By Mildred Robertson
As the sitting president
continues to sow chaos throughout the political landscape, he outdid himself
over the past week. First, he tweeted a racist photo of former president and first
lady Barack and Michelle Obama. (He claims one of staff did it yet refuses
to apologize for it or chastise whoever did.) Then he moved to disinvite
Governor Wes Moore of Maryland from a bipartisan dinner for governors at the
White House.
This is particularly puzzling
since Moore is the vice chair of the organization and the only sitting Black
governor. Trump announced that only Republican governors would be invited to the
bipartisan winter meeting of the National Governors Association (NGA). He
specifically blocked Moore and Colorado Gov. Jared Polis from the event’s black-tie
dinner. Both have publicly challenged the White House since Trump began his
second term.
Moore opposes Trump’s immigration
policies and his deployment of the National Guard to, supposedly, combat crime
in states led by Democrats. He also supports redrawing Maryland’s voting maps
in response to Trumps efforts to gerrymander districts to create GOP
majorities.
Moore says the National
Governors Association, known for bipartisan cooperation committed that the
dinner will not be considered an official NGA event. Meetings between the
president and governors typically allow direct discussion of national issues.
Moore claims his exclusion from this event may be due to race and criticizes
the president’s actions as unaddressed.
