Former Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley has announced his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination. In his kickoff address, O’Malley voiced indirect criticism of fellow candidates Hillary Clinton and Jeb Bush.

Martin O’Malley: “The presidency is not a crown to be passed back and forth by you between two royal families. It is a sacred trust to be earned from the American people, an exercise on behalf of the people of these United States. The only way we are going to rebuild the American dream is if we retake control of our own American government.”

O’Malley’s tenure as Baltimore mayor has come under scrutiny since the riots over the death of Freddie Gray. He oversaw a drop in the crime rate but was accused by critics of rigging the numbers and encouraging abusive policing. May was Baltimore’s deadliest month in more than four decades, with 43 reported homicides.