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Wes Moore: “We have actually raised a minimum wage and made it easier…”

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Gov. Wes Moore Talks Running For Reelection, National Guard, Big Beautiful Bill, Sean Duffy + More

Published October 21, 2025 | Video Starts at 27:44

That we have made investments over $1.4 billion to Maryland's HBCUs at a time when the federal government is pulling back from our HBCUs and that We have actually raised a minimum wage and made it easier for working people to be able to survive and exist within our society. That we have actually, we have actually tax cuts for the middle class in Maryland, tax cuts for military veterans in the state of Maryland. (27:44–27:51)

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Asserts that Maryland raised the minimum wage to support working people.

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“We have made investments over $1.4 billion to Maryland's HBCUs at a time when the federal government is pulling back from our HBCUs.”
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“The Port of Baltimore is responsible for about 13% of my state's economy.”
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“We have some of the fastest job growth rates inside the entire country, one of the lowest unemployment rates in the entire country.”
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“The only way that you're going to reopen a government is by cutting people off healthcare, raising premiums by 95%.”
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“We started something called feds to EDs where we knew that Maryland as well as many other states, has a teacher shortage right now.”
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“Since I've been the governor, what we have closed that teacher shortage, we have by 25%.”
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“We're going to cover down on Medicaid spending. Snap wick. Despite the fact that the federal government is now cutting it off from our…”
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“We put in millions of dollars from the state to make sure they're good. The president support for Maryland is not warranted.”
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“The two greatest beneficiaries of the Trump administration so far have been the Trump family and China.”
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“The Trump family and China have had a great streak for the past 10 months.”
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“The US has pulled away from things like foreign aid and support in everywhere from Africa to South America.”
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“The Trump administration, who's pulling away from increasing energy supplies, which, by the way, is making energy prices more expensive.”
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“China is investing in those new [energy] technologies.”
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“I've seen nothing but them turning down federal aid and federal supports that is justified and necessary for the people of my state.”
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“In Maryland, for the eight years before I became the governor, we saw the homicide rate nearly double.”
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“In 2022, we had almost a homicide a day [in Baltimore City].”
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“In the past two and a half years, we have seen how Maryland has had amongst the fastest drops in violent crime anywhere in the United States…”
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“We went from having amongst the highest violent crime rates inside the entire country to now having amongst the fastest drops in violent…”
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“They painted more fences and picked up more trash than they've actually done drug busts.”
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“I'd love to talk to you about banning block switches and the ability to turn these Glocks into automatic weapons.”
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“We'd love to have a conversation about banning ghost guns.”
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“We'd love to have a conversation with you about additional ATF and FBI resources and supports.”
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“I'd love to have a conversation with you about LPRs, license plate readers.”
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“Stop cutting the funding that was coming to our communities for community violence intervention groups that were actually on the ground…”
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“He'll cut funding for stuff that's actually working, but then ask the American taxpayer to pay over a million dollars a day so they can…”
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“We have double the amount of leave that they have so they can stop using their PTO on things like military training if they're a state…”
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“We have made Maryland the first state in the country that now has a pathway to free dental care and health care for members of our National…”
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“We have been able to actually do procurement reform and now creating over $800 million for black-owned businesses inside of the state of…”
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“We have done everything from having the largest tax cut to military veterans and younger military veterans in Maryland's history.”
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“I asked wealthy Marylanders, millionaires to pay a little bit more to help to make sure that we can have the best public schools inside the…”
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“Maryland is really leading the charge.”
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“We lost six workers, people who fell, who were fixing potholes, who fell 180ft into dark, cold waters and lost their lives.”
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“We got it cleared in 11 weeks.”
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“Permitting alone could take two and a half years. We got it done in months.”
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“Congress, bipartisan, Republicans and Democrats in Congress were the ones who approved the 100% cost share.”
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“We've done four studies over the past 20 years on similar type of elements.”
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“We just authorized $400 million for our just Community initiative.”
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“Maryland has four remarkable HBCUs.”
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“We've done things like the mass pardons and giving people a second chance at life.”
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