FBI arrests radical Democrat on Boston City Council in connection with bogus kickback scheme



The FBI hauled away one of the radical Democrats on the Boston City Council Friday morning on public corruption charges.

Steve Kelleher, FBI assistant special agent in charge in Boston, revealed at a press conference that Democratic Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson, who represents District 7, was arrested without incident outside her home in Dorchester.

Anderson, an attendee and defender of Mayor Michelle Wu's racially segregated 2023 holiday party and a former illegal alien who avoided deportation, faces five federal counts of wire fraud and one federal count of theft concerning programs receiving federal funds.

According to the federal indictment, Anderson — who previously hired her son and sister as salaried employees despite a prohibition against hiring immediate family members, then topped up their salaries by tens of thousands of dollars — allegedly:

defrauded the City of Boston by (A) conceiving and proposing an arrangement whereby Staff Member A would receive additional compensation but would kickback most of this bonus pay; (b) providing materially false and misleading information related to Staff Member A, and related to a bonus payment to be awarded to Staff Member A; (c) omitting material information regarding the bonus payment to be paid to Staff Member A; and (d) accepting approximately $7,000 in cash from Staff Member A pursuant to a concealed bonus kickback arrangement between FERNANDES ANDERSON and Staff Member A.

The unnamed staff member is one of Anderson's relatives.

'This was a situation of her own making.'

"Despite the fact that she was under investigation by the state ethics commission, Ms. Fernandes Anderson hired another family member on her staff at Boston City Hall to handle constituent service," U.S. Attorney Joshua Levy said at the press conference. "That staff member was related to her. But Ms. Fernandes Anderson falsely represented to City Hall that there was no familial relationship."

In the lead-up to the alleged kickback scheme for which Anderson apparently required her accomplice to sign a nondisclosure agreement, the Democratic councilor was dodging monthly rent and car payments, facing an impending $5,000 civil penalty from the Ethics Commission, and racking up significant bank overdraft fees, all despite making over $103,000 a year.

Concerning her arrest Friday, Kelleher told reporters, "This was a situation of her own making."

FBI Special Agent in Charge Jodi Cohen said in a statement, "Using public office for personal gain is a crime, plan and simple."

"Her behavior, as alleged in today's indictment, is a slap in the face to the hardworking taxpayers in the city of Boston who have every right to expect that the city's funds are in good and honest hands," added Cohen.

Anderson, who chairs the council's civil rights, racial equity, and immigrant advancement committee, previously courted controversy by:

  • refusing to properly take the oath of office;
  • marrying a convicted murderer in prison;
  • calling the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks on Israeli civilians a "military operation" after blocking the passage of a resolution affirming the city's solidarity with Israel;
  • violating American immigration law and nearly getting deported back to Cape Verde before becoming a citizen in 2019; and
  • failing to disclose campaign committee deposits in a timely manner and accepting contributions in excess of state limits.

The Associated Press indicated that Wu suggested Anderson should resign.

"Like any member of the community, Councilor Fernandes Anderson has the right to a fair legal process. But the serious nature of these charges undermine[s] the public trust and will prevent her from effectively serving the city," said the mayor.

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'She's not very smart': Boston mayor vows to hinder deportation of illegal aliens. Homan signals it won't matter.



Boston's Democratic mayor has worked hard to depreciate the value of citizenship and degrade the quality of living in her city.

Michelle Wu, a soft-on-crime defender of race-segregated events who drafted a list of critics for police to check on, has funneled taxpayer funds to nonprofits that aid illegal aliens; advocated for closing the Boston Police gang database as well as for allowing noncitizens to vote in local elections; conditioned participation in city life on vaccination status; stood idly by while undocumented migrants overwhelm her city; and looked to noncitizens and children to make potential budgetary decisions.

Given her track record and Boston's "sanctuary city" status, Wu's recent suggestions that Beantown might try to hinder the incoming Trump administration's efforts to deport criminal illegal aliens were altogether unsurprising. She may have, however, been surprised by the frankness of the response by President-elect Donald Trump's incoming "border czar."

