BOSTON – Attorney General Maura Healey, who campaigned vigorously for Democrat Hillary Clinton, took umbrage Wednesday with Gov. Charlie Baker's reaction to the appointment by President-elect Donald Trump of Steve Bannon to a senior White House role.
Bannon's appointment as senior counselor and chief strategist to Trump has ignited a firestorm among both Democrats and some traditional conservatives. The former executive chairman of Breitbart News, who will stand on equal footing with chief of staff Reince Priebus in the new administration, has called the website a platform for the alt-right, which has been linked to white supremacism.
BOSTON – A week after the conclusion of a nasty and entrenched presidential election, leaders from the Massachusetts Democratic and Republican parties gathered in comity Wednesday evening, aiming for wins in two years while offering measured praise for one another along the way.
"I believe that the Republican Party and that Republicans want to make the world a better place," Massachusetts Democratic Party executive director Jay Cincotti told a crowd at a Faneuil Hall event space. "I don't believe that there's this sort of evil interest, or this overly selfish interest."
