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Since the cataclysmic Key Bridge collapse last week, former Gov. Larry Hogan has issued the requisite expressions of sympathy and support. He has said he is lobbying Republican lawmakers to back federal funding for a new bridge. He’s met with the head of the longshoreman’s association.

Yet he’s been relatively quiet — and many local leaders say Hogan’s tense history with Baltimore makes his words ring hollow, especially as he campaigns for an open U.S. Senate seat.

The former two-term Republican governor passed through Baltimore on Wednesday, visiting a nonprofit and a hardware store before ducking into Faidley’s for a crab cake. But there was no stop at the port or cleanup site. Hogan doesn’t hold office anymore and non-official visits are restricted, but he also did not stop at nonprofits aiding those affected by the tragedy.