NATIONAL TELEVISION. AND TONIGHT, GOVERNOR MOORE WAS LIVE ON CNN, TOUCHING ON EVERYTHING FROM HIS INVITATION TO VISIT BALTIMORE TO SENDING NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS TO CITIES BEYOND D.C., WHICH HE CALLED DISRESPECTFUL TO THE MEN AND WOMEN IN UNIFORM. THE PROBLEM IS, WE ARE SEEING A LACK OF SERIOUSNESS FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES TO A VERY SERIOUS SITUATION, AND THAT’S WHY I INVITED HIM TO COME TO BALTIMORE, TO COME BE EDUCATED, TO COME LEARN SO HE DOESN’T HAVE TO SPOUT NONSENSE FROM THE OVAL OFFICE AND THINGS THAT ARE JUST BLATANTLY NOT TRUE ABOUT WHAT IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING AND THE WORK THAT’S HAPPENING IN COORDINATION TO MAKE PEOPLE FEEL SAFER IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. NOW, THIS LATEST VOLLEY CAME AFTER THE PRESIDENT ONCE AGAIN CAME FROM BALTIMORE. AND THE GOVERNOR IN A CABINET MEETING TODAY. BALTIMORE WES MOORE WAS TELLING ME HE WANTS I WANT TO WALK WITH THE PRESIDENT. WELL, I SAID, I WANT TO WALK WITH YOU, TOO, SOMEDAY. BUT FIRST YOU GOT TO CLEAN UP YOUR CRIME BECAUSE I’M NOT WALKING. I’M NOT WALKING IN BALTIMORE RIGHT NOW. BALTIMORE IS A HELLHOLE. AND THIS GUY, I DON’T EVEN THINK HE KNOWS IT. HE’S ANOTHER CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT. BETWEEN HIM AND NEWS.COM, YOU’VE GOT SOME REAL BEAUTIES. I’LL TELL YOU. HE WOULD ALSO SAY THE GOVERNOR ONCE PRAISED HIS ADMINISTRATION, GOVERNOR MOORE SAYING THAT CONVERSATION NEVER HAPPENED. BUT WHAT HAS HAPPENED, HE SAYS, IS BALTIMORE PUTTING IN THE WORK TO FIGHT CRIME? WE’VE DONE IT BY ACTUALLY WORKING WITH THE MAYOR, WORKING WITH THE STATE’S ATTORNEY, WORKING WITH COMMUNITY VIOLENCE INTERVENTION GROUPS, AND WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO ENSURE THAT PEOPLE CAN FEEL SAFER IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. AND THE THING IS THAT WE KNOW WE HAVE MORE WORK TO DO, BUT WE’RE NOT GOING TO BE PERFORMATIVE OR CYNICAL ABOUT THE WAY WE ARE DOING IT AND NOT TAKING THE APPROACH THAT THAT THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES SEEMS TO BE TAKING ABOUT MAKING PEOPLE SAFE IN COMMUNITIES NOW, DIRECTING IRE TOWARDS BALTIMORE IS NOTHING NEW FOR THE PRESIDENT. THESE WORDS ARE FROM HIS FIRST TERM SPARRING WITH THE LATE CONGRESSMAN ELIJAH CUMMINGS, SAYING WHY SO MUCH MONEY SENT TO ELIJAH CUMMINGS DISTRICT WHEN IT IS CONSIDERED THE WORST RUN AND MOST DANGEROUS ANYWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES, ADDING THAT CUMMINGS DISTRICT WAS, QUOTE, A DISGUSTING RAT AND RODENT INFESTED MESS. NOW TONIGHT ON TRUTH SOCIAL, THE PRESIDENT TURNED HIS ATTENTION TO ILLINOIS, CALLING ITS GOVERN
‘Seeing a lack of seriousness’: Trump calls Baltimore ‘hellhole’ in Cabinet meeting; Moore responds
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore was quite direct on CNN Tuesday night in response to President Donald Trump’s vision of Baltimore.Moore touched on everything from his invitation to the president to visit Baltimore, to sending National Guard troops to cities beyond Washington, D.C. — which he called disrespectful to the men and women in uniform.”The problem is we are seeing a lack of seriousness from the president of the United States to a very serious situation, and that’s why I have invited him to come to Baltimore. Come be educated so he doesn’t have to spout nonsense from the Oval Office about things that are blatantly not true,” Moore said.| Exclusive interview: War of words between Trump, Moore escalatesThe latest volley came during a Tuesday afternoon Cabinet meeting, during which Trump called Baltimore a “hellhole,” saying: “Baltimore, Wes Moore was telling me … ‘I want to walk with the president. ‘Well, I said, 1 want to walk with you, too, someday, but first you’ve got to clean up your crime. I’m not walking in Baltimore right now, Baltimore is a hellhole. This guy, I don’t even think he knows it.”Trump went on to say Moore has even praised the Trump administration, claiming that Moore said Trump is doing an “unbelievable job.”Moore said that conversation never happened but did touch on Baltimore’s decrease in crime.”We have done it by working with the mayor, working with the state’s attorney, working with the community to ensure people can feel safer in their neighborhoods,” Moore said. “We know we have more work to do — but we aren’t going to be performative or cynical in the way we are doing it, and not taking the approach of the president of the United States.”Directing ire is nothing new for Trump. During his first term, Trump said then-Rep. Elijah Cummings’ district was “a disgusting, rat- and rodent-infested mess.”On Truth Social Tuesday night, Trump turned his attention toward Illinois, calling its governor incompetent and saying that he should call Trump for help with crime.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore was quite direct on CNN Tuesday night in response to President Donald Trump’s vision of Baltimore.
Moore touched on everything from his invitation to the president to visit Baltimore, to sending National Guard troops to cities beyond Washington, D.C. — which he called disrespectful to the men and women in uniform.
“The problem is we are seeing a lack of seriousness from the president of the United States to a very serious situation, and that’s why I have invited him to come to Baltimore. Come be educated so he doesn’t have to spout nonsense from the Oval Office about things that are blatantly not true,” Moore said.
| Exclusive interview: War of words between Trump, Moore escalates
The latest volley came during a Tuesday afternoon Cabinet meeting, during which Trump called Baltimore a “hellhole,” saying: “Baltimore, Wes Moore was telling me … ‘I want to walk with the president. ‘Well, I said, 1 want to walk with you, too, someday, but first you’ve got to clean up your crime. I’m not walking in Baltimore right now, Baltimore is a hellhole. This guy, I don’t even think he knows it.”
Trump went on to say Moore has even praised the Trump administration, claiming that Moore said Trump is doing an “unbelievable job.”
Moore said that conversation never happened but did touch on Baltimore’s decrease in crime.
“We have done it by working with the mayor, working with the state’s attorney, working with the community to ensure people can feel safer in their neighborhoods,” Moore said. “We know we have more work to do — but we aren’t going to be performative or cynical in the way we are doing it, and not taking the approach of the president of the United States.”
Directing ire is nothing new for Trump. During his first term, Trump said then-Rep. Elijah Cummings’ district was “a disgusting, rat- and rodent-infested mess.”
On Truth Social Tuesday night, Trump turned his attention toward Illinois, calling its governor incompetent and saying that he should call Trump for help with crime.
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