Trump-endorsed GOP senate candidate reveals shock voting decision

Donald Trump-endorsed Senate candidate Larry Hogan has revealed his shock decision over who he plans to vote for this November – and it turns out he won’t be returning the favor to the former president.

Speaking on CBS News Face the Nation on Sunday, the former Maryland governor said that neither Trump nor Vice President Kamala Harris has earned his support in the presidential election.

“Neither one of the two candidates has earned my vote, and the voters in the country are going to be able to make that decision,” he said.

Hogan, who was endorsed by Trump in June as he goes head-to-head with Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks for Maryland’s open US Senate seat, pointed out that he also shunned Trump in the last two elections.

“I didn’t vote for him in 2016 or 2020 and I’ve made that pretty clear,” he said. “I’m willing to put country over party, and I’m hoping that the voters will be willing to do the same thing.”

Hogan said that he has a “completely separate identity” to Trump as he vowed to continue to “stand up to” him – regardless of the fact they share the same party.

“I stand up to him, probably more than just about anyone, and I’ll continue to,” he said, adding that he doesn’t think he will campaign alongside the former president.

Hogan also condemned Trump’s comments at a rally in Wisconsin on Saturday where he called Harris “mentally disabled” and “mentally impaired,” branding it “insulting” to both the vice president and those who do have disabilities.

“I’ve already called him out when he had the one interview where he was questioning her racial identity and now he’s questioning her mental competence and I think that’s insulting not only to the vice president, but to people that actually do have