A rising star in the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/democratic-party" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Democratic Party</a> implored Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-manchin" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Manchin</a> (D-WV) on Sunday not to challenge President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a> in the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/2024-election" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2024 election</a>.
Maryland Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/wes-moore" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Wes Moore</a>, who has become a <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/03/02/biden-democratic-stars-unity-campaign/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">top surrogate</a> for Biden&#8217;s re-election effort, sent the warning shot after Manchin <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/joe-manchin-announces-he-will-not-seek-re-election-to-senate-in-2024" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> last week that he would not seek re-election to the Senate in 2024 and kept open the possibility to a White House run amid speculation that he could be enlisted by No Labels, a group that is considering a &#8220;unity&#8221; presidential ticket to <a href="https://2024.nolabels.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">attract moderate voters</a>.
&#8220;My message to Joe Manchin is, I thank him for his service. I think he&#8217;s had a year — a career of distinguished service, both as a governor,&#8221; Moore said during an interview on <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/week-transcript-11-12-23-white-house-national/story?id=104823808" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ABC&#8217;s &#8220;This Week.&#8221;</a>
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After co-anchor Jonathan Karl noted Manchin had 42 years of public service under his belt, Moore continued, &#8220;That&#8217;s right, both as a governor, senator. I would urge him not to mar his legacy by getting involved in something so foolish.&#8221;
When Karl pressed Moore to explain his stance, Moore added, &#8220;Because, if you look at what No Labels is, No Labels literally has no plan, has no path, has no policy platform. They don&#8217;t even have a candidate.&#8221;
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Other candidates, beyond the GOP primary, are campaigning for a shot at the presidency. Among them are Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and left-wing activist Cornel West, who are <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/rfk-jr-gets-22-in-3-way-matchup-against-biden-and-trump-poll" target="_blank" rel="noopener">running as independents</a>, and Green Party candidate Jill Stein.
Karl asked Moore whether third-party candidates might siphon enough support to guarantee victory for former President Donald Trump, the Republican frontrunner.
&#8220;No. Because I think what President Biden is going to continue to show is that results do matter. You know, it&#8217;s one thing to say we&#8217;re going to rail against the system, and it&#8217;s another thing to actually work to make systems better. And that&#8217;s what I think President Biden has continued to show,&#8221; Moore said.
He added later, &#8220;I think all the other things will just sound like noise, while President Biden&#8217;s results will sound like actually what they are, real, productive momentum for the people of this country.&#8221;

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Maryland Governor Wes Moore was speaking figuratively Sunday when he <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ll_ZTlStavA" target="_blank" rel="noopener">called</a> bans on certain kids&#8217; library books tantamount to “castrating children,” but the Democrat just last month signed a bill that potentially allows the literal castration of kids.
Moore appeared on MSNBC&#8217;s &#8220;Inside with Jen Psaki,&#8221; when the host and former Biden administration spokeswoman claimed that many parents and conservatives are trying to ban books about African American history from school libraries. Psaki was apparently referring to criticism of books pushing Critical Race Theory, which teaches that whites are oppressors and blacks, perpetual victims.
“I continue hearing people making the argument that we’re doing it because we want to prevent our students from having discomfort or guilt,” Moore said, adding that he believes conservatives actually want to prevent black children from understanding their own history.
“It’s not about making kids feel uncomfortable,” Moore said. “It’s about telling [African American] kids that they shouldn’t understand their own power. It’s castrating them. &#8230; Because if you know your history, you know your power.”
Examples abound of public schools around the country foisting Critical Race Theory on their students. In Philadelphia, an elementary school <a href="https://broadandliberty.com/2021/03/02/todd-shepherd-philadelphia-school-district-stands-by-black-communist-lesson-for-5th-graders/">forced</a> fifth-graders to celebrate “Black communism,&#8221; an elementary school in Cupertino, California, <a href="https://nypost.com/2021/01/15/elementary-school-teacher-tells-students-to-select-their-oppressive-identities/">forced</a> third-graders to deconstruct their racial identities, then rank themselves according to their “power and privilege,” and Buffalo Public Schools <a href="https://nypost.com/2021/02/24/buffalo-students-told-all-white-people-play-a-part-in-systemic-racism/">taught</a> students that “all white people” are guilty of systemic racism and made kindergarteners watch a video of dead black children while warning them about “racist police and state-sanctioned violence.”
Moore is not the only Democrat to fight to keep books about Critical Race Theory in schools. But his choice of word &#8220;castrating&#8221; was ironic, given that as a candidate for governor he <a href="https://wesmoore.com/issues/lgbtq/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">supported the passage</a> of the Trans Health Equity Act, which promoted “gender-affirming” health care — potentially including chemical and surgical castration.
&#8220;&#8216;Gender-affirming treatment’ may include treatment described in the current clinical standards of care for gender-affirming treatment published by the world Professional Association for Transgender Health,” <a href="https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2023RS/Chapters_noln/CH_252_sb0460t.pdf">read</a> the bill he <a href="https://governor.maryland.gov/news/press/pages/Governor-Moore-Signs-Historic-Reproductive-Freedom-Legislation,-Protects-Women’s-Reproductive-Rights-In-Maryland.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener">signed</a> into law in May.
In September 2022, World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) <a href="https://fox17.com/news/nation-world/transgender-health-org-removes-age-limit-for-gender-affirming-treatment-surgery" target="_blank" rel="noopener">chose to remove</a> age requirements for gender-affirming treatment and surgery, which can include chemical and surgical castration. A draft version of WPATH&#8217;s guidelines recommended some sexual reassignment surgeries could start at age 15 or 17.

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