Maryland politics heated up online after Maryland Freedom Caucus State Director Ali Rak called Gov. Wes Moore a ‘ghetto governor’ in an Aug. 21 post on X, criticizing the state’s $400 million plan to rebuild Baltimore’s Pimlico Race Course.

Rak’s post came alongside a clip of Moore telling President Donald Trump to “keep our name out of your mouth” after Trump labeled Baltimore “too far gone.”

https://x.com/AliRak8710/status/1958530596495315173

Shortly after, Maryland Democratic Party Chair Steuart Pittman condemned the remark as racist and unacceptable, saying:

“The State Director of the Maryland Freedom Caucus resorted to racist name calling when she went online to call America’s only sitting Black governor ‘Ghetto Governor,’” Pittman said, as he urged the media and public to reject

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