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Wes Moore: “Since we have come to office 18 months ago, Maryland has had…”

Featuring: Wes Moore, Democratic | Governor of Maryland

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Maryland Governor Wes Moore Tells His Life Story (Full Interview)

Published | Video Starts at 44:27

And we said we are going to invest in actually building out a community level framework about the way we're thinking about the work. And I'm really proud of the fact that, you know, Since we have come to office 18 months ago, Maryland has had the most precipitous drop of homicide rates of really any, any state inside this country. Baltimore City has had the fastest drop of any major American city in the country during this time period. In fact, Vlad, the last time that the homicide rate in Baltimore City was this low, I wasn't born yet. (44:27–44:39)

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Asserts that Maryland has experienced the steepest decline in homicide rates among U.S. states since Wes Moore took office.

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