When our elected leaders speak, their words carry weight. In a climate where political violence is spreading like wildfire and faith in institutions is already fragile, leaders have to treat language like a responsibility and be intentional about every word they say. A single careless remark can deepen divides or put people in harm’s way. And it’s why so many politicians, on both sides of the aisle, have rejected inflammatory rhetoric and urged a cooling of public discourse in the wake of the assassination of Charlie Kirk.

Unfortunately, here in Baltimore, our mayor didn’t seem to get the message. Last week, Brandon Scott used the 32nd Annual Civil Rights Breakfast to deliver a call to action , calling on the public to fight against the Trump administration “in every sense of the word.”

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