Maryland Senate candidate former Gov. Larry Hogan (R-MD) indicated that should he be elected to the Senate, he would not vote to confirm presidential appointments unless there was bipartisan support.
Speaking on CNN’s State of the Union with Dana Bash, Hogan said he would follow in the footsteps of Sen. Joe Manchin (I-WY) and pledged not to confirm nominations unless there was a bipartisan consensus on the person. Manchin recently endorsed Hogan’s candidacy.
“If we can’t get any bipartisan buy-in, then I’m not going to vote for that person,” Hogan said.
“Look, I appointed six out of the seven members of our Supreme Court . All six of them received unanimous confirmation by every Republican and every Democrat in the Senate. In Washington, we came to seem to get one vote. It’s like Democrats will only vote for Democrats, and Republicans will only vote for Republicans,” Hogan added.
“If there’s one place that we should not be playing politics, it’s on appointments to the Supreme Court and the Cabinet as well,” Hogan continued.