Watch: Maryland to 'Reap the Consequences' of Dem Governor Wes Moore's Political Stunt

States don't come much bluer than Maryland. My father-in-law, who lived much of his adult life in Maryland, was heavily involved in local politics there, as a conservative Democrat - there were some then, and in Maryland, even in the '60s and '70s, you registered Democrat, or you were shut out of the process. He has told me on numerous occasions that there wasn't an elected official in Maryland who had two IQ points to rub together.

Case in point: Governor Wes Moore, who on Wednesday was eviscerated by Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt for his action prohibiting local law enforcement from working with Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE).

.@PressSec: "This is another horrible and frankly political action taken by Governor Wes Moore, and unfortunately, the people of his state are going to reap the consequences of it." https://t.co/7FwWPwdmV9 pic.twitter.com/JqrkctlQH9
— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) February 18, 2026

Here's how the Press Secretary responded to a question on the topic:

First of all, it's another despicable action by Governor Wes Moore. Why would you prevent your state and local law enforcement from cooperating with federal law enforcement? If you just ask them, to your point, you ask sheriffs across the country if they want to have that level of cooperation and coordination with the federal government, of course, they do. It makes their jobs easier, it keeps them out of hostile and dangerous environments, it allows them to detain illegal alien criminals who have committed heinous crimes in our country with, with, the most safe circumstances possible. So the president, of course, continues to always stand on the side of law enforcement, and this is another, just horrible and frankly political action taken by Governor Wes Moore, and unfortunately, the people of his state are going to reap the consequences of it.

Of course, it's a political action, one taken due to the governor suffering from a nasty case of Stage V Trump Derangement Syndrome.

Damning New Report on MD Governor Has Folks Asking One Question: Will the Real Wes Moore Please Stand Up?

Look, if President Trump adopted a kitten, Democrats nationwide would issue an immediate call to euthanize every cat in the United States, in the name of national security. And if Joe Biden, or whoever was really in charge during the late, unlamented Biden administration, had started on a mass deportation effort exactly like the one that the Trump administration is carrying out, Democrat governors and other politicians would be clamoring for law enforcement to help ICE in any way possible. That's the Shoe On The Other Foot Principle, and it's in play right now, with feckless Democrat governors like Wes Moore and Tim Walz.

This is also a particularly callous move as it directly endangers not only ICE and other immigration agents, but also the very local law enforcement that Moore has forbidden to assist ICE. This stupid policy ensures that dangerous criminals who would otherwise have been detained and repatriated are instead still loose on the streets in Maryland, endangering the citizens, endangering local law enforcement, and endangering the federal agents who now have to go out and hunt them down, instead of having them quietly handed over at the local hoosegow. It's unconscionable. It's unforgivable. And the Press Secretary is right to call Governor Moore out on it.

Editor’s Note: The 2026 Midterms will determine the fate of President Trump’s America First agenda. Republicans must maintain control of both chambers of Congress.

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