Gov. Wes Moore Sounds the Alarm on Trump and Midterms: ‘Very Concerned’

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Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) is sounding the alarm on President Donald Trump and the midterm elections. 

Moore’s remarks come after Trump’s July 17 address to the nation, during which he claimed foreign actors were attempting to influence American elections. 

“I don’t think that the president is trying to hide the ball on this,” Moore told the Associated Press in an interview made public Saturday.

“It’s not even am I concerned about what the president could do? I’m concerned about what he’s already doing in broad daylight.”

Moore spoke to the AP as he prepares to take the helm of the National Governors Association.

Through his sit down with AP correspondent Steven Sloan, Moore “ticked through Trump’s efforts to restrict voting by mail, obtain voter information from states and possibly deploy federal troops or agents to polling places,” according to the outlet.

Earlier this year, Trump uninvited Moore and Gov. Jared Polis (D-CO) from an NGA White House dinner, declaring the Democrats were “not worthy of being there,” but eventually relented.

Moore added he hopes the bipartisan group of governors can “ensure states are able to oversee elections as designed by the U.S. Constitution.”

The report continued:

But perhaps the biggest test for Moore will be navigating the management of this year’s elections without denting the bipartisan tone that typically defines the NGA. He will be in the middle of Republicans who are calling for tougher rules, particularly around voter identification and deadlines for mail ballots, and fellow Democrats who warn of voter suppression.

White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson told the AP “if Democrats really cared about securing our elections, they would pass the SAVE America Act,” referring to the voter I.D. bill languishing in the Senate.

Moore, who recently praised Trump’s investment accounts for children as “a good thing,”  has been widely seen as a potential contender for the 2028 presidential race, although he told NBC’s Kristen Welker in September he would not be running for the office.

Regardless, NBC News reported, “Moore’s frequent national media appearances and a travel schedule that has taken him to South Carolina, which is typically the first state on the calendar where Black voters have a major say in a Democratic presidential primary, have fueled speculation that he might run.”

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