'They can't cross a clear line.'

Wu, who is planning to run for re-election in 2025, reminded GBH News last week that Boston law prohibits police and city officials from helping federal authorities track down and deport illegal aliens. While the laws on the books only guarantee passivity from local law enforcement, she intimated that the city might take an active role in impeding deportation efforts, noting that she has been planning for a number of different scenarios.

"We still have other mechanisms where we can identify spaces that might be most targeted and think about protections there," said Wu.

When speaking to WCVB-TV on Sunday, Wu appeared to suggest that the city will exhaust its options when protecting illegal aliens from consequence.

What we can do is make sure that we are doing our part to protect our residents in every possible way, that we are not cooperating with those efforts that actually threaten the safety of everyone by causing widespread fear and having large-scale economic impact. And then we are providing the spaces to reach out directly to our residents because the last thing we want is for people who are part of our economy, part of our school system, part of our community and the fabric of our city to feel that all of a sudden, they have to retreat in the shadows.

In response to Wu, former acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Thomas D. Homan told Newsmax TV's Greg Kelly, "She's not very smart."

"President Trump is going to prioritize public safety threats. What mayor or governor doesn't want public safety threats out of their communities? That's our number one responsibility: to protect their communities, and that's exactly what we're going to do," said Homan. "So she helps us [or] she gets the hell out of the way because we're going to do it."

Homan stressed that federal law is explicit and Wu would do best to follow it.

"There's a clear line here. They can't cross a clear line. I would suggest that she read Title 8, United States Code 1324 iii that says you can't harbor, conceal an illegal alien from federal law enforcement officers," said Homan. "I hope she don't cross that line. They can not cooperate, but there are certain laws in place that they can't cross."

The law that Homan referred to makes it a punishable offense if one "conceals, harbors or shields from detection, or attempts to conceal, harbor or shield from detection" illegal aliens.

If violating the statute and placing someone's life in jeopardy, the offender could be fined and/or imprisoned for up to 20 years for each alien involved. If by violating the statute an individual gets someone killed, then the offender could be "punished by death or imprisoned for any term of years or for life."

Like Wu, Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey (D) has indicated that she would use "every tool in the toolbox" to shield "residents" from accountability.

Blaze News previously reported that Homan intends to send more ICE officers to sanctuary jurisdictions that refuse to cooperate with federal immigration officials.

"If they're not gonna help us, then we'll just double the manpower in those cities. They don't want ICE agents in their neighborhoods, but they don't let ICE agents in the jail. They don't understand, if you let us in the jail, that'd be less agents in your neighborhood," Homan told "Fox News Live."

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Even Dems alarmed as illegal aliens, 11-year-olds allowed to vote on some Boston expenditures



A new program in Boston will allow illegal aliens and kids as young as 11 to have a say on the way that the city spends millions of dollars.

In 2021, Bostonians voted to approve the establishment of the Office of Participatory Budgeting, and participatory budgeting means exactly what it says: giving voters the opportunity to participate in the way a portion of the city's budget is spent.

'Her decision-making is becoming as juvenile as this latest stunt.'

This year, as part of far-left Democrat Mayor Michelle Wu's fiscal year 2025 budget proposal, that office's purpose will finally be put into practice.

By September, Wu and her team will compile a list of 15 community projects. Then in January, voters will select — either online or in person — five of them to receive a portion of the $2 million allotted for OPB spending. Though $2 million sounds like a lot of money, it's actually just a tiny fraction of the city's overall budget, which in 2024 was more than $4.2 billion.

The concept of participatory budgeting began in Brazil more than three decades ago, but in Boston, it began as the result of a "youth-led participatory budgeting initiative," the Boston OPB website states. True to those roots, all Boston residents at least 11 years old will be able to participate in the OPB vote in January.

