SUITLAND, Maryland — Maryland Republican Senate candidate Larry Hogan on Tuesday suggested President Joe Biden should withdraw for reelection over concerns about his mental acuity and the “ability to be the leader of the free world.”
Hogan, the centrist former two-term GOP governor, told the Washington Examiner during a campaign stop to meet with veterans that Biden is “not the same guy that he used to be” as a political firestorm rages over the 81-year-old’s capacity to serve another term.
“I’ve said for a long time that I thought it would be in Joe Biden’s best interest, his family’s best interest, the Democratic Party, and the country if they found a different nominee,” Hogan said. “I have a lot of respect for Biden. I worked with him when he was vice president. But no, he’s not the same guy that he used to be.”
Hogan, 68, has vowed not to vote for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, the former president with whom he’s long beefed with publicly. Hogan reiterated he’ …