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?
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'The Interview': Gov. Maura Healey Wants Democrats to Put Up a Fight
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.
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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?
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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I have no interest in further spending time on it, revisiting history. I'm focused on the now.
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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?
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Yeah, you're right about the timing of it. I think that in the year before I took office, we'd seen the first influx of migrants into certain states. We're home to a significant Haitian diaspora here in Massachusetts. And so there were a number of Haitians coming into Massachusetts. This was something that I inherited. It was underway when I became governor.
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'The Interview': Gov. Maura Healey Wants Democrats to Put Up a Fight
And it only grew during the first year or so of my administration. It goes back to something fundamental. We have not had comprehensive immigration reform in this country. We need it. I was so upset when Donald Trump killed that border bill.
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which would have provided a pathway for our dreamers, would have provided a pathway for people who are living here, working here, raising kids here, paying taxes here to become citizens. It also would have provided the kinds of resources for more border agents, more immigration judges, more resources at intercepting fentanyl and other drugs from coming into the country.
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It's been a challenging situation to say the least. And my frustration has been, you know, as a state governor, I am inheriting the problems caused by federal inaction and federal inaction specifically on the border and on immigration.
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Well, you go to the White House. I've been as governor with other presidents. I've been as attorney general. And you go with the expectation that you're going to hear the president articulate some vision for the future. It's supposed to be an opportunity to talk about how governors and states can work with a new administration. That wasn't what this was about.
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I don't know. I mean, I don't see it that way. I think Democrats in Congress were the ones who time after time were pushing for immigration reform. And that's what I saw. It was a stunt. It was a stunt what happened. I think it, you know, the buses, the buses to New York, to Illinois, to Colorado were
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'The Interview': Gov. Maura Healey Wants Democrats to Put Up a Fight
I think the Republicans did a really effective job of making this an issue and, frankly, of scaring a lot of people. Massachusetts, we're ranked the safest state in the country, okay? And it doesn't mean that we don't have ongoing law enforcement work. We do, and that's the reason why it is so safe. We just had a takedown of a gang here a week or two ago.
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including a gang that has recently been cited by the new ICE director. So, you know, it's also the case like here, you know, with the migrants who came in. And by the way, they were fleeing the worst conditions imaginable, right? I saw them. I met with many of them. We got them work authorizations. They're working. They're paying taxes. These are all people with lawful status now.
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Their kids are going to school. They're contributing to our economy. They're working in our hospitals and nursing homes. That's what I chose to do. Ron DeSantis chose to put people on a plane and use them. Greg Abbott chose to put people on buses and use them to make a point. I'll tell you the difference of being a Democratic governor.
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We actually found a way to take care of these people, get them jobs, get them working, and get them contributing to our economies.
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There's just a lack of trust generally. There's a lack of trust. And, you know, it's hard to overcome the fear mongering that's gone on. The number of people in what are our emergency shelter system here in Massachusetts now.
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'The Interview': Gov. Maura Healey Wants Democrats to Put Up a Fight
See, to zoom out, we're the only state in the country that has what's called a right to shelter law that houses women and children and families who are experiencing homelessness. And as a result, the law has required us to take in numbers, including migrants who've arrived here as homeless. I've recently made proposals to the legislature to change that, but it's been a challenging situation.
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I'll say, though, that even within that system, the majority of folks in that system are actually Massachusetts families. They're not new immigrant families, okay? But it's about what the public perception is. And all I can do is try to manage my way through it.
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I mean, I think that what we're focused on is really about... your, are you, have you been living in Massachusetts or did you just get evicted from your apartment in Pennsylvania and you got on a bus and drove up here?
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Like our law is meant to actually take a families who for one reason or another in Massachusetts became homeless, not to be a refuge for people from other States who sadly, uh, and with compassion, um, I say this became homeless and then come to Massachusetts to get housing. That's not the point of the law.
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The meeting began with an address by Stephen Miller for about 15, 20 minutes. And then later, the president came out and began by recounting that he's got the highest approval rating of anybody this early in his tenure, that he won the election not once, not twice, but three times, and then continued with a litany of conspiracy theories and False information.
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First of all, I don't really even know what he's talking about, to be honest. Again, I'm somebody whose state police regularly work with Homeland Security, ATF, FBI, DEA on the investigation and prosecution of folks, including folks who are undocumented, who have and are committing crimes, drug trafficking, gun trafficking, human trafficking. That was the way before Trump.
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It will be the way after Trump. So I don't really know what he's referring to in terms of or why he singled out Boston. Again, Boston.
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We're not Boston's. that's the thing that there's this, I think there's a lot of talk and semantics out there in the sky. Holman is just, you know, as a lot in the Trump administration do just making up a bunch of stuff and trying to start something, trying to pick a fight. Okay. So look, That's not productive, okay?
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Because as a former law enforcement official, if you care about law enforcement, the best way to secure the safety and well-being of community states, our nation, is for local, state, and federal law enforcement to work together. So it seems to me you shouldn't be threatening to bring, what was it? Hell?
