Moore: Democrats must act fast on cost of living

Moore wins big in Maryland midterms

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore cruised to reelection with roughly 63 percent of the vote as Democrats triumphed across the country in the midterm elections.

Voters backed Democrats on key issues

Voters pushed Republicans out and kept Democrats in power partly because of concerns over rising cost of living, the Iran war, and growing dominance of AI and data centers.

Moore eyes 2028 presidential run

Moore is often mentioned as a potential Democratic presidential candidate in 2028, speculation that he has not exactly batted down.

Stop studying, start acting

Moore says Democrats must move fast to fix cost of living problems. No more studies. No more ten-year research reports. Move fast.

“No more studies. No more 10-year research reports. Move fast.”

Housing and transit solutions

Moore points to Maryland's permitting reform to speed up affordable housing and transit-oriented development on state-owned land as examples of immediate action.

Childcare costs drain paychecks

Moore made the largest investments in childcare in Maryland's history because people are spending thirty and forty percent of their paychecks on childcare.

Washington must act on energy and tariffs

Moore says governors cannot impact gas prices or national energy policy. Washington Democrats must stop fighting wars and stop allowing illegal tariff policy.

Maryland's healthcare cost model works

Maryland's Total Cost of Care Model works with hospitals on universal budgets to increase coverage while breaking the cost curve. Healthcare costs are actually going down.

Moore on billionaires and responsibility

Moore says he loses no sleep over billionaires but loses sleep over children in poverty. Those with wealth have responsibility to support those without.

“I lose no sleep over the amount of billionaires in our society. I do lose sleep over the amount of children that are growing up in poverty.”

Congress must end Iran war immediately

Moore, a veteran who served with the eighty-second Airborne Division in Afghanistan, says Congress should never have funded the Iran war and must end it in the first hundred hours.

“No, and they shouldn't have funded in the first place.”

Congress must reclaim war authority

Moore says Congress has been cheerleaders rather than leaders, failing to check the president's authority to wage war. The Constitution gives only Congress that power.

AI needs guardrails, not self-policing

Moore is concerned about AI but hopeful about its promise in healthcare and education. He rejects self-policing and says guardrails are essential and remarkably necessary.

Maryland's strict data center rules

Maryland requires data centers to pay for their own energy and upgrades, follow environmental guidelines, hire local union workers, and cannot pollute air or water.

Local control over data centers

About half of Maryland's local jurisdictions have either a ban or pause on data centers. Moore says the state will never override local decisions on this issue.