The next is a transcript of an interview with Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, a Democrat, on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” that aired on Sept. 15, 2024.
MARGARET BRENNAN: And we’re joined now by Maryland Democratic Governor, Wes Moore. He is a member of the Harris marketing campaign’s Nationwide Advisory Board. Governor, I’ve quite a bit to get to with you, however I wish to begin on the place we left the dialog with the senator from Ohio, JD Vance. He argues that speaking about this pressure on the area people from migrant populations shouldn’t be dismissed as racist by the Harris marketing campaign, and ought to be mentioned on its deserves, deserves. What do you make of the continued push to focus the dialog right here?
GOV. WES MOORE: Nicely, I imply, there is a exceptional quantity of not simply inaccuracies, however canine whistling that we heard from that. However , of all the various issues that I believe had been actually problematic with what Senator Vance stated when on the finish of the interview, when he began speaking in regards to the just a few native elected official and what they must say. These are people who find themselves closest to the bottom. These are the people who find themselves closest to their constituents. These are public servants, and these are companions contained in the work. And within the case of that Mayor, that is a Republican who’s saying that that this is not about politics, and it is not not about politicizing this challenge. We all know that to have the ability to tackle these points, and significantly massive, advanced points just like the border disaster that our nation continues to confront, now we have to do it in partnership. And I believe while you’re listening to these type of feedback from somebody who’s who’s aspiring to be the Vice President of the US, I believe for all of us as native and statewide elected officers, it simply provides a way about how he views partnership and the way he views the intelligence that is coming from us who’re on the bottom having to take care of these challenges.
MARGARET BRENNAN
The governor of Ohio, a Republican, additionally, once more at the moment, stated the claims being made there weren’t borne out by reality. However he is additionally asking for federal assist with a really actual factor – pressure from the migrant inhabitants. Ought to the Harris marketing campaign speak about that extra? Ought to the federal authorities be doing extra?
GOV. WES MOORE: Yeah, nicely, the federal authorities completely must do extra, as does Congress, and I believe that that is a part of the rationale why the frustration that we noticed when it got here to issues just like the border deal. Which was a bipartisan deal that we had each Democrat and Republican help for that one of many anchors and one of many one of many authors was one of the crucial conservative individuals inside Congress, Senator Lankford. And the deal was killed as a result of Donald Trump stated that this was not going to be advantageous to my marketing campaign. So the problem is, is what we’re seeing from from each Donald Trump and JD Vance, is we’re receiving political speaking factors, however we’re not what we’re not receiving truly actionable concepts to have the ability to tackle the problem.
MARGARET BRENNAN: However I assume on the problem of empathy or understanding, ought to there be extra recognition? Not simply, oh we tried and it did not get by up on the nationwide stage, however on the native. Attain out to Governor DeWine and say, I perceive you’ve got issues together with your hospitals, together with your security, with the languages. These issues are actual.
GOV. WES MOORE: Sure, they’re actual. And albeit, these conversations have occurred. You recognize, we have had conversations for persevering with on for months, with the White Home, with the administration, about what we’re seeing on the bottom and in regards to the helps that we’d like. So, we all know that we even have an administration that’s working in partnership with us. And within the case of Vice President Harris, now we have a presidential candidate who truly makes use of the ability of non-public connection to have the ability to join with us as state and native leaders. From what we’re seeing within the state of Maryland, what different governors are seeing across the nation, and really developing with plans collectively to have the ability to tackle this disaster.
MARGARET BRENNAN: I wish to ask you in regards to the Harris marketing campaign, since you are out campaigning for them, and there is a massive push within the coming days to focus in on black voters particularly. The NAACP launched a ballot on Friday that confirmed whereas Black Individuals overwhelmingly overwhelmingly establish as Democrats, over one quarter of Black males below 50 stated they’d help The Republican candidate on this 12 months’s election. Why do you suppose that youthful male Black voters are altering their affiliation like this?
GOV. WES MOORE: You recognize, I believe there’s a, , particularly for youthful black males, there’s a frustration. Nevertheless it’s not essentially frustration with Vice President Harris, and it is not even frustration with the Democratic Social gathering. Frankly, it is a frustration of the tempo of progress in America. You recognize, I take into consideration my state, in my state, after I was inaugurated, we had an 8 to 1 racial wealth hole within the state of Maryland, and that is not as a result of one group was working eight instances more durable. That is due to historic insurance policies and circumstances. Once I’m I am the third African American ever elected governor within the historical past of the US. That is not as a result of I am solely the third African American ever certified to be a governor. And so I believe the factor that we proceed to see, and admittedly, I believe that debate was truly an ideal illustration. The place for many people, we grew up being informed by our relations, you have to work 10 instances as laborious as a way to get forward, as a way to get a possibility. We noticed Donald Trump stroll on that debate stage uniquely and traditionally unprepared. And since he thinks he can win on a whim. And so I believe the frustration that individuals really feel is actual, however I believe the factor that we’re persevering with to push to plenty of voters, significantly African American voters, is that Donald Trump is a vessel to the skepticism, however what he’s not is definitely a automobile for the answer.
MARGARET BRENNAN: Let me ask you about one thing on the controversy stage that the Vice President stated. I do know you served within the Military and also you deployed to Afghanistan. In the course of the debate, Vice President Harris stated this:
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VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS: As of at the moment, there may be not one member of the US army who’s in energetic responsibility in a fight zone, in any battle zone around the globe. The primary time this century,
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MARGARET BRENNAN: That is false. That is alienating the army households. What was the intent?
GOV. WES MOORE: Nicely, I believe what was, what the intent was, was that this isn’t, , counter to the to the convictions of the Trump administration that someway our world was safer below him, or we had much less individuals in battle. That’s simply not true. However I believe the actually essential factor to recollect is, is that we do have people who find themselves in hurt’s method each single day. Now we have, now we have troopers, sailors, airmen and marines, coast guardsmen, who each single day, are on the market with our flag on their shoulder and who’re defending our freedoms and defending our values. Now we have to make it possible for we’re not simply supporting them of their operations, but in addition ensuring that we’re supporting them after they come again dwelling, ensuring that we’re supporting their households. And albeit, what now we have seen from this administration, the place we noticed an administration who was in a position to cross issues just like the PACT Act to make it possible for we’re addressing, we’re addressing the individuals getting back from Iraq and Afghanistan who’re having burn pit publicity, that we even have an administration who’s specializing in issues like having the ability to help a Division of Veterans Affairs. And the factor that we have truly heard, actually, lately, as lately as yesterday, from Senator Vance is that he desires to denationalise the Division of Veterans Affairs. We have got to ensure we’re supporting our troopers, our sailors, our airmen and marines, not simply whereas they’re deployed, but in addition whereas they’re coming dwelling. And albeit, now we have one marketing campaign, the Harris Walz marketing campaign, that truly has a imaginative and prescient for that.
MARGARET BRENNAN: Governor, thanks to your time at the moment. We’ll be proper again with much more Face the Nation. Stick with us.
