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The Washington Post reports:
As Del. Dan Cox worked the crowd at his primary victory party this summer, a young man wearing a black polo shirt with a Proud Boys insignia offered a handshake and small gift to the newly minted GOP nominee for governor. “Here, this is a present from Maryland Proud Boys to you,” the young man said in video footage publicly posted on a Dan Cox Vimeo account, naming the local chapter of a far-right extremist group with a history of violence.
The footage, posted two months ago, was online Friday morning nestled among other Cox campaign materials, attack ads against Democratic nominee Wes Moore and promotions of Cox’s biography. The clip was removed after The Washington Post contacted the Cox campaign, which responded with a statement denying an association with the young man. “In the noise of the victory celebration, it was hard to hear what was being said,” Cox said in the statement.
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Video shows GOP gov. nominee Dan Cox accepting gift from Md. Proud Boys https://t.co/Nur4arXaUZ pic.twitter.com/HkoUVxKMCU
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) October 21, 2022
Proud Boy: “Here, this is a present from Maryland Proud Boys to you.”
Dan Cox, Republican nominee for Governor: “Nice to meet you.”
From video taken *after* Cox won the nomination, just published by the Washington Post: https://t.co/0ocsgoywaf pic.twitter.com/NkrXJogkga
— Aaron Fritschner (@Fritschner) October 21, 2022
At a rally for Maryland Republican, Dan Cox, Trump said, “we want to get rid of the stench of Larry Hogan.”
Hogan is the current Republican governor. pic.twitter.com/e8bQr2SkeQ
— PatriotTakes ?? (@patriottakes) June 30, 2022
Republican Gov. Larry Hogan has ratcheted up the rhetoric about GOP gubernatorial candidate Dan Cox, describing him earlier this week as mentally unstable. https://t.co/J7nC9X5Ox7
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 18, 2022
Wes Moore, a first-time candidate, emerged from a nine-way race as the winner of the Maryland Democratic primary for governor. He will face off against Dan Cox, a Trump allied election denier.https://t.co/bpSXCNVRU1
— NPR (@NPR) July 23, 2022