Gov. Healey and Mayor Wu booed loudly by fans at Red Sox home opener
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Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey and Boston Mayor Michelle Wu were booed by fans at the Red Sox home opener on Friday.
Two Democratic politicians took the field at Fenway Park for a pregame ceremony before Friday’s game against the San Diego Padres.
And the more than 36,000 fans in attendance showered Democrats with relentless boos.
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Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey takes questions from reporters during a news conference on January 31, 2024 in Boston. (Stuart Cahill/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald)
Footage of the booing spread on social media, providing a bragging opportunity for Massachusetts’ GOP gubernatorial hopefuls.
One of those candidates, Brian Shortsleeve, said in an
In another post he wrote: “It was even louder in person!”
Another nominee, Mike Minogue, posted a video of Healey and Wu being booed and wrote: “Looks like the fans want someone else to take the shot.”
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Boston Mayor Michelle Wu smiles as she addresses supporters during her re-election campaign launch at the Cyclorama at the Boston Center for the Arts in Boston. (Erin Clark/Boston Globe)
Prospect Mike Kennealy wrote in an X post: “Man, I love Red Sox Nation!”
Healey on Thursday demanded that two private airlines stop providing flights to ICE to quickly remove detained illegal immigrants, citing a recent ICE-involved shooting in Minneapolis.
In October, one of Healey’s aides was arrested on cocaine trafficking charges after investigators seized packages containing the drug that were scheduled to be delivered to the government office building where he worked, prosecutors said.
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Boston Mayor Michelle Wu speaks during a campaign rally in support of the statewide Massachusetts Democrats ticket on November 2, 2022 in Boston. (Mary Schwalm/AP)
Wu is a frequent target of controversy for his resistance to immigration enforcement.
In February, Wu accused federal immigration officials of conducting “unconstitutional” operations in the city and ordered the public release of surveillance and body camera footage of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions.
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