Former Charles County Republican Party chairman Charles Lollar is intent on unseating House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer this fall, thus ending the Maryland Democrat’s 28-year run in Congress. Mr. Lollar - a former Marine Corps officer and father of four - is promising “a new day in Maryland” and believes he’s found a ready audience across a wide political spectrum.
“The demographics are different across Prince George’s, Calvert and Saint Mary’s counties. But the concerns are the same. People are afraid of all this spending, of a socialized way of doing business,” Mr. Lollar tells The Beltway. “And the problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people’s money.”
The “real enemy” is not Democrats and their beliefs, he says. “It’s those who would impose socialism on our lives.”
He predicts that skittish voters will seek the reassuring candidate who upholds the most basic American tenets.
“Democrats will vote for Republican candidates who uphold and maintain the Constitution,” Mr. Lollar says. “As for the Republican Party itself, we need to take a step back and remember what it means to lead, not just play catch-up. And we must re-examine what it means to be a statesman or stateswoman. Americans were sold a bill of goods in 2008, and now they are angry. We have the chance now to do the right thing, and the winning thing.”