(16 Mar 2023)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Annapolis, Maryland – 16 March 2023
1. Wide of Gov. Moore shaking hands with Associated Press reporter Brian Witte before their interview
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Brian Witte, Associated Press:
“President Joe Biden. How do you think he’s doing? You’ll support him when he runs for reelection in 2024?"
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Gov. Wes Moore, (D) Maryland:
“I absolutely will support him and, you know, and I think about it where we've watched how the how we have gained 800,000 jobs in two months, that that what's happened in the two years of the Biden-Harris administration is they have gained more jobs in two years than any other president had had gained in four, prior. So I think about the fact that the president has been to Maryland now three times in the past five weeks. You know, the first time was here when we were announcing a joint partnership to fix the Frederick Douglass Tunnel over in Baltimore, which, by the way, is going to create 30,000 jobs in the state of Maryland. How we were here before working on issues for broadband expansion to ensure that we can make sure that we have accessible and affordable broadband all throughout the state of Maryland, from urban areas to rural areas to suburban areas, and making sure that we're working with them, leveraging the federal government in order to in order to make that happen. You know, I'm excited about the partnership that the state of Maryland right now has with the White House. I want that partnership to continue. And I am I'm not only supporting President Biden's reelection, his reelection efforts, I plan on helping. However, I can.”
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Brian Witte, Associated Press:
“You mentioned earlier before we started about your challenge to Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin, about payback basketball game to decide this contentious issue of where the FBI headquarters should be located: Virginia or Maryland. Would you be able to take a guy who is six foot seven and play college ball?
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Gov. Wes Moore, (D) Maryland:
“So I don't care if he's eight foot four. I'm not losing to him. I am very by nature. And the, and the truth is, is that we beat Virginia on every single on every single category for how they're going to make the decision on the on the on the FBI building. You know, but and and maybe beating him in basketball is the final is the final pin on that sentence. But if you look at the whole case, if you look at all the categories that were laid out for how this decision was going to be made right. They said this decision is going to be made based on on site readiness. Well, Maryland is the only site that is site ready that will not need a significant of time or capital in order to prepare the site. If we build this building in Maryland, it will be built 2 to 4 years faster than if we try to build it in Virginia. They said they're going to make the decision based on transportation assets. Well, Maryland is the only place that has nearby assets that are literally within short walking distance from where the building would be built. Mass transit, Metro. Virginia does not have that yet that they say they're going to make the decision based on cost while they put this building in Virginia. It's going to cost the American taxpayer around $1,000,000,000 more to be able to put this building in Virginia than to put it in the state of Maryland.”
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Brian Witte, Associated Press:
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Gov. Wes Moore, (D) Maryland:
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Brian Witte, Associated Press:
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