Allowing children still five years away from a driver's license to help determine city expenditures may be alarming, but at least many of those kids are U.S. citizens. Even worse, illegal aliens will also be able to participate in Boston's participatory budgeting as well, the New York Post reported, perhaps to help satisfy the OPB's mission to help "achiev[e] and embed[] equity and inclusion into City practices."

The voting process for participatory budgeting in Boston has become such a circus that even some high-profile Democrat leaders have expressed misgivings. Notably, City Councilman Ed Flynn expressed "unequivocal and vehement opposition to the voting process," claiming his constituents would view "allowing children to decide the usage of taxpayer dollars" as "tone-deaf, unserious, and wholly inappropriate."

"During this time of great fiscal uncertainty — with a study warning that remote work policies and the city’s declining commercial property values may cost us $500 million in revenue annually, as well as a subsequent proposal to also tax commercial property at a higher rate — now more than ever, it is critical that we show the taxpayers of Boston that we take our financial responsibilities seriously," Flynn wrote in a letter to OPB director Renato Castelo.

Others on the city council agreed with Flynn but perhaps for different reasons. Democrat Councilor Erin Murphy voiced concerns about the process, the Union-Bulletin reported, though the outlet did not identify Murphy's objections.

Councilor John FitzGerald, who does not mention a party affiliation on either his city bio or his campaign website, worries that participatory budgeting gives residents a greater say over spending than the city council.

Paul Craney of the Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance finds the whole idea absurd. "Mayor Wu will try almost anything to make a news headline and get attention, even capitulate her responsibilities as mayor and designate children and non-citizens to make budgetary decisions with our tax dollars," Craney told Blaze News.

"Her decision-making is becoming as juvenile as this latest stunt."

Democrat Councilor Liz Breadon, however, is much more optimistic about giving young people voting power. "I really do think this is a huge opportunity to develop civic engagement," Breadon said. "I do hope that it will lead to a more engaged citizenry going forward."

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Boston Mayor Wu backs do-not-prosecute list for dozens of crimes, terminating police gang database



Boston Mayor Michelle Wu (D) expressed support for a number of soft-on-crime, progressive policies, including backing a do-not-prosecute list and terminating the Boston Police Department's gang database, according to the "2021 Boston Mayoral Candidate Questionnaire" from the nonprofit Progressive Massachusetts recently reviewed by Fox News Digital.

The organization's survey asked Wu about her policies regarding many issues, including whether she would "support shuttering the Boston Police gang database," to which Wu responded, "Yes." She also stated that she backed noncitizens voting in local elections, Fox News Digital reported.

'Boston deserves better.'

Former Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins enacted a do-not-prosecute list, which included a list of charges she declined to prosecute while in office. Some of those offenses included trespassing, shoplifting, larceny, disorderly conduct, driving with a suspended license, breaking and entering, wanton or malicious destruction of property, threats, drug possession, drug possession with intent to distribute, and resisting arrest.

Wu was asked by the nonprofit, "Do you support the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office's do-not-prosecute list and expanded approach to dealing with such low-level offenses? YES/ NO?"

The mayor again responded, "Yes."

Fox News Digital reported that Wu also declared that the police should be "demilitariz[ed]" and prohibited from using tear gas, rubber bullets, and attack dogs.

"Do you believe that affiliation or sympathies with white supremacist organizations among officers is a problem with BPD? YES/ NO If so, what measures would you take as mayor to combat that issue?" the organization's survey asked.

Wu replied, "Yes. I have advocated for terminating any [Boston Police Department] employees who were involved with the January 6th Capitol insurrection."

"We must ensure that contract language enables the sharing of data with the public on officers' use-of-force and misconduct and allows disciplinary records to be made publicly accessible, in accordance with privacy laws," Wu stated, referring to publicizing personnel files regarding the department's "use-of-force."

Wu did not respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.

