Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) applauded President BidenJoe BidenManchin cements key vote status in Senate 50-50 Note: how COVID revalued policy Post-pandemic plans for lawmakers: Chuck E. Cheese, visiting friends, clean hugs MORE Thursday after his televised intervention in prime time on the COVID-19 pandemic and the continuous vaccination effort of his administration.
In a tweet following the president’s speech, Hogan thanked Biden for adopting recommendations in response to his calls to increase the manufacture and supply of the COVID-19 vaccine nationwide.
“I applaud President Biden for adopting several of our recommendations to increase vaccine production. We are ready to administer every vaccine the federal government can administer. We are all together and we will end this pandemic together,” Hogan said. .
I applaud President Biden for adopting several of our recommendations to increase vaccine production.
We are prepared to administer all vaccines that the federal government can administer.
We are all together and we will end this pandemic together.
– Governor Larry Hogan (@GovLarryHogan) March 12, 2021
During his speech Thursday night, Biden highlighted the administration’s efforts to increase the production and distribution of coronavirus vaccines. The president also announced that he is asking states to make all adults eligible for the coronavirus vaccine before May 1st.
In a second tweet, Hogan, whose wife is Yumi Hogan, is an American from Korea, thanked the president for speaking out against the growing tide of hate crimes and violence experienced by Asian Americans in the United States. United States
“Our family is very grateful for the president’s comments condemning the terrible rise in hate crimes against Asian Americans. He really is ‘anti-American and must be stopped,'” he tweeted, referring to a quote from Biden’s address.
Our family is very grateful for the president’s comments condemning the terrible rise in hate crimes against Asian Americans. He really is “anti-American and has to stop.” pic.twitter.com/eyhoq6KrxT
– Governor Larry Hogan (@GovLarryHogan) March 12, 2021
His comments come just days after a recent wave of targeted attacks on Asian Americans in California; police arrested a suspect Tuesday after an elderly Asian American man was pushed to the ground and robbed. This month there was also vandalism at a Buddhist temple in the state.
On Thursday night, Biden condemned the “vicious hate crimes” against Asian American and Pacific island communities, saying, “It’s wrong. It’s anti-American. And it must be stopped.”
Hogan, a centrist Republican, was one of the few Republican Party elected officials to support the former President TrumpDonald TrumpThe note: How he revalidated the COVID policy in Biden seeks his moment with his pandemic A year with the coronavirus: How we get here MOREdismissal after the January 6 siege of the United States Capitol.
“I think there is no doubt that America would be better off if the president resigned or was removed from office and if Mike PenceMichael (Mike) Richard Pence Federal judge declares QAnon ‘shaman’ too dangerous to be released from prison Supreme Court rejects Trump’s challenge with Georgia Senate runoff., the vice president of the United States, will carry out a peaceful transition of power over the next 13 days until the president [Joe] Biden has an oath, “Hogan said in January, a day after the riot.