Democratic gubernatorial candidate Wes Moore, dogged the past week by questions over whether he cultivated misperceptions about his biography or embellished his childhood ties to Baltimore, defended his record Friday and said he stands behind his words in a decade of media appearances and a bestselling autobiography.
Moore rejected claims he’d fed a false narrative about his upbringing by not correcting interviewers or others who incorrectly described him as having been born and raised in Baltimore. Moore, whose family lived in Takoma Park at the time of his birth and who spent much of his childhood in the Bronx, noted repeatedly in a brief interview Friday that his book, “The Other Wes Moore,” reflects that.
“I have been very clear and transparent,” said Moore. “I mean, literally, I talked about where I was born on page 7. I talked about how my family transitioned from Maryland to New York on page 37 of my book. I’ve been very clear and transparent about it in both what I’ve written and what I’ve said.”
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