Wes Moore

where every high school graduate now has a chance to have a paid year of service to the state of Maryland.

And they can do it however they want to do it, but it's because we want them all to feel part of a community and to feel part of, and this idea that in this time with this political divisiveness and vitriol, that service will save us.

I have said it multiple times, and it is still the case.

And I think about it this way, where I don't come from a background of just running for this office, to run for this office, to run for this office.

I don't understand that.

I ran...

For governor, for a simple reason.

I wanted to address the issue of child poverty in my state.

I wanted to address the issue of violence in my state.

And we're doing it.

And so I'm going back and I'm laser focused on asking the people of my state for their vote again in November because I know that we've got a lot of good work done and I know that we're ready to do some more.

I think that we need to make sure that we're not just explaining what's going wrong, but we're showing what can go right.

I think that Donald Trump has been a fantastic vessel for the frustration.

He's just not a vehicle for the solution.

And he had no desire to be that.

That I think that, you know, we we cannot and we're not going to just get away with saying, look at how bad Donald Trump is, because that is a that is a you know, you're never going to win long term on anger.

You got to be able to show what an alternative looks like.

So when you are watching things like the federal government who is spending their time.

raising prices on everything through tariff policies and tax policies.

And you see how us as governors, that if you look in the state of Maryland where I've cut taxes for the middle class, we've actually made sure that we provide additional SNAP and food assistance for our people, particularly when the federal government was pulling it away.