Republican Geoff Diehl took to the airwaves this final week and Sunday in a final ditch try and swing the gubernatorial race in his course.
“Back in 2016 when I supported Trump it was because he was talking about things Americans cared about: American workers, bringing our troops back from foreign engagements that didn’t benefit our national interest, he was talking about securing our borders which is important obviously,” Diehl stated Sunday.
He was responding to a query from WBZ’s political analyst Jon Keller, who requested the previous state consultant whether or not or not his help of former President Donald Trump was a legal responsibility in Massachusetts, the place Trump’s approval ranking is lower than half that of extra reasonable Republican Gov. Charlie Baker.
It is, in spite of everything, Baker’s job that Diehl hopes to win within the contest with Attorney General Maura Healey, and Keller puzzled whether or not it will have been higher for Diehl to cling to Baker as an alternative of MassGOP celebration Chairman Jim Lyons, himself a staunch supporter of the forty fifth President.
Baker, who selected to not search a 3rd time period as governor, shouldn’t be properly liked within the state Republican celebration — he skipped this yr’s conference — and didn’t make an endorsement within the governor’s race.
“Trump delivered four years that I thought were pretty successful for our country,” Diehl stated. “So the real contrast to me right now is two years later.”
Diehl identified that Healey has not been publicly supporting the present administration nor has President Joe Biden been stomping for her. He has stated that the blame for the present state of the economic system — excessive inflation, provide chain shortages, an absence of accessible staff — needs to be laid on the ft of the Democratic celebration.
“Wouldn’t you slightly have Baker’s endorsement now than Trump’s? Keller requested.
“I’ve been in office since 2010 — before Charlie Baker came into office and before Trump became president — I want people to elect me on my merits,” Diehl stated.
Those deserves, in accordance with Diehl and as alluded to in a brand new advert launched Sunday, embrace Diehl’s plan to reverse the firings attributable to the COVID-19 vaccine mandates and a refusal to subject masks mandates if elected.
“It’s time for us to turn a new page and it’s time for us to put the needs of our people first once again,” Diehl says within the advert, referred to as “Faith in Massachusetts.”
According to latest polling out of Suffolk University, which matches polling seen all through the race, Diehl is seeking to shut a double-digit hole with Healey within the week remaining. The election is November 8.
Source: www.bostonherald.com”