Youngkin accepts Maryland governor’s basketball challenge over fight for FBI HQ
Heather Hunter
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Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has agreed to play a one-on-one basketball game with Democratic Maryland Gov. Wes Moore as both of their states have been vying this week to become the new home to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s next headquarters.
“Glenn Youngkin, let’s go one on one, winner gets the new FBI headquarters,” the new Maryland governor wrote on Twitter on Thursday.
https://twitter.com/GovWesMoore/status/1633868363742208000
In the tweet from Moore, he shared footage of himself making a two-point shot at a recent Washington Wizards game in Washington, D.C.’s Capital One Arena.
“He got a pretty decent shot if you ask me,” said an NBC Sports announcer praising Moore’s shot.
Youngkin said he might take Moore up on his basketball challenge during a radio interview on a D.C. radio station.
“There’s another governor who challenged me to a one-on-one basketball game from Maryland, and I might take him up on that one,” Youngkin told WMAL’s morning show.
The Virginia governor followed up with Moore on Twitter, accepting his challenge.
“Game on!” Youngkin responded to Moore’s tweet with a clip of himself draining a deep jump shot on a basketball court.
https://twitter.com/GovernorVA/status/1633884351875383296
The Virginia governor showed off his basketball skills while on the campaign trail in 2021 when he challenged former President Barack Obama to a basketball game.
“Hey @BarackObama, I hear you’re in town trying to bail out Terry’s campaign. If you’re up for a game, I’m ready,” Youngkin said in a video ad on a basketball court.
https://twitter.com/GlennYoungkin/status/1452044158076702728
Youngkin played four seasons and 58 games in Division 1 basketball at Rice University from 1985 to 1989 on a full athletic scholarship. His father played basketball at Duke University. Moore is a former football player at Johns Hopkins University.
On Friday, the Virginia governor shared a lighthearted social media video previewing the announcement of his March Madness bracket picks on March 15.
https://twitter.com/GlennYoungkin/status/1634178696679391232
Leaders in Maryland, in a team led by Moore, met with officials from the FBI and the General Services Administration on Wednesday to make their case to have the FBI headquarters moved from downtown Washington, D.C., to Prince George’s County, specifically either Landover or Greenbelt.
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Maryland leaders, including Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks, told the GSA and the FBI that moving to Maryland’s sites would “allow us to achieve the equity.”
On Thursday, Virginia’s congressional delegation, including U.S. Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine, led by Youngkin, made their final pitch to GSA to move the FBI headquarters to Springfield, Virginia. The Springfield site is near the Franconia-Springfield Metro Station, and the land is currently owned by the GSA, which would eliminate the acquisition costs of buying new land.