Does the Democratic Party need an honest reckoning after the 2024 election? Or does it just need to move on and start fixing stuff?
Governor Wes Moore of Maryland — who joined us this afternoon for his very first Substack Live — told us that while it’s important to understand how we got here, he doesn’t have much time for a party of “slow and no.” It’s a time for action, and he sees governors as uniquely able to do just that in the fight against a president who sees the constitution as a suggestion at best. Moore is raising taxes on the wealthiest Marylanders, hiring laid-off federal workers, and funding HBCUs — all of these things right now — rather than commissioning a study so someone can do it one day.
Moore clearly has the kind of political talent that gets the notice of presidential whisperers like George Clooney. I asked him if there was any way he would run.
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