Wu has yet to confirm whether she plans to run for re-election in Boston's 2025 mayoral race, but some are already considering challenging her.

Rumors have been swirling that philanthropist Josh Kraft, the son of the New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, is being urged by Boston's business community to challenge Wu in the upcoming election. He has not yet announced whether he will do so.

Jorge Mendoza Iturralde, a North End restaurant owner, reportedly plans to run against Wu in 2025 if she seeks re-election. He is part of a group of restaurateurs suing the city over the mayor's restrictions on outdoor dining.

Mendoza Iturralde told the Boston Globe, "I love Boston, I grew up in Boston, I grew up in the North End."

"But I also believe that Boston deserves better. Boston deserves somebody who is going to work for the people of Boston, not for their political career," he said.

"I'm a small fish in a big pond, but I think that at the very least, with my campaign, I can bring up some of the issues that are affecting Boston and perhaps remind the people of Boston that it is our city, not the politicians' city, and when the politicians get out of hand we need to let them know that we don't agree with what they're doing and they are not doing the job we pay them for," Mendoza Iturralde told the Boston Globe.

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Boston uses taxpayer funds to support anti-ICE groups providing services to illegal aliens



Boston Mayor Michelle Wu announced on Thursday that the city would award taxpayer funds to more than a dozen nonprofit organizations that provide services to illegal aliens, according to a city press release.

"Mayor Michelle Wu and the Mayor's Office for Immigrant Advancement (MOIA) today announced that the City is awarding $650,000 in grants to 13 nonprofits to increase the capacity of immigrant-serving organizations to provide immigration-related legal services and support the legal needs of immigrant workers," the press release read.

It noted that the organizations will each receive between $10,000 and $100,000 to provide programs to illegal immigrants, including "Know Your Rights training, forms assistance, and legal consultation and representation in immigration and labor violation cases."

The 13 organizations awarded with grants included the Brazilian Worker Center, Center to Support Immigrant Organization/Equity Now and Beyond, Centro Presente, Chinese Progressive Association, Everett Haitian Community Center, Gilbert Albert Community Center, Justice at Work, Lawyers for Civil Rights, Mabel Center for Immigrant Justice, Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition, Rian Immigrant Center, Student Clinic for Immigrant Justice, and Vietnamese American Civic Association, Inc.

'Melt ICE. Smash borders.'

The Immigrant Workers' Rights Grant program, created by the Mayor's Office for Immigrant Advancement, will fund the grants through the city's fiscal year 2024 operating budget.

Wu stated, "Boston is a city of immigrants, and we all benefit from the contributions of immigrant communities in our neighborhoods."

"Our immigration system is nearly impossible to navigate alone, so I'm grateful to MOIA and these organizations for helping our immigrant residents better access legal services and much needed supports," she added.

Monique Tú Nguyen, executive director of the mayor's Office for Immigrant Advancement, said expanding the ability to provide legal services will help "ensure that immigrants understand their rights and have the resources to navigate a complex legal system."

The Daily Caller News Foundation reported that several of the organizations selected to receive the funds have been vocally anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement. According to the news outlet, the Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition has supported "ending ICE detention agreements."

ICE places detainer requests on illegal aliens whom local and state authorities have arrested for crimes unrelated to their illegal immigration status. The request asks law enforcement agencies to keep the individual in custody up to 48 hours past their release date so that ICE agents can apprehend the suspect and transfer them into federal custody to face immigration proceedings.

Last year, the MIRA Coalition posted on X, "Our immigration system locks up hundreds of thousands of immigrants unnecessarily every year, separating people from their loved ones and exposing them to inhumane conditions of confinement."

The group encouraged Massachusetts residents to vote to prohibit state entities from forming contracts with ICE.

Student Clinic for Immigrant Justice has also made a number of comments against the federal immigration agency, including calling it "racist."

In October, the group wrote on X, "Melt ICE. Smash borders."

