[Baltimore Sun] Wes Moore may lack Bronze Star but does have big ego | READER COMMENTARY
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I am not surprised to read that Gov. Wes Moore misrepresented himself as having received a Bronze Star for his military service when, in fact, he did not (“Maryland veterans divided over gravity of Gov. Wes Moore’s false Bronze Star claim,” Sept. 7). I voted for him in the 2022 gubernatorial election but became aware of his inflated self-image when I read his boast in Johns Hopkins Magazine: “I think you can look at things that this administration has accomplished in just ten months and be pretty blown away.” The news that he misrepresented himself as having received a Bronze Star is just the latest example of his self-serving braggadocio.
Since Moore’s election as governor in 2022, it has become apparent to me that his top priority is maximize his media coverage and embellish his public image. TV photo ops are a priority, such as his appearance in the spotlight at the recent Democratic National Convention. A radiant public image and dramatic rhetoric are necessary cosmetics for a self-serving politician.
The governor’s failure to immediately acknowledge openly that he never received a Bronze Star is just the latest in a series of controversial issues involving Moore that have been reported in news outlets since 2013, including CNN, MSN, WBFF, Maryland Matters and an earlier investigative report in The Baltimore Sun in 2013. These reports include, among others, the governor’s misleading claim that he was born and grew up in Baltimore, a 2013 report alleging that Moore was improperly receiving homestead property tax credits and owed back taxes to the city of Baltimore, and a 2022 report that Moore had past-due bills from the city totaling $21,000 for water and sewage charges.
The parents of Baltimore County Police Sgt. Bruce Prothero, whose murder in 2000 is described in Moore’s second autobiography, “The Other Wes Moore,” claimed that Moore exaggerated the role he played in their son’s life and alleged that Moore made contradictory statements regarding what happened with proceeds from the book.
Governor Moore’s story reminds me of Abraham Lincoln’s wisdom: “You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all of the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.”
— Fred Medinger, Parkton
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