Maura Healey

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The Daily · 'The Interview': Gov. Maura Healey Wants Democrats to Put Up a Fight · 1 Mar 2025 podcast

What I saw as so upsetting in that exchange was when he looked at her and I was sitting at the table and he leered at her and he said, we are the federal law. We are the federal law. And what did you hear when he said that? I heard somebody who thinks he's king. Congress makes the laws. I may not agree with everything Congress does, but that's a democracy. That's how our system works.

Congress makes the laws. The judiciary enforces the laws and determines everything. the application of the law and the executive, and I'm an executive, my job is to faithfully apply and execute the law, right? And so that's a problem. He doesn't believe that Congress makes the law. He believes that he makes the law. That's what he said.

The other thing he said as you will see no federal funding, which again is counter to the way our system operates, which is Congress appropriates funds Congress debates and figures out where funding is going to go. And the idea that he's going to withhold weaponized funding is terrible.

You know, I feel a lot of anger. I feel anger for Democrats. the people I am elected to serve. And I think a lot of us feel that. And so as governor, I am focused on delivering for people here. How do I lower their costs? How do I build more homes? How do I lower taxes? How do I make sure that kids are educated, that our communities are safe, right? That our veterans are taken care of.

And in the face of that, we have Donald Trump, who's teamed up with his co-king, co-president, Elon Musk. That also became quite clear. And they are doing everything, it seems, to cut jobs. Look at all the layoffs. And remember, a third of the federal employee workforce are veterans. And they've been laid off, let go, fired by the tens of thousands.

They're also doing everything they can to increase costs, it seems. Tariffs, which would be devastating, going to raise the price of everything that we buy and rely on. So they are acting in ways that are diametrically opposed to what we're trying to do as governors, causing a lot of hurt, a lot of chaos. I'll give you an example, Lulu. Massachusetts, we're home to life sciences.

There is a ton of research and innovation. We're number one in healthcare. And here within Massachusetts, we depend on funding from the National Institute of Health, as do a lot of states, so-called red states and blue states. He wants to cut all of that.

Which means that people who right now are researching the cure for your child if they get cancer or researching the cure, the treatment for Alzheimer's are no longer going to have access to that funding. That's outrageous.

Look, I was attorney general throughout the Trump won presidency and presidency. joined and led many cases suing him. So I'm not unfamiliar with the way he operates. It's incredibly important for AGs to continue to be in the courts. They, like we back during Trump one, are having success. How I look at things as it's been consistent for me.

If the president is going to work and support the state of Massachusetts, I will work with the president and the federal administration. When he is not, then I will be the first to stand up and fight for the people of Massachusetts. I think that is probably the attitude of most Democratic governors, at least.

I think the premise of that question is totally off. Tell me why. And I think the notion that these are, quote, political fights is totally off. When I brought suits as an attorney general and when other AGs I worked with brought suits, because a lot of these were multi-state suits, why were they multi-state suits? Why were a bunch of AGs joining in the same lawsuit?

It's because there was some action taken by Trump during Trump 1. that hurt people in our states. As attorney general, you're there to represent the people of your state, to protect their interests and to protect their rights. So when somebody like Donald Trump illegally cuts off access to healthcare, violates the law, Of course, your AG can and should sue. That's not a political issue.

That's an attorney general doing his or her job vindicating the rights.

They can argue that. They can argue that. I will tell you, having worked with many Republican colleagues, I will tell you what those fights were about. They were fights to gum up the works, to slow things down. They didn't like some of the policymaking that was going on. They didn't like the fact that EPA was out there promoting politics. And promulgating new regulations, for example.

And so they they try to find ways to slow that down. I'm not saying, you know, in every instance it was frivolous, but there's a reason why Democratic AGs won over 85 percent of those cases during Trump won. We were right. And I think that's what you're going to see again now with Trump, too. Now, the courts have changed some. So how this ultimately plays out.

Well, I have great hope in the courts. You know, they're an important institution. They're one of our pillars of government. So I want to remain ever optimistic about the role of and the responsibility of the judiciary. I can't predict how it's going to go. But those lawsuits, where there's a violation of the law, those AGs need to continue to sue. And that's not political.

It's about doing their job in vindicating people's rights in their states. But it's not just up to the AGs. I think about senators like Chris Murphy and Brian Schatz, you know, out there just articulating just in very real terms what the harm of Trump's actions are to everyday Americans. You see more and more Americans speaking up, too.

And that's really, really important because I think it's been overwhelming for a lot of people. I mean, it's only been a month, right? And people have been hit with a lot.

I thought at the outset it was very important for leadership in Congress, leadership in Congress, to be out every day with members talking about the things that Trump is doing. Why? Because what he's been doing from the beginning is... taking away Congress's power.

Like all of his action has been him saying basically, Congress, I know maybe he doesn't know, Congress, you're supposed to make the law, but no, I'm making the law now. I am usurping your authority.

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