Maura Healey

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?

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?

It's to every day tack towards and have your North Star be, what am I doing for everyday Americans?

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.