Hogan campaign trolls Maryland teachers union in dispute over apple logo

Gov. Larry Hogan’s campaign trolled the state’s teachers’ union Wednesday after its representatives warned him that he was violating its trademark logo.

For years, candidates supported by the nearly 80,000-member Maryland State Education Association have proudly displayed its red apple logo on their campaign materials to burnish their education bona fides with voters.

So, when representatives of the union — which has endorsed Hogan’s opponent, Democrat Ben Jealous — noticed Hogan was using a red apple logo and touting support from teachers in his campaign materials, they objected.

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Hogan campaign spokesman Scott Sloofman also released a pun-filled statement mocking the union’s litigation threat.

“It’s ridiculous that the MSEA is going bananas over an apple. They are being unraisinable,” he wrote in an email. “It’s unfortunate that they are attempting to squash the First Amendment rights of our thousands of teacher supporters who think our Teachers for Hogan bumper stickers are peachy.”

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