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Okay. Whatever. No, you should come here with support and resources, right? To help us address any public safety issues we're experiencing. You should do that with other states. And I can tell you that Massachusetts law enforcement, state and local, continue to work with federal law enforcement when it comes to the investigation and the prosecution and the apprehension of criminals.
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The real thing that's going on at ICE is that the numbers have gone down at the border. The number of the crossings at the border were going down during the end of the Biden administration, in fact. And so I think they're scrambling, you know, to figure out how they can keep this going.
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Don't wasn't there reports just just today of the number of National Guard people on the border sitting around doing nothing? I mean. Let's put people to work. You know, we've got governors who are dealing with severe floods, severe fires. There's plenty of places that we need federal resources and help as states, as states. Would you meet Tom Holman if he came? Of course I would.
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Yeah, it sounds like I might need to explain a few things to him as somebody who investigated and prosecuted crimes, including with federal authorities for a number of years here. Maybe he doesn't have the benefit of that knowledge.
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We're going to keep doing what we're doing. Look, I am the first woman in Massachusetts history to be elected governor. I happen to be the first gay person elected governor. I don't know where I would be if I didn't have support and legal protections against discrimination my entire life. I was born in 1971, so just around the time of Title IX.
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And I had a career as an athlete, a professional athlete, basketball player, before college. I went to law school. I think about all that was made possible for me as a woman because there were state and federal laws in place that said, you know what? We should treat everybody fairly. Doesn't matter your gender, you know? Doesn't matter the color of your skin, your religion.
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So it was unfortunate because I'm there as governor thinking, let's have a conversation about maybe where we can work together. Right. How can we focus on the needs of everyday Americans? But unfortunately, we didn't see any of that. What was also upsetting is that we saw him attack another governor. This is something that the governor of Maine. The governor of Maine.
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I think that's an American principle. I'm not giving up on that. Even if it means pulling federal funding. I just think enough people need to continue to speak out and speak to why that's such a bad thing. Talk to any CEO, major, you know, Fortune 500 company. They'll tell you that their bottom line dollar-wise, does better when there's more diversity in the room. That's not a bad thing.
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It's a good thing. It's made us stronger. Many of these companies, though, are ditching their DEI programs. And I don't know why. I don't know why. I mean, I think I know why. I think that they feel the threat of Elon Musk. They feel the threat of Donald Trump, which is sort of one and the same. But I think that that's what they're responding to. It's not right. It's not a winner for this country.
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It's not going to help us be more competitive around the world by removing or doing things that hinder talent in this country and the success of individuals.
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'The Interview': Gov. Maura Healey Wants Democrats to Put Up a Fight
You know, it's... It's interesting at a time when the co-president, Elon Musk, is giving us Hitler salutes 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?
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'The Interview': Gov. Maura Healey Wants Democrats to Put Up a Fight
So we can talk about DEI and whether there are some approaches or aspects that people want to look at more or maybe need reform or, you know, there should be more flexibility in certain things. But do not tell me that we are going to condone and go down a path in government or in corporate America that says women and people of color are no longer at the table.
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And not only no longer at the table, but will not be supported anywhere along the way. I think unfortunately what's happened in the moment, we've seen a lot of capitulation. We've seen a lot of people trying to hedge their bets. You mean to tell me that's good for America? Come on.
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Now, this follows, remember, a few weeks ago, he attacked Illinois and Governor Pritzker. He attacked Governor Hochul in New York recently. He's now very gratuitously, in a way it seemed very manufactured in the moment, attacked the governor of Maine.
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Do you worry about that? I do. I mean, how can you not? The Supreme Court constituted as it is. I mean, how can you not? It seems like anything is possible, is conceivable. Now, you know, it is, again, up to everyone to be able to speak out and articulate why it is so important to hold on to precedent. I thought we'd done that with Roe, right? And look what happened there. So...
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I guess I'd unpack that a little bit. I think if you look at Roe and the aftermath of Roe, right? What did I do right away as governor? Stockpile Mifepristone, right? We passed a shield law here to protect patients and providers. Other governors took similar actions. We saw races in states change.
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over Roe, over the abortion issue, where abortion rights won time after time after time, where it didn't carry the day or carry the entirety of an election, determinative of an election. The only one was the presidential. And I just think that abortion rights wasn't enough to overcome the
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the perception of weak leadership by the Biden administration on immigration, on the economy, and a poor job communicating what had actually been delivered for American people. And also it was in the context of increasing inflation and high costs and a perception that
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The Democratic candidate wasn't empathizing enough and feeling the pain and delivering up a solution, saying X, Y and Z. I'm going to deliver for you. Now, meanwhile, Donald Trump said all these things that he was going to do to lower costs and prices and, of course, hasn't done a goddamn thing. No. Or is he going to?
