Gov. Wes Moore (D-MD) announced Thursday he will not attend an annual meeting for governors at the White House, citing President Donald Trump’s move to disinvite him from a separate gubernatorial dinner.
“If the point of the meeting that he’s singled me out and told me I’m disinvited from … is to turn it into name-calling or to follow what he did in his most recent tweet, which is full of lies and it’s ignorant and it’s unhinged. If the point of the meeting is that, then my answer to the president is very clear: Nah, I’m good,” Moore said during a CBS News interview, referencing his decision not to attend the event.
Moore is the vice chair of the National Governors Association, which traditionally holds an annual bipartisan meeting at the White House. This year, the Trump administration sent invitations only to Republican governors, prompting the NGA to say earlier this week they would cancel the Feb. 19 through 21 event. The meeting is now back on the docket, after NGA co-chair Gov. Kevin Stitt (R-OK) said Wednesday all governors are now invited, explaining he spoke with the Trump team to address a “misunderstanding in scheduling.”
But Moore and Gov. Jared Polis (D-CO) remain disinvited from a separate dinner at the White House for gubernatorial leaders. In a post to Truth Social, Trump said he believed the two men “are not worthy of being there.”
Moore addressed the situation Thursday, saying, “God determines my worthiness,” after previously suggesting racism fueled Trump’s decision despite fellow uninvited governor Polis being white.
“I can’t speak to the president’s heart. I can speak to his actions. And I do want to be clear to the president: Respectfully, you do not determine my worthiness. God determines my worthiness. The people of Maryland determine my worthiness. They are who I answer to. Not him,” Moore told O’Donnell.
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Moore, viewed as a possible 2028 contender, has emerged as one of the leading Democratic governors countering the Trump administration on a variety of policies, including Immigration and Customs Enforcement and redistricting.
“I have been very clear with the people of my state that I will work with anyone, but I will bow down to no one. And I think the president has a problem with that,” he said this week.
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