CNN conservative pundit praises ‘interesting' Wes Moore: ‘A pretty talented communicator'
CNN conservative commentator Scott Jennings labeled Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) 'interesting' while praising his communication skills and tearing into other progressive members of the Democratic Party.
'I think Wes Moore is actually a pretty talented communicator,' Jennings said in a panel discussion Sunday on CNN's 'State of the Union' about future leaders of the party.
'The other person who spoke in South Carolina, [Minnesota Gov.] Tim Walz, is a special mixture of extreme buffoonery and a mean spirit, which is a toxic brew. He is not the future of the Democratic Party,' Jennings added, in remarks highlighted by Mediaite.
Moore spoke at the annual South Carolina Democrats' Blue Palmetto Dinner on Friday night in Columbia, S.C., and Walz, the 2024 Democratic vice presidential candidate, gave the keynote address on Saturday morning. The Maryland governor, who is seen as a rising star within the party and has been floated as a potential presidential candidate in 2028, said at the beginning of May he will not run for the Oval Office in the next election cycle.
'Moore is interesting. Moore is interesting, probably more interesting than some of the radicals you have out there — Crockett, AOC — I mean, these are the true leaders of your party right now,' Jennings added in the CNN panel discussion, referring to Reps. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.).
Moore, an Army veteran and the nation's only Black governor, called on his party to learn from President Trump's 'impatience' and to act with more urgency during his remarks in South Carolina.
'I want to be clear: We can and we must condemn Donald Trump's reckless actions. But we would also be foolish not to learn from his impatience,' Moore, a first-term governor, said during his roughly 30-minute speech to the state party's officials and activists.
'Donald Trump doesn't need a study to dismantle democracy or use the Constitution like a suggestion box. Donald Trump doesn't need a white paper to start arbitrary trade wars that raise the cost of virtually everything in our lives,' he added.
'If he can do so much bad in such a small amount of time, why can't we do so much good?'
Moore also said the Democratic Party needs to present itself as the coalition of 'action' that can deliver for working-class Americans.
'Gone are the days when we are the party of bureaucracy, multiyear studies, panels, and college debate club rules,' he said Friday night. 'We must be the party of action. Because right now, the people of this country are calling on us to act.'
'The people want a growing middle class. And they cannot wait,' he added. 'The people want access to work, wages, and wealth. And they cannot wait.'
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