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But I don't blame, like, I don't think there was a dissipation in the effect, the after effect of Roe. I think it's there. It's strong. I think it did contribute to more people coming out, even in the presidential. And I think the results in other races have shown what's consistent with the polling, which is the vast majority of Americans, Democrat and Republican, support abortion rights.
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As to marriage equality, we'll see. You know, it's something that I think has been, at least in Massachusetts, I mean, we've had marriage equality for 20 years now. Many states have had it for some time as well. And the idea that a court overnight would take away that right, take away—remember, these are state marriage licenses.
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These aren't federal marriage licenses, which is why I wanted the case to begin with, the DOMA case. You know, it shouldn't happen as a matter of law. But imagine the destruction to families, right? So I hope that doesn't happen.
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You know, to me, it's just so sad that we are talking about such an infinitesimal portion of the population. But Trump and the Republicans intentionally made that into a mountain, right? We're talking about such a small sliver of the population. By the way, on athletics, it's even smaller as a percentage, but they did it incredibly well.
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effective job of making that an issue that in immigration i think we're um what i keep on hearing you say is that they've managed i think well i think i think the other thing was the economy at the end of the day i think it's the economy that that ended up uh doing um biden and kamala harris and last question
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But that's a real thing, right? Aren't people talking about it? He's got a group talking about a third term. Are you worried about that? I am. I am worried about that. You have to think about it. I mean, I have a pretty sober view of the situation, you know? I mean, we lived through Trump 1. We're on to Trump 2.
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I was talking to a historian the other day who I called on President's Day to ask for some guidance to help me. provide a context for this moment that we're in. And she said to me, I can't, we've never seen anything like this before in American history. So you asked me that question and my legit genuine answer is, yeah, I'm worried about that.
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I'm worried about what they're doing in terms of looking to undermine future elections. Look at what Trump is proposing with the Postal Service and wanting to take it over, wanting to privatize it, right? The other day in the governor's meeting, he told us all we should be working by paper ballot. And, you know, there's a reason they are doing that.
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No. And it was it was about transgender rights, but it wasn't about transgender rights. He is doing what he has done typically, which is I am going to throw out some issue. Let that be the distraction. Let that distract everyone from the fact that my poll numbers are tanking. People don't like what Elon Musk and Doge are doing. And let's get everybody's eye off the ball.
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I empathize with that position. Now, is it all attributable to one president and his team and his administration in the form of Joe Biden? No, I'm not suggesting that. OK, but there are things that happened that could have happened that should have happened. It didn't happen. And here we are. So I do this job. I became governor because I care about people. I want to serve people.
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I want to see the people in Massachusetts served. My colleagues I work with and have the privilege of working with, the Democratic governors, believe in America, believe in the needs, the wants of America. of everyday Americans. So it's upsetting to be here, having this conversation with you in this moment. And I too ask, how the hell did we get here? Governor Healy, thank you very much.
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It's great to be with you.
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'The Interview': Gov. Maura Healey Wants Democrats to Put Up a Fight
So let me go pick on this particular governor about an action that she hasn't even taken. She has not even taken an action around transgender issues. And yet he manufactures something. And she appropriately says, I'm going to follow state and federal law, Mr. President, which I think is the right answer of you want your electeds to follow state and federal law.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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I'm complying with state and federal laws.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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?
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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.
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That's an attorney general doing his or her job vindicating the rights.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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I am appropriating congressional authority, which is why I thought at the outset, Congress and members of Congress each day have got to be out there explaining to the American people and everyday Americans, this isn't right. This
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Look, I'll leave that for members of Congress to decide, right? I mean, I'm a governor. That's not my call. What I can tell you is we need leadership that is aggressive, that is proactive, and that is speaking to everyday Americans. I mean, I think part of the reason— That sounds like you're eliding the question. I don't mean to elide anything. I'll say that, you know—
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I think part of what got the Democratic Party in trouble this last election is the fact that there was a perception that leaders within the Democratic Party were not actually seeing and feeling people's pain. I think there's a perception that, and I think it lived out to a certain extent among Democratic leadership, that they just didn't have their finger on the pulse.
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'The Interview': Gov. Maura Healey Wants Democrats to Put Up a Fight
You know, they're talking about issues that... that weren't bread and butter core economic issues that resonate. They allowed themselves in some ways to be caricatured as only caring about X, Y, and Z issue, which isn't true, by the way.
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'The Interview': Gov. Maura Healey Wants Democrats to Put Up a Fight
Well... There's definitely a brand problem. There's a big brand problem. And, you know, I don't pretend to speak for the party, but I can tell you as a Democratic leader what I'm going to do. I'm going to focus on driving what I believe is a Democratic message. Let's take this moment and redefine the brand. To me, the Democratic brand should be about delivering for everyday Americans.
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'The Interview': Gov. Maura Healey Wants Democrats to Put Up a Fight
We have the chance to do that with the foil of Donald Trump. cutting all these programs, cutting our military, for God's sakes, to free up funding that'll pay for the tax cuts he wants to give to billionaires. So what can we do as Democrats? Where do I think we need to go if I was going to offer advice?