Oprah Winfrey Introduces Wes Moore As He’s Inaugurated As Maryland’s New Governor: ‘A Man I Truly Respect And I Man I So Trust’

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Maryland’s new governor Wes Moore invited a special guest to introduce him at his inauguration on Wednesday: Oprah Winfrey.

Moore, 44, the state’s first Black governor, hosted a show for the Oprah Winfrey Network, and Winfrey campaigned for him in last year’s midterms. “Wes Moore has been a public servant his entire adult life,” Winfrey noted in her remarks. “He’s just getting started.” Calling Moore “a man I truly respect and a man I so trust,” Winfrey recalled meeting him in 2010, when she interviewed him about one of his best selling books. “He was wise beyond his years,” Winfrey said.

She also recalled her own time living in the state. She moved to Columbia, MD, to work at WJZ-TV, where she first was co-anchor of the evening news.

In her remarks, she recalled that she was featured on billboards with the question, “What is an Oprah?” “Honestly, I didn’t really know the answer to that myself,” she said.