Gov. Maura Healey should problem President Donald Trump to a debate.
Whereas he could not recall who Healey is, it’s apparent that Trump resides rent-free in Healey’s head.
However he would possibly keep in mind that she sued him 100 occasions throughout his first time period when she was legal professional normal and would sue him 100 occasions extra if she may. It’s a fixation.
So, the one option to clear her head is to fulfill the president face-to-face, mano-a-mano, so to talk, and straighten issues out. It will be like an intervention.
It gained’t occur, in fact, however such a gathering may work wonders.
It labored for Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a fellow Democrat critic of Trump who met with him and it drastically benefited her state economically.
Whitmer was a robust Joe Biden supporter, as was Healey, and was chosen to offer the occasion’s response to Trump’s state of the union tackle in his first time period
Since speaking with Trump and making good with him, Trump authorized an $850 million windfall for the state that rescued an airbase and 600 jobs, and likewise backed a program to save lots of the fish in Lake Michigan.
Trump additionally appointed Whitmer to the Council of Governors, a bipartisan group of ten governors who work with the federal authorities on essential nationwide points like homeland safety and Nationwide Guard operations.
There was a time when Whitmer, like foppish California Gov. Gavin Newson, couldn’t put two sentences collectively with out attacking Trump.
That’s Healey at present, a damaged document. If one thing will not be working, it’s Trump’s fault.
It’s like listening to Boston Mayor Michelle Wu whine concerning the Massachusetts Legislature not giving her what she needs. Sufficient already.
Simply do your job, as Invoice Belichick used to say.
Trump, not her, Healey says, is responsible for all the pieces, regardless that she has been governor for nearly 4 years.
Take for instance her announcement about looking for reelection the opposite day. Healey mentioned, “These are robust occasions and Donald Trump is making all the pieces worse.”
She appreciated the road a lot she repeated it in her “State of the State” speech Thursday night time earlier than a packed viewers within the chamber of the Massachusetts Home.
However, given her plan to make Trump her 2026 opponent slightly than the Republican who will run towards her, Healey has twisted her assaults on Trump into insult and mockery.
Speaking about excessive price of dwelling in Massachusetts, Healey mentioned, “Washington is barely making it worse. Now we have president who throws tantrums like a two-year-old. And I’m sorry to all of the two-year-olds on the market.”
She additionally went after Trump on ICE, emotionally repeating lower than correct details about what ICE has been doing in its marketing campaign to rid the nation of felony unlawful immigrants.
One would have thought that it was Trump, and never Joe Biden, who opened the borders to the unlawful immigrant invasion that overwhelmed her administration, costing the taxpayers billions whereas destabilizing Massachusetts.
However there was no point out of any of that.
Healey’s downside is that she has no Democrats to reward. Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Tim Walz, all of whom she supported, are all pathetic losers. The one winner round is Donald Trump.
So, she takes her envy, hate and frustration out on him, hoping that dragging him down will elevate her up.
It would work. Healey could also be reelected. However Trump will nonetheless be round. So good luck with that.
Veteran political reporter Peter Lucas will be reached at: peter.lucas@bostonherald.com.
