WASHINGTON ― Maryland Gov. Wes Moore has kept a lower profile than most potential 2028 Democratic presidential contenders.
Recently, though, the 46-year-old veteran and first Black governor of Maryland has turned up the heat against President Donald Trump, slamming his federal takeover of Washington, D.C., and other cities, mocking him for repeatedly avoiding the military draft during the Vietnam War, and accusing him of politicizing federal disaster assistance by denying aid to areas of western Maryland hit by flooding.
It’s a notable shift for Moore, who previously took a more toned-down approach to the Trump administration like Democratic governors Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania and Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan. He joins California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker ― two other possible presidential contenders ― in attacking Trump head-on, including frequently on social media.
On Sunday, Moore drew the president’s ire after he criticized the deployment of National Guard troops in the nation’s capital, as well as Trump’s threats to send more troops into cities like Baltimore and Chicago in the name of a supposed crime emergency.
“For a party that talks about state rights, it’s amazing how they’re having such a big government approach,” Moore said in an interview on CBS’s “Face the Nation.”
