May 21, 2021/Media, Press Releases
Statement from MassDems Chair Gus Bickford on Governor Baker’s and Secretary Sudders’ Failure to Answer for the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home Tragedy
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Statement from MassDems Chair Gus Bickford on Governor Baker’s and Secretary Sudders’ Failure to Answer for the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home Tragedy
“Today’s reporting is a bombshell. Charlie Baker was playing politics when he selected an unqualified person to look after veterans in the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home. And he is playing politics now by refusing to answer important questions about his role in the process, and in oversight of the home where 76 veterans died due to poor management during the pandemic. Enough is enough. Charlie Baker and Marylou Sudders owe answers to the families of those lost, and to the rest of Massachusetts. They each have a lot to account for, and they haven’t even started.”
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