"Every time someone is transfered [sic] instead of released is just another example of ICE's cruelty. Free them all and make our communities whole again," the organization wrote in another post.

"When we say that ICE is an institution designed to instill terror and cause suffering, this is exactly what we mean. They can't even figure out how to not deport citizens. You expect them to do anything else right? Yeah, nope!" the group stated.

Rian Immigration Center has previously participated in protests against ICE, according to posts on its X account.

Paul Craney of the Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance told Blaze News, "The responsibility for the migrant crisis Massachusetts is currently facing rests solely with executive and legislative leadership on Beacon Hill. First migrants maxed out our shelter system, then they maxed out hotels which were rented for them, now they've maxed out the overflow sites and are about to encroach upon our national defense installations. Governor Healey has proven time and time again that she is willing to do just about anything except address the root cause of the issue. Until Beacon Hill addresses the factors that are making us a magnet for people around the world, this problem is only going to continue to get worse."

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Meet The Mom Being Politically Persecuted For Protesting Massachusetts’ Tyrannical Covid Mandates

The Massachusetts legal system's prosecution of Michelle Efendi for protesting the state's overreaching Covid mandates continues to drag on.

Boston city councilmember cries racism after video proves she didn't say a word during oath of office: Report



A Boston city councilmember who has a troubled history with rules and regulations has blamed racism after a viral video proved she never uttered a word of the oath of office during the inaugural ceremony held last week.

On New Year's Day, the 13 members of the Boston City Council, including the four newly elected members, arrived at Faneuil Hall to take the oath of office, as required by the city charter. Democrat Mayor Michelle Wu led the group in the recitation of the oath, and most members stood smiling with their right hands raised proudly in the air.

However, video of the ceremony showed that Democrat Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson, who represents District 7, neither raised her hand nor uttered the words along with her colleagues. Boston Accountability Network first shared the video on Wednesday, but the video went viral after Libs of TikTok shared it about six hours later.

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After the video spread across social media, several Boston leaders indicated that Anderson had not properly taken the oath, thereby negating the votes she cast later that day. Council President Ruthzee Louijeune and others ordered Anderson to retake the oath the following Thursday, four days after the initial ceremony.

"The city charter is clear that anyone elected to serve at the city level — the mayor, the city council — must take an oath verbally and sign the oath book in order to begin their service to the city and their official actions in that office," Mayor Wu said last Friday.

Wu added that she had been "informed" that Anderson had taken the verbal oath on Thursday as directed. "So that issue is resolved now," she stated.

For her part, Councilor Anderson did not take kindly to the criticism leveled by LOTT and others. She initially blocked LOTT on X then, according to an apparent screenshot, issued a statement dismissing the criticism as "anti-immigrant racist vitriol."

"You're okay with someone mindlessly mouthing an oath only to betray every promise they've ever made, but me internalizing my oath, committing a prayer between myself and God in honor of that very oath is a problem for you?" she ostensibly asked LOTT and those of like mind.

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Anderson's X account has since gone private, so Blaze News was not able to verify the statement or its provenance.

The description Libs of TikTok offered of Anderson is brutal. LOTT called her "a radical activist" who "hates this country and constitution." LOTT also alleged that Anderson has engaged in pro-Muslim and pro-Palestinian activism, including proposing a "Hijab Day" in the city and downplaying the atrocities Hamas committed against innocent Israelis on October 7. Anderson's X account, though private, publicly features a picture of Rep. Rashida Tlaib, a strongly pro-Palestinian congresswoman, wearing a keffiyeh, which the AP described as a scarf denoting "Palestinian solidarity."

LOTT even claimed that Anderson is married to Tanzerious Anderson, a murderer serving a life sentence for the brutal slaying of 35-year-old Iman Yazbek in 2000. Reports indicate that they married in 2008 or 2009, when Tanzerious had already been behind bars for years. Neither Anderson's campaign website nor the bio of her on the city's official website make any mention of her marital status, let alone the name of her alleged spouse.

