GOP Watch: On Insurrection Anniversary, Hogan Says, 'We've Got to Get My Party Back on Track'

On a day that saw most Republican members of Congress scurry from view and former President Trump cancel a planned speech, Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. (R) went on national television twice Thursday to express grave concern about the direction of his party — and warn that more political violence is possible.

Standing just outside the U.S. Capitol one year to the day after the insurrection that sought to disrupt the certification of the 2020 presidential election, Hogan on “CBS Mornings” denounced those who have spread falsehoods about the outcome. He did not mention the former president by name.

“We can either embrace the truth of what happened with the election and what happened on Jan. 6, or we can be destroyed by lies,” he said.

Polls, including several commissioned to coincide with the anniversary of the attack, continue to show that large numbers of Republicans believe baseless allegations of election fraud.

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