Maura Healey
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It's to every day tack towards and have your North Star be, what am I doing for everyday Americans?
I think there are differences. I told President Biden directly a few years ago that he needed to be active on the border, that he should take executive action on the border. OK, I knew that as an attorney general and as a former prosecutor, there were things that could have been done. And I wish that he had done that. So I also think it's important to fight back.
I think there are differences. I told President Biden directly a few years ago that he needed to be active on the border, that he should take executive action on the border. OK, I knew that as an attorney general and as a former prosecutor, there were things that could have been done. And I wish that he had done that. So I also think it's important to fight back.
You know, when there was all this talk and denigration of DEI, I don't know why the response wasn't, you know what? It's actually good to have women and people of color in the military. It's good to have women and people of color in the workforce. It's good to have women and people of color going to colleges and universities. Like... What's wrong with that?
You know, when there was all this talk and denigration of DEI, I don't know why the response wasn't, you know what? It's actually good to have women and people of color in the military. It's good to have women and people of color in the workforce. It's good to have women and people of color going to colleges and universities. Like... What's wrong with that?
And put it back on them instead of it being allowed to be this attenuated caricatured conversation about quote DEI, you know, and some of it's about how you match. the mischaracterization and how you match really offensive but effective attempts to strike down certain things or to pit people against each other. That's the thing. If you're getting bullied and
And put it back on them instead of it being allowed to be this attenuated caricatured conversation about quote DEI, you know, and some of it's about how you match. the mischaracterization and how you match really offensive but effective attempts to strike down certain things or to pit people against each other. That's the thing. If you're getting bullied and
you don't respond with force, the bully's going to win always. And we need people who are able to do that and to do that effectively and in a way that shows that we're actually aligned with the majority of Americans on this. And that, I think, that's a work in progress.
you don't respond with force, the bully's going to win always. And we need people who are able to do that and to do that effectively and in a way that shows that we're actually aligned with the majority of Americans on this. And that, I think, that's a work in progress.
I mean, I think that President Biden, the Biden administration, did so much for this country and pulled us through a pandemic, pulled us out of a really dark economic time, got us on really solid footing, did some incredible things. I think the party was hampered by having President Biden as the communicator-in-chief. if I'm being honest, okay? He wasn't the strongest communicator in chief.
I mean, I think that President Biden, the Biden administration, did so much for this country and pulled us through a pandemic, pulled us out of a really dark economic time, got us on really solid footing, did some incredible things. I think the party was hampered by having President Biden as the communicator-in-chief. if I'm being honest, okay? He wasn't the strongest communicator in chief.
And that hurt us because they weren't able to sell all of the important accomplishments that were actually, in fact, happening effectively or as effectively. And that definitely hurt.
And that hurt us because they weren't able to sell all of the important accomplishments that were actually, in fact, happening effectively or as effectively. And that definitely hurt.
I hadn't seen that comment. Are we grappling with what happened and having to deal with it right now? You better believe it. We've got Donald Trump in the White House. But, you know, I've talked before about this, you know, and my views about President Biden. And I think it was very hard for Kamala Harris, who I thought ran a fantastic campaign, to be able to overcome the disadvantage.
I hadn't seen that comment. Are we grappling with what happened and having to deal with it right now? You better believe it. We've got Donald Trump in the White House. But, you know, I've talked before about this, you know, and my views about President Biden. And I think it was very hard for Kamala Harris, who I thought ran a fantastic campaign, to be able to overcome the disadvantage.
at the time and within the time that she was allotted. And I think it would have been a different story if the president had decided a few years ago that he was going to do what he said he would do, which is to serve one term, and then we'd have the opportunity for, you know, full engagement in a primary and the like. That didn't happen.
at the time and within the time that she was allotted. And I think it would have been a different story if the president had decided a few years ago that he was going to do what he said he would do, which is to serve one term, and then we'd have the opportunity for, you know, full engagement in a primary and the like. That didn't happen.
I have no interest in further spending time on it, revisiting history. I'm focused on the now.
I have no interest in further spending time on it, revisiting history. I'm focused on the now.
It's interesting at a time when the co-president, Elon Musk, is giving us Hitler salutes, right? And espousing anti-Semitic things. And I just find it ironic that we're going to have this debate over DEI and whether it's effective. All the while, this is going on over here? I mean, like, seriously?