The Republican governor of Maryland didn’t mention President Trump’s name Tuesday when he opened a conference in downtown Washington focused on the future of the GOP. He cited GOP losses in the midterm elections as evidence that the current national Republican model was failing. President Trump speaks during a meeting with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.), not pictured, at the Oval Office on Dec. 11. “There’s no question the Republican Party has to take a close look at itself,” Hogan said then. And the Republican National Committee has said it would punish any 2020 GOP candidates who appeared in debates not endorsed by the party.

Source: Washington Post December 11, 2018 19:18 UTC