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The New York Times reports:
Republican voters in Maryland on Tuesday made their state the latest to elevate a nominee for governor who denies the 2020 election’s legitimacy, choosing Dan Cox, a first-term state legislator who wrote on social media during the Capitol riot that Vice President Mike Pence was “a traitor.”
Mr. Cox handily defeated Kelly Schulz, a political protégé of Gov. Larry Hogan, a leader of the party’s anti-Trump wing, in a contest defined by Mr. Cox’s endorsement from former President Donald J. Trump and Democratic television advertising meant to help Mr. Cox’s candidacy.
Like their brethren in Illinois and Pennsylvania, Maryland Republicans chose a Trump-endorsed candidate from the far right instead of opponents backed by the political establishment, which warned in each state that Mr. Trump’s picks would be toxic in the general election.
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Cox chartered three buses to the Jan. 6th rally and called on Trump to seize voting machines in states where he lost.
He is a lawyer for the anti-LGBTQ hate group Alliance Defending Freedom, which in 2003 filed a Supreme Court brief in support of anti-sodomy laws.
In April 2022, Cox attended a batshit QAnon event which centered on claims of “ritual Satanic human sacrifice.”
At the QAnon “Patriots Arise” event attended by GOP candidates Doug Mastriano, Teddy Daniels, and Doug Cox last weekend, Matt Dentino wept over “the sex trafficking cabal where they make millions of dollars off of harvesting kids.” pic.twitter.com/RoCTqKxGMD
— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) April 26, 2022
Folks, we now have the first 2 ever known gubernatorial nominees from a major party in American history who have previously expressed some level of support for QAnon. MD’s Dan Cox joins Doug Mastriano, who won the GOP primary for governor in Pennsylvania. https://t.co/RPkzThQzrx
— Alex Kaplan (@AlKapDC) July 20, 2022
Dan Cox won the Republican primary for governor in Maryland, making the state’s GOP voters the latest to elevate a nominee who denies the 2020 election’s legitimacy. https://t.co/MyI5SXAo2t
— The New York Times (@nytimes) July 20, 2022
Dan Cox, a far-right Maryland legislator endorsed by former President Donald Trump, wins the Republican primary for Maryland governor. Cox defeated a moderate rival backed by outgoing Gov. Larry Hogan. https://t.co/teZlEftUAY
— The Associated Press (@AP) July 20, 2022