“The president is planning to welcome the National Governors Association, which is a group that includes people from both political parties, to the White House,” said NBC’s Norah O’Donnell during a town hall with Moore. “And I know you’re the vice chair of that group. But President Trump has said you’re not invited, and he called you ‘not worthy.’ Why do you think he’s singled you out?”
On Wednesday, Trump invited all the governors except Moore and Jared Polis to a special dinner the day after the bipartisan governors’ meeting.
He said they weren’t ‘worthy’ of being invited, which sounds very unreasonable.
Moore is the only Black governor in the country, and Trump’s decision to target him wasn’t a coincidence.
This situation follows Trump’s recent post that mocked the Obamas, which is part of a bigger pattern. His popularity is going down with most groups, so he’s trying to gain support from people who hold racist views.”
“Well, I can’t speak to the president’s heart. I can speak to his actions,” Moore told O’Donnell. “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.”
“And 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,” said Moore. “And I think the president has a problem with that. And so I will work with cabinet secretaries and agency heads. I will work with anybody if it means that they’re going to advance the issues for the people of Maryland.”
“And especially if it’s going to help to address some of the issues that I think are being inspired by the policies of a Trump-Vance administration,” Moore continued. “But if the point of the meeting — that he singled me out and told me I’m disinvited from — but if the point of the meeting is to turn it into namecalling or to follow what he did in this 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.'”
“Meaning you won’t go?” asked O’Donnell.
“Oh, I’m good,” said Moore. “Oh, I will not go. Absolutely not.”
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