Gov. Wes Moore, D-Md., dismissed concerns from Maryland Senate President Bill Ferguson, a fellow Democrat, over his new push to redraw the state’s congressional map on Sunday.

In a letter last month, Ferguson urged his party to avoid pursuing mid-cycle redistricting measures to redraw Maryland's congressional lines, fearing that the process could backfire.

"I believe that mid-cycle redistricting in Maryland twists rules for potential short-term advantage while undermining trust in institutions and ultimately, democracy, but that is not the reason we should not pursue it," Ferguson wrote. "Simply put, it is too risky and jeopardizes Maryland’s ability to fight against the radical Trump Administration."

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Moore told CBS' "Face the Nation" host Margaret Brennan that "fighting for democracy is never risky" and stood by his order to form a redistricting commission despite Ferguson's objections.

"My job is to make sure that I'm protecting the democratic process," Moore said. "The Senate President and I, we agree on the crisis that Donald Trump has put us in. He agrees on the fact that we have watched an administration that's using the Constitution like it's a suggestion box."

"Where we differ is the urgency that this moment requires, the fight that this moment requires," he continued. "And I personally am someone who is not going to allow Donald Trump to determine whether or not Maryland follows this idea of saying, are we going to do everything we can to make sure we're preserving our democracy."

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Brennan pressed Moore over whether he considered redistricting efforts in Maryland to be "fair," noting that Maryland has only one Republican representative. Moore insisted that he would not be drawing the maps and only wants a bipartisan commission to balance out redistricting efforts in other states.

"I want this bipartisan commission to be able to actually speak with the people and to be able to go through their process and just simply say that if other states are going to go through this process, that we're not just going to sit on our hands because Donald Trump tells us to," Moore said. "That's not the way this process is going to work."

Fox News Digital reached out to Ferguson for comment.

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Moore is not the only blue state leader attempting to redraw congressional districts. On Tuesday, voters passed California Gov. Gavin Newsom's Proposition 50, which returns power to redraw congressional lines from a nonpartisan redistricting commission to the California legislature.

Newsom's ballot measure came after Texas Republicans successfully passed a new congressional map, which added five new Republican-leaning districts in the state.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent confronted ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos on Sunday for calling Republicans "terrorists" during the 1995 government shutdown.

Stephanopoulos asked Bessent on Sunday's "This Week" about the Trump administration's plan to end the ongoing government shutdown. Bessent reminded Stephanopoulos about his own experience handling a government shutdown when he served as an advisor to former President Bill Clinton.

"The best way to do it — and look, you were involved in a lot of these in the ’90s," Bessent said. "And, you know, you basically called the Republicans terrorists and, you know, you said that it is not the responsible party that keeps the government closed. And so, what we need is five brave, moderate Democratic senators to cross the aisle, because right now it is 52–3, 52–3. Five Democrats can cross the aisle and reopen the government. That’s the best way to do it, George."

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"I can disagree with you about the history there, but we don’t have a history lesson right now," Stephanopoulos responded.

"No, no, no. George, George, George," Bessent interrupted. "If you want, I’ve got all your quotes here. I got all your quotes here, George."

Stephanopoulos claimed that Bessent's comments were a "mischaracterization of history" and then repeated his original question.

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In a 2000 PBS interview, Stephanopoulos described how there were concerns over whether the Democrats or Republicans would be blamed more for the government shutdown that occurred in late 1995 and early 1996. He said the Democratic Party's strategy relied on accusing Republicans of "blackmailing the country" for shutting down the government.

"Our strategy was very simple. We couldn’t buckle, and we had to say that they were blackmailing the country to get their way. In order to get their tax cut, they were willing to shut down the government, throw the country into default for the first time in its history and cut Medicare, Social Security, education and the environment just so they could get their way. And we were trying to say that they were basically terrorists, and it worked," Stephanopoulos said.

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At the time, Republicans held the majority in Congress under then-House Speaker Newt Gingrich.

Fox News Digital reached out to ABC News for comment.