Gov. Wes Moore vetoes Maryland Compensation Commission Act, calling for direct action
The country's only black governor rejected reparations legislation, hitting Democrats and stressing his preference for “focusing on the work itself” rather than forming the committee.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore vetoed SB 587, legislation initiated by state Sen. C. Anthony Muse (D-Forest Heights) that would establish Maryland’s compensation committee.
The committee will provide recommendations in 2027 “related to the appropriate benefits provided by African Americans affected by slavery and historic inequality.”
However, Moore did not issue a veto in any form of opposition to the overall idea.
Dem Gov said the MD, who has a $3B deficit, has been doing “before anyone knows what this is.”
“I appreciate the work of the Legislature on this bill and I thank the Black Caucus for its leadership,” Moore said in his veto message.
“We have worked with leaders across the state to enhance black families and address racial disparities in the community. That's the backdrop for me to make this difficult decision.”
Moore questioned the potential for more bureaucracy that the resolution endured.
“[N]He said OW is not the time to do another study.
“It is time to continue to take action to deliver results to those who serve us.”
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Maryland Gov. Wes Moore supported racial compensation as a policy, but criticized the bill for building bureaucracy rather than “continuous action.” (Getty)
Moore, who is regarded as the hope of the Democratic president in 2028, will always defend the African-American history of Maryland and focus on closing the “racial wealth gap,” increasing home ownership for minorities and “end fundamental differences.”
Maryland itself has a different history in terms of slavery, civil war and treatment of African Americans.
The state hosts the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad route, connecting important towns and important locations on the Eastern Coast to Delaware, where Tubman, her family and groups help the slaves of the fugitive on the relatively safe way to the north.
It was a status north of Washington, D.C., a friendly state that was often southward and also complicated its location during the Civil War. The assassination of President Abraham Lincoln's actor John Wilkes Booth, who fled Washington from Bel Air and after the assassination, he crossed the Confederate-friendly southern Maryland state and then crossed the Potomac over Virginia.
After Lincoln's murder, Professor Booth and his colleague's doctor, Dr. Samuel Mudd, placed them on his property near Leonardtown.
But Booth felt uncomfortable in Maryland after the war, and fled to Virginia – where he was eventually killed by the U.S. Marshal in a barn, whose foundation is now unmarked in the middle of 301 Park Avenue in the United States, passing through the grounds of AP Hill Fort Hill.
Maryland's Legislative Black Caucus issued a statement Friday expressing disappointment with Moore's veto.
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At a time when the White House and Congress actively target the Black community, demolish diversity initiatives and use harmful coding languages, Governor Moore has the opportunity to show the country and the world the Maryland is here, and we are bold and brave to recognize our painful history and its urgent need to be addressed. ”
“Instead, the state’s first black governor chose to block this historic legislation that would prompt the state to directly repair the harm of slavery.”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
