His cowardice makes him complicit in Trump’s agenda.

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July 22, 2020

We Pay the Price for Baker's Silence (#Silence)
Baker's Management Failure at the Holyoke Soldier's Home (#Holyoke)
Vote by Mail (#VBM)


Governor Charlie Baker has said he doesn’t want to get involved in presidential politics. Now, 5 months into a pandemic his party’s president created, we’re suffering unimaginable consequences.
* Baker has been content to sit on the sidelines through Trump’s entire presidency, watching while he commits criminal abuses of power, attacks basic human rights, and now is responsible for so many unnecessary COVID-19 associated deaths .
* Trump’s been lying about this virus from the start, and it’s put us first in the world with 3.8 million cases and well over 140,000 deaths.
* According to this story ([link removed]) from the Boston Globe, labs are being flooded with tests from states setting record highs in new cases five months into this pandemic. Massachusetts residents are waiting a week or more for test results, delays which just put all of us at greater risk.
* Massachusetts is paying the price of Charlie Baker’s silence. He’s had countless chances to stand up to Trump when it matters, and his cowardice makes him complicit in Trump’s agenda.


Long before this pandemic hit, Charlie Baker knew that there were problems at the Holyoke Soldiers' home--and nearly 80 veterans lost their lives as a result of failed leadership.
* When Baker took office in 2015, his administration came in with a “campaign of austerity ([link removed]) ” and veterans at the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home paid the ultimate price.
* In 2016, Baker’s administration hired a man with no experience in health care or long term care for the superintendent’s job at the home--Baker swore him in himself.
* Within months, officials in Baker’s administration started receiving reports of the new superintendent’s deficiencies and staffing shortages at the home--but Baker left him in the job.
* A Baker-commissioned report following the deaths over almost 80 veterans at the home found that the superintendent decisions--and Baker’s inaction-- ended with staff “walking (the veterans) to their death ([link removed]) ,” as one nurse put it.
* The tragedy at the Holyoke Soldiers’ home happened on Charlie Baker’s watch. Yet again, Baker’s management failures have had dire consequences.


At the cross section of a public health crisis and the most important election of our lives, no one should have to risk their health to cast their ballot. Now, Bay Staters won’t have to.
* While our President and his allies see COVID-19 as their opportunity to keep people from the ballot box in November, Democrats have worked to protect one of our most fundamental rights.
* Now, Bay Stater’s will be able to vote early, mail in their ballots, or head to the polls on Election Day knowing that they can do so safely.
* The MassDems are committed to making participating in our democracy easier, not harder, during this crisis. We’ve introduced a mail-in caucus process, helped take Democratic meetings online, and created new ways to campaign from home.
* That’s why this week, we’re launching a series of vote-by-mail trainings to make sure everyone has their vote counted in 2020. Join our first training, on Fri. July 24, 2020 at 6:30p by clicking here. ([link removed])

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