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Wes Moore: “We've been able to get things done, like raising a minimum…”

Featuring: Wes Moore, Democratic | Governor of Maryland

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Govs. Wes Moore & Kevin Stitt on dignity in politics: Full panel

Published | Video Starts at 02:42

Do you want dignity or do you want politics? As governors, that's not how we operate. These two things sink. And where I know in my time as the governor, We've been able to get things done, like raising a minimum wage. We've been able to make a child tax credit permanent, have the most aggressive push to end child poverty in our state's history, and you know, have amongst the fastest drop of violent crime anywhere in the United States of America. (02:42–02:46)

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Asserts that the administration has successfully raised the minimum wage in Maryland.

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