Wes Moore Only Makes Things WORSE by Lashing Out at the Free Beacon For Exposing His ACTUAL History

Sam J. | 4:11 PM on February 17, 2026

Wes Moore has a lot of explaining to do about his background because if what the Free Beacon has uncovered about him is true, then very little of what he has been saying about himself is.

We're not naive, but if this guy really thinks he can run for president, he might want to get his ducks in a row. Oh, and not be so defensive when called out.

Maybe instead of saying he knows his history (and saying something stupid about the KKK), he should explain the discrepanices?

Kidding, we know he won't - he likely can't.

So he's lashing out.

I know my family’s history. The @FreeBeacon can ask the KKK about theirs. pic.twitter.com/cbjulWqrpE
— Wes Moore (@iamwesmoore) February 16, 2026

SO mad.

As a reminder, though:

Read all about Wes Moore's family history right here!https://t.co/5rGRcHQuMR https://t.co/XwSNmy6dhS pic.twitter.com/DkpiFuj0Pq
— Andrew Kerr (@AndrewKerrNC) February 16, 2026

From the Free Beacon:

Maryland governor Wes Moore, who is widely expected to seek the 2028 Democratic presidential nomination, has a powerful family story of racial injustice that he repeatedly tells during public speeches: His grandfather, as a small boy, fled 1920s Charleston with his family in the dead of night after his father—a prominent black minister and Moore's great-grandfather—angered the Ku Klux Klan with sermons condemning racism. Narrowly escaping a lynching, the family took refuge in Jamaica. But Moore's grandfather, just six years old at the time, vowed to return to America, where he eventually raised a grandson who made history in 2022 by becoming Maryland's first black governor.