Massachusetts Democrats are hoping to take a notch out of Republican Governor Charlie Baker's sky-high popularity numbers by linking him to Donald Trump's incoming administration. Baker says he will attend Trump’s inauguration later this month.
In a series of tweets and an online petition, the Massachusetts Democratic Party has called on Baker to denounce a string of top Trump advisers and cabinet secretary picks.
The strategy is tricky in part because of Baker's very public break from the GOP president-elect early in the campaign, when he said he'd never vote for the New York businessman.
Newly-elected Democratic state party chairman Gus Bickford said that's not enough. He's criticized Baker for adopting a "wait-and-see" attitude since Trump's win.
Massachusetts Republicans say the Democratic criticism is a political ploy.
Bickford says he's confident Democrats will have solid gubernatorial contenders in 2018.
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