Anderson, a West African native, has been surrounded by controversy since she was sworn into office for the first time in January 2022. Screenshots of previous tweets shared by the TB Daily News, an independent outlet, indicate a history of anti-white bigotry. Using emojis, she even appeared to criticize the superintendent of Boston schools and the new fire chief just because they are white.

On her website, Anderson describes herself as a "strong Black woman" who is eager to "hold police accountable."

Anderson also got herself in hot water when she not only hired her sister and son to work on her staff, a violation of council rules, but she then increased each of their annual salaries to $70,000. According to a disposition agreement that Anderson signed, the two left her staff in August 2022, just eight months into Anderson's tenure, and Anderson paid a $5,000 fine.

Anderson did not immediately respond to Blaze News' request for comment, though an automatic reply email from her office requested a response time of 48 hours. Should she provide any comments at a later time, Blaze News will happily update this article to include them in full.

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Boston mayor claims EVERYBODY has the right to come to America...



Boston Mayor Michelle Wu is about to learn a hard lesson.

“Every human being has the legal right to come to the United States and seek asylum or shelter,” Wu said in an old podcast. “They are looking to work, looking to contribute, looking to be in a safe democracy where they can raise their families,” she added.

Meanwhile, the Biden administration has failed to secure the border, and 3.2 million illegal immigrants were encountered by CBP in FY 2023, which is a 16% increase over FY 2022 and a 63% increase over FY 2021.

Keith Malinak has a message for not just Wu, but Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas (R) as well.

“Greg Abbott, if you’re watching, it sounds like Boston is ready for some busloads of illegals,” Malinak says.

Pat Gray is in serious agreement.

“Exactly,” he responds. “Man, does she need thousands to pour into her city.”

Gray notes that Wu's belief that “every human” has the “legal right” to live in our country must mean that she wouldn’t mind if they were all in Boston.

Eric Adams also once advocated for illegal immigrants to call America their home — before Abbott sent busloads of migrants his way.

“He changed that tune a bit,” Gray says.

“He’s also now pointing out how it’s obvious that these immigrants who come here, they don’t have jobs, they’re committing crimes up there,” Malinak adds, noting that Adams should have known this, as New York City is a sanctuary city.


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Massachusetts' Democratic AG dismisses complaints over Boston mayor's no-whites party; won't investigate



Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell (D) has repeatedly claimed that she regards racism and discrimination as unacceptable. It appears, however, there are some instances in which the UCLA graduate is willing to make an exception.

Despite receiving at least four complaints about Boston Mayor Michelle Wu's Dec. 13 race-segregated Christmas party, Campbell's office has indicated everything is hunky dory.

What's the background?

Denise DosSantos, director of city council relations in the mayor's administration, accidentally sent an email last month to all members of the Boston City Council, inviting them to Wu's "Electeds of Color Holiday Party ... at the Parkman House."

DosSantos followed up roughly 15 minutes later to apologize for accidentally sending the invitation to the seven white American citizens on the council.

"I did send that to everyone by accident, and I apologize if my email may have offended or came across as so," wrote DosSantos. "Sorry for any confusion this may have caused."

Outgoing City Councilor Frank Baker — among those councilors whose complexion disqualified him from the intended invite list — told the Boston Herald the decision was "unfortunate and divisive."

Councilor Brian Worrell, among the party's attendees, defended the segregated event, noting, "Elected Officials of Color has been around for more than a decade."

Despite facing criticism over an ostensible return to their party's former ways, the Democrats' went forward with their holiday bash at the Parkman House — with Wu in attendance.

Wu said, "There are many events that are private events for all sorts of groups, so we’ve clarified that and look forward to seeing everyone at one of the dozens of opportunities to celebrate the holidays," reported the Associated Press.

Preferential application of the law

The Boston Herald intimated that the Massachusetts Public Accommodation Law, which is supposed to be enforced by Campbell, might apply to the venue where the race-segregated party was held. After all, the Francis Parkman House is a historic, publicly-owned mansion on Beacon Hill, listed as the mayor's official reception hall.

