Valuetainment - ＂Defund The Police Was WEIRD＂ - Wes Moore BLASTS Democrat's Soft On Crime Policies

00:00:00.000 When you look at the current Democratic Party, okay, and you watch the positions they're taking

00:00:05.720 and America has said, listen, we're not for some of these weird policies on what you're doing.

00:00:11.640 We're just not, okay? You know, men competing in women's sports. That just doesn't make any sense

00:00:18.340 to the average person who is independent because to win you need the independent and the libertarian

00:00:23.680 voters, right? And maybe some of the disgruntled Republican voters. You need them to kind of flip

00:00:28.640 a little bit but you need the independent yes you'll get the democrats if you say trans and all

00:00:32.860 this stuff i also believe on the democratic party there's a couple percent that they're not game

00:00:37.860 with some of the stuff that's happening so open-ended to you uh we we see right now the

00:00:42.300 gubernatorial race taking place in california you know katie porter and and hilton and all

00:00:47.620 these guys are debating the resume of newsom and he's gonna have a hard time with his resume so

00:00:51.400 if there's ever been a time that any democrat can come out of nowhere that that can have some

00:00:56.920 sensible policies you know this is the first time in 25 35 years that no leading democratic

00:01:03.880 candidate is at 25 and according to cnn polls this hasn't happened for 35 years so we're not

00:01:09.880 used to that what what does westmore what does governor westmore believe in what values do you

00:01:14.380 believe in oof um you know honestly i think the heart of what i believe in is what the army taught

00:01:20.900 me and it sounds simplistic but it's it's actually not it's when we were 17 and we first joined

00:01:27.840 I remember on day two we learned this concept of leave no one behind ever right you get one of my

00:01:35.880 people I will send a battalion in to go get them if I have to because we leave no one behind

00:01:39.720 and that's very much how I view the world where I just feel like we have an obligation like

00:01:48.180 if i'm starting with 10 i'm finishing with 10 that everybody's going to matter yep as we make

00:01:54.960 it across the finish line and mission accomplishment isn't that one component of mission accomplishment

00:01:59.280 is actually did you take care of all of your people did all of your people make it back okay

00:02:04.040 and i actually think that's the right kind of guidance in terms of the way we think about

00:02:08.500 our our policy work like you know and when people say well in you know for example you talk about

00:02:15.080 public safety that Republicans say law and order and Democrats say abolish the

00:02:20.360 police or whatever, or like, do you support law enforcement or do you support

00:02:24.500 community? My point is, I don't, I don't think you have to choose. And so like,

00:02:30.980 for example, what do we do in Maryland where we had a crisis of violence in

00:02:34.460 Maryland when I first became the governor, where Baltimore city in 2022 was

00:02:38.300 averaging almost a homicide a day. And I said, listen, I refuse to be a governor

00:02:43.060 who's just giving thoughts and prayers and offering eulogies for eight years and not doing

00:02:47.440 nothing about the violence. So we made historic investments in local law enforcement. We made

00:02:52.140 historic investments in technology and analytics and stopping crime before it happened. We made

00:02:57.820 Maryland one of the only states in the country that helps to fund the U.S. attorney out of

00:03:01.300 balance sheet. So if someone commits a violent crime with a firearm, not only am I going to

00:03:05.320 have you in handcuffs in 24 hours, chances are we're going to work to make your case and take

00:03:09.260 it federal right and we invested in community violence interruption and we work with the mayor

00:03:15.280 and the state's attorney and the results have been that now maryland has amongst the fastest

00:03:20.080 drops in violent crime anywhere in the united states of america since i've been the governor

00:03:23.020 the last time the homicide rate was this low in baltimore city i wasn't born yet

00:03:26.460 we're literally talking statewide nearly a 50 drop in violent crime but it's because lowest

00:03:33.220 than 50 years lowest than 50 years but it's like but it's because i'm not choosing y'all this is

00:03:38.080 not an ideology for me this is not a political game to me it's leave no one behind and if you

00:03:43.860 if you really believe in that philosophy you will do anything to make sure that your people are good

00:03:49.140 i think i think those two are very important leave nobody behind you know the whole defund

00:03:54.060 the police was very weird that campaign that happened early on everybody was confused saying

00:03:57.460 what are you talking about even democrats are like i don't know if i believe in this or not so

00:04:01.200 to give you credit top 10 richest states per capita is is maryland ranks top five in education

00:04:07.640 nationally, lowest homicide in 50 years, strong access to portals, rail, East Coast trade,

00:04:14.440 Port of Baltimore, major U.S. logistics, average home price, $200,000, which means people can

00:04:18.740 still afford to get something there.

00:04:22.000 You know, crime-wise Maryland and property crime, you're eight.

00:04:25.400 Maryland as a state is now 15.

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Valuetainment - May 05, 2026

＂Defund The Police Was WEIRD＂ - Wes Moore BLASTS Democrat's Soft On Crime Policies

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