Gov. Wes Moore (D-MD) tried to kindle a rivalry in typical politician fashion with a fellow governor of a competing sports team by making a bet. However, when the Maryland governor made his bet over the outcome of Sunday’s Baltimore Ravens–Kansas City Chiefs AFC Championship showdown, social media was quick to call out his geographical mistake.
“Thrilled to welcome @GovLauraKelly’s @Chiefs to Baltimore this weekend. Although, Governor, I really think my @Ravens are going to take this one–want to make a bet? I’ll put up some crab pies from @crustbymack, whatcha got?” Moore said on social media on Friday.
The governor wagered crab pies from Baltimore’s Crust by Mack Bake House to Gov. Laura Kelly (D-KS).
Kelly, a Kansas City Chiefs fan, took his bet and wagered Creekstone Farms’s Premium Black Angus steaks.
Social media was quick to correct the Maryland governor’s suggestion that the Kansas City Chiefs were from Kansas.
“Bro, @Chiefs are in Missouri. Lol,” one person said in response to Moore’s social media post.
“Hello governor. The Chiefs are not located in your state of Kansas. They are in Missouri,” another social media user said to the Kansas governor.
“@GovLauraKelly, you should inform him that he needs to take some geography lessons, as do you apparently. Last I checked, aren’t you the gov of Kansas? Where the Chiefs don’t play because they are in MISSOURI?” another person chimed in.
“Uh, you do know that she’s NOT the governor of the state where Kansas City is located, right??!” commentator John Ziegler said.
The Spectator’s Ben Domenech replied to Moore, “Geography, Governor.”
Kansas City resides on Missouri’s western edge, located on the border of the state of Kansas.
The Baltimore Ravens ended their season with a loss to the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC Championship 17-10.
Moore is not the first politician to make the geographical mistake about the location of the Kansas City Chiefs.
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In 2020, former President Donald Trump congratulated the Kansas City Chiefs for their victory over the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LIV and cheered on the “Great State of Kansas.”
Trump deleted the tweet a few minutes later realizing the mistake and reposted a similar tweet congratulating the “Great State of Missouri.”
