Joint Statement from Elected Officials of Baltimore City and the State of Maryland
BALTIMORE, MD (Monday, August 11, 2025) — Today, Mayor Brandon M. Scott, Governor Wes Moore, and elected representatives of Baltimore City and the state of Maryland issued the following joint statement:
“This morning, the President and members of his administration announced plans to deploy the National Guard in Washington, D.C., and take over the city’s police department. The President mentioned Baltimore by name in his remarks, and made it clear that he intends to deploy the National Guard to other cities across the country.
“As leaders in Baltimore and the state of Maryland, we stand in strong opposition to the President’s latest power grab, which is based on pure lies about our communities. Baltimore, like D.C., is seeing real public safety progress — with homicides down 40% since 2021 — even as the Trump administration has slashed funding for the programs that have brought crime to record lows.
“If the President of the United States was actually interested in reducing violence, he would look to local leaders as an example, rather than federalizing troops to take over our cities. We know from experience how to improve public safety: empower our community partners and violence interrupters, invest in our young people, and prosecute repeat violent offenders in collaboration with law enforcement.
“Together, we remain focused on what matters: defending our democracy, preventing federal overreach, and investing in the public safety strategies that are making our residents safer.”
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Baltimore Mayor Brandon M. Scott
Governor Wes Moore
Lt. Governor Aruna K. Miller
Attorney General Anthony G. Brown
State Comptroller Brooke Lierman
U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen
U.S. Senator Angela Alsobrooks
U.S. Representative Kweisi Mfume, District 7
U.S. Representative Johnny Olszewski, Jr., District 2
Senate President Bill Ferguson
Speaker of the House Adrienne Jones
Baltimore City State’s Attorney Ivan Bates
Senator Antonio Hayes, District 40
Delegate Melissa Wells, Baltimore City House Delegation Chair, District 40
Delegate Marlon Amprey, District 40
Senator Dalya Attar, District 41
Delegate Malcolm Ruff, District 41
Delegate Sean Stinnett, District 41
Delegate Sandy Rosenberg, District 41
Senator Mary Washington, District 43
Delegate Regina T. Boyce, District 43A
Delegate Elizabeth Embry, District 43A
Senator Cory McCray, District 45
Delegate Jackie Addison, District 45
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Delegate Caylin Young, District 45
Delegate Stephanie Smith, District 45
Delegate Luke Clippinger, District 46
Delegate Mark Edelson, District 46
Delegate Robbyn Lewis, District 46
Baltimore Sheriff Sam L. Cogen
Xavier Conaway, Clerk of the Circuit Court
Baltimore City Council President Zeke Cohen
Baltimore Comptroller Bill Henry
Councilman Mark Parker, District 1
Councilwoman Danielle McCray, District 2
Councilman Ryan Dorsey, District 3
Councilman Mark Conway, District 4
Councilman Isaac “Yitzy” Schleifer, District 5
Council Vice President, Sharon Green Middleton, District 6
Councilman James Torrence, District 7
Councilman Paris Gray, District 8
Councilman John T. Bullock, District 9
Councilwoman Phylicia Porter, District 10
Councilman Zac Blanchard, District 11
Councilman Jermaine Jones, District 12
Councilman Antonio Glover, District 13
Councilwoman Odette Ramos, District 14
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