Over the weekend, Sen. Elizabeth Warren showed up to ignite canvassers for the final push to elect Martha Coakley governor of Massachusetts. In classic Warren fashion, she drew a strong contrast between Coakley and her Republican opponent, Charlie Baker.
On Coakley:
When the biggest financial institutions were rolling across Massachusetts, selling lousy mortgages to people all across this commonwealth, Martha stood up and fought back. And when they didn't like it, she just fought harder, because that's who Martha Coakley is.
On Baker:
I recognize, he's the new! smiley! Charlie Baker. But you really need to look at what was he doing while she was out there doing this work on behalf of people across this commonwealth. Well what Charlie was doing, largely, was firing people and outsourcing jobs. Now, I want you to realize that Charlie actually got an award. [...] He dressed up in his tuxedo and got his picture taken getting an award for being "outsourcer of the year." Just for a minute, can we stop? Can you believe that there's an award called "outsourcer of the year"? I mean, like, is there also an award for "found sleaziest tax loophole"? ... "Most bloated CEO pay"? I really was stunned by this. But that's what Charlie did.
And then here's the key—because remember, we've gone through such tough economic times—with people out of work all across this commonwealth, what did Charlie want to do? He wanted to cut unemployment benefits. So when you're in trouble, you know where Charlie Baker stands. And when people took whatever work they could get, people who had gotten knocked out of good, solid, middle-class jobs, snagged minimum wage jobs and the question came up, should we raise the minimum wage—Charlie Baker said no.
This is a close race, and Baker has a
big money advantage. But Elizabeth Warren is, of course, exactly right about the candidates.
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Charlie Baker is repugnant. Make sure your family and friends in Massachusetts don't think he's some kind of cuddly moderate.