The accommodation law prohibits "among other things, making any distinction, discrimination, or restriction in admission to or treatment in a place of public accommodation based on race, color, religious creed, national origin, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, deafness, blindness, or any physical or mental disability, or ancestry."

When pressed by the Herald about whether the no-whites party was in violation of the law, Campbell's office answered in the negative "since it was not open to the public."

Rev. Eugene Rivers III, a black Dorchester pastor, did not find the response from Campbell's office satisfactory, telling the Herald the party was "clumsy politics, generational politics."

"Number one. Had any white politicians said they were having some St. Patty's Day event and it was only for the Irish, that would have been called racist by every politician of color in the city council and possibly in the state," said Rivers.

"You can't have two sets of moral political books," continued Rivers. "It's simply hypocritical. And there's just no reason for that."

The pastor stressed that if the Democratic mayor is keen on developing "street cred," it shouldn't come at the "expense of white people."

Although four complaints were filed with the Massachusetts AGO against Wu — three from outside of the state — a spokesman for Campbell said her office "has no open investigation into this event," reported Fox News Digital.

Campbell's reluctance to address Wu's anti-white discrimination has highlighted a disconnect between her past rhetoric and its real-world application.

In 2017, Campbell wrote, "Hateful, racist rhetoric has no place in Boston, a City that proudly celebrates its diversity and has pledged to protect its residents regardless of their race, ethnicity, status, sex, or orientation."

In 2021, she stressed that "[r]acism has no place in our communities or in our government."

In 2022, she claimed, "As Attorney General ... I will not tolerate racism in any form throughout the Commonwealth."

Campbell also pledged not to "tolerate hate or discrimination of any kind in Massachusetts."

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Rick Scott and other politicians report being swatted



U.S. Sen. Rick Scott of Florida and other politicians have recently reported being the targets of swatting, a term that refers to false reports meant to instigate a law enforcement response.

"Last night, while at dinner with my wife, cowards 'swatted' my home in Naples. These criminals wasted the time & resources of our law enforcement in a sick attempt to terrorize my family. Ann & I want to thank @NaplesPolice & @CollierSheriff for all they do to keep us safe," Scott explained in a post on X.

In a Facebook post that does not mention Scott, the Naples Police Department noted that on Wednesday night, "dispatchers received a call on our non-emergency line from an individual stating that a shooting occurred in the 3100 block of Gordon Drive. Within 15 minutes, we were able to confirm that the events did not occur, and the incident was a swatting event."

"Swatting is defined as a false report of an ongoing emergency or active threat of violence intended to prompt an immediate tactical law enforcement response. The response often prompts confusion on the part of the homeowners and pulls limited resources away from other possible valid emergencies," the department explained.

But the swatting phenomenon has recently impacted other politicians as well, including GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, who has said that she was targeted on Christmas day. "I was just swatted. This is like the 8th time," she noted.

"We determined before our personnel could get to her location that there was no emergency and there was no reason to respond," Rome Police Department spokesperson Kelly Madden noted, according to the Associated Press. "Her security detail had it all under control, and there actually was nothing going on."

Greene announced on Thursday that her daughters had been targeted: "Both my daughter's houses just got swatted today. Big thanks to the police who responded! We appreciate you and support you! Whoever is doing this, you are going to get caught and it won't be funny to you anymore."

Republican Rep. Brandon Williams of New York also said that he was swatted on Christmas day. "Our home was swatted this afternoon," a December 25 tweet notes. "Thanks to the Deputies and Troopers who contacted me before arriving. They left with homemade cookies and spiced nuts! Merry Christmas everyone!"

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Boston Mayor Michelle Wu was also reportedly targeted with swatting on Christmas. "For better or worse, my family are a bit used to it by now, and we have a good system with the department," she told WBUR.

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