He lost by nearly 12 percentage points to Democrat Angela Alsobrooks. But he focuses on another metric: he ran nearly 9 points better than Trump. Now he doesn\u2019t long for life in the Senate, hounded by reporters to comment on the latest Trump controversy and casting the lone vote against presidential appointments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was the best thing that could have happened to me,\u201d Hogan says now. \u201cIt would have been a very miserable existence.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-573\" height=\"678\" src=\"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/dbe5217574cded856e8fdfb92274f7f4-1024x678.jpg\" width=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/dbe5217574cded856e8fdfb92274f7f4-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/dbe5217574cded856e8fdfb92274f7f4-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/dbe5217574cded856e8fdfb92274f7f4-768x509.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<figcaption>Hogan, as the outgoing governor of Maryland, makes his way to the inaugural platform to attend the swearing in of Wes Moore in January 2023. (Ricky Carioti\/The Washington Post)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n<p>He  seriously considered but ultimately rejected a bid for a third term as governor by challenging Gov. Wes Moore (D), a rising star in his party. In an op-ed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baltimoresun.com\/2026\/01\/20\/larry-hogan-2026-election\/\">announcing<\/a> his decision, Hogan said he was done being a candidate and would not seek elective office again.<\/p>\n<p>In the interview, Hogan likened such a bid to a two-time Super Bowl champ returning to the field and possibly leaving with an injury rather than another trophy.<\/p>\n<p>He turned down offers to be a cable news talking head, he said, because he didn\u2019t want to be \u201cthe token Republican\u201d either defending the party or denigrating the president all day.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, he\u2019s joining company boards, working at his real estate company, spending time with his grandchildren and building his institute rather than running for any office again.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-574\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0d0f82a17800ff9673b2fcac7850c49a-scaled.jpg\" width=\"2560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0d0f82a17800ff9673b2fcac7850c49a-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0d0f82a17800ff9673b2fcac7850c49a-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<figcaption>Hogan poses for a photo in his office with jerseys of local sports teams hanging behind him. (Maxine Wallace\/The Washington Post)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Hogan plans to announce his new center during a commencement speech Sunday at Washington College, the small liberal arts college on the Eastern Shore that will host it and promote some of his objectives, such as open primaries and a national prohibition on gerrymandering.<\/p>\n<p>In another era, Madrid said, a figure with cross-party appeal like Hogan would found a think tank to promote his brand of conservatism, not a bipartisan leadership institute. \u201cIt\u2019s saying: My legacy is not the work that I did, it is the leadership that I showed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hogan said he was drawn to the symbolism of launching the institute during the 250th anniversary of the country\u2019s founding, and doing it at the first college chartered after the signing of the Declaration of Independence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou don\u2019t have to be the most experienced. You don\u2019t have to be the most polished. You don\u2019t have to have everything figured out. You just have to be willing to step forward when it matters,\u201d Hogan planned to say in his speech, saying his institute will teach \u201cthe skills of ethical leadership at a moment in time when our nation desperately needs it.\u201d<\/p><p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/movinginsiderusa.com\/?p=538\">Chelsea hires Xabi Alonso as coach on four-year deal<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Maryland Gov. 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