Gov. Wes Moore on Crime Crackdown: Assaults with a Deadly Weapon Has Increased in D.C. By 8%, in Baltimore, It Decreased By 10%

RUSH TRANSCRIPT:
WELKER: “Well, I want to ask you about another big issue that you are facing in your state. President Trump’s threat to send in federal troops to more cities. You and Scott announced you are stepping up law enforcement in Baltimore. Baltimore, I should say, still has the nation’s fourth highest murder rate in the country. Why not accept the president’s offer to send in National Guard troops.”

MOORE: “Oh, no, we would absolutely accept the offer for federal support. The president’s proposed budget actually cuts support for the FBI and atf bureaus which are things we could use that the president when you look at the big beautiful bill cuts $30 million for violence prevention program that are happening in the city of Baltimore and across the state of Maryland, and when I first came onboard I was very clear that public safety was going to be our number one priority, and we have made historic investments and local law enforcement. Historic investments in technologies and making sure if someone commits a violent crime with a handgun we want them in custody in 24 hours. If you’re looking at the same time period of the D.C. Occupation, this federal surge. If you look at assaults with a deadly weapon they increased in D.C. by 8%. In Baltimore, have decreased by 10% and on every other major indicator from homicides to carjackings, you can say Baltimore has had the same type of drop as Washington, D.C. has had during this period and we didn’t mobilize the National Guard for it.”