FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wednesday, January 6, 2020

CONTACT
Allison Mitchell
Communications Director
allison@massdems.org | (617) 939-0800

Statement from Massachusetts Democratic Party Chair Gus Bickford on Insurrection at the Capitol

“The U.S. Capitol building was attacked by domestic terrorists in MAGA hats today. Their actions threaten lives and our democratic institutions. They were incited by their leader, the leader of the Republican Party, Donald Trump. The dismay and disappointment of Republican “leaders” like Charlie Baker are wildly insufficient reactions to this attempted coup. Charlie Baker has the chance to be a leader in this moment. Governor Baker, call your friend Mike Pence and demand the 25th Amendment be invoked, otherwise spare us your faux outrage. Anything short of that is a moral failure.”

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