New Report Exposes Shady PAC For Deeply Offensive AI-Generated Videos of Governor Wes Moore

New Report Exposes Shady PAC For Deeply Offensive AI-Generated Videos of Governor Wes Moore

Governor Wes Moore’s opponents are sinking to new lows to go after him.

New reporting from TheGrio exposes a disturbing and deeply offensive campaign against Maryland Governor Wes Moore, pushed by a secretive and shady PAC that is aimed at targeting the governor. The group, called “No Moore,” is deploying AI-generated videos and imagery harkening back to Jim Crow-era tropes to attack Maryland’s first Black governor.

TheGrio notes that many see the imagery as “eerily reminiscent of how Black Americans were depicted in minstrel shows during the 1830s to early 1900s, particularly the character of Jim Crow.”

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TheGrio: Maryland Democrats blast political group’s AI videos of Wes Moore as racist

• A political campaign dedicated to attacking Maryland Gov. Wes Moore is being called out for AI videos it posted that Maryland Democrats say are racist and harken back to America’s dark history.

• The “No Moore” campaign, launched as an anonymous website and social media platform earlier this year, seeks to call out the leadership of Moore, who became Maryland’s first Black governor in 2022 and announced he is running for re-election in 2026.

• While attacks are par for the course in electoral politics, Democrats have raised an alarm about some of the tactics used against Moore. A review of No Moore’s Facebook and X accounts shows AI videos depicting Moore as a clown and other images of him that overly emphasize his smile.

• Critics of the imagery say they are eerily reminiscent of how Black Americans were depicted in minstrel shows during the 1830s to early 1900s, particularly the character of Jim Crow.

• It is unclear who is behind the “No Moore” campaign; however, now that it is registered with the FEC, more details could soon emerge. Maryland Democrats, who declined to go on record, told theGrio that they believed it could be connected to former Republican Gov. Larry Hogan, who is believed to soon announce his run for re-election against Moore.

• Mileah Kromer, who wrote a book on Hogan’s electoral success as a Republican in a blue state like Maryland, told the Baltimore Sun in February that the messaging in the “No Moore” campaign was a “natural comparison” to Hogan’s Change Maryland organization that he launched in 2011. The campaign against then-Democratic Gov. Martin O’Malley was used as a launching pad for his political rise.

• “Whether or not it’s from Larry Hogan and his team, it is completely inappropriate,” said Maryland Delegate Jeffrie E. Long, Jr., who told theGrio that the “No Moore” campaign “screams of desperation.”

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