NORTH BETHESDA, Maryland — Larry Hogan summed up in one word his surprise over the unexpected, and unwelcomed, endorsement from former President Donald Trump: “What?!”

“To this day, I haven’t seen the actual video,” the Maryland Republican Senate candidate told the Washington Examiner on Sunday during an interview at an Asians for Hogan fundraiser just outside of Washington, D.C. “But I heard about it from my staff. And I was like, ‘What?!’”