{"id":1392161,"date":"2022-03-21T13:59:35","date_gmt":"2022-03-21T17:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1392161"},"modified":"2022-03-21T13:59:39","modified_gmt":"2022-03-21T17:59:39","slug":"if-youve-got-that-much-of-a-problem-hold-it-ma-dem-governor-candidate-told-critics-of-transgender-bathroom-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/if-youve-got-that-much-of-a-problem-hold-it-ma-dem-governor-candidate-told-critics-of-transgender-bathroom-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018If You\u2019ve Got That Much Of A Problem, Hold It\u2019: MA Dem Governor Candidate Told Critics Of Transgender Bathroom Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">40<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fif-youve-got-that-much-of-a-problem-hold-it-ma-dem-governor-candidate-told-critics-of-transgender-bathroom-bill%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1392161&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-1231358977.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The Massachusetts attorney general, Maura Healey, who is running for the gubernatorial nomination, issued a scathing reply to people uncomfortable with sharing a bathroom with a transgender person in 2016, telling them, \u201cIf you\u2019ve got that much of a problem, hold it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Healey\u2019s retort came in response to critics who slammed legislation that would have enabled transgender people to use a bathroom or locker room that fit their preferred gender identity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHealey, in addressing the panel, took aim at those who term the legislation a \u2018bathroom bill,\u2019 according to the State House News Service,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonherald.com\/2016\/04\/28\/healeys-hold-it-has-critics-hopping-mad\/\">Boston Herald<\/a> reported in late April 2016.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">When asked about girls feeling uncomfortable sharing a bathroom with transgenders, Maura Healey said, \u201cthen learn to hold it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ladies and gentlemen, may I introduce you to Massachusetts gubernatorial candidate, Maura Healey\ud83d\udc47 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4HItEFFlV7\">pic.twitter.com\/4HItEFFlV7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fibci (@Fibci2) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Fibci2\/status\/1505513431406989314?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 20, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Andrew Beckwith, then-president of the Massachusetts Family Institute, fired back, \u201cI think it\u2019s hypocritical. People like myself, organizations like the Massachusetts Family Institute that are concerned about the privacy and safety of all women and children \u2026 if we made a suggestion (about transgender people), if we said they\u2019re expected to hold it, we would have been called bigots and haters and transphobic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHere\u2019s the attorney general, who is supposed to be the chief attorney for everyone in the commonwealth, and she\u2019s telling people like my 6-year-old daughter that she has to hold it?\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHealey, the country\u2019s first openly gay AG, swiftly emerged as the frontrunner in the Democratic race when she announced her candidacy in January,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.masslive.com\/politics\/2022\/03\/jason-burrell-a-former-elizabeth-warren-aide-is-now-ag-maura-healeys-campaign-manager-for-governor.html\">MassLive<\/a> reported. \u201cShe faces Democratic state Sen. Sonia Chang-Diaz, who became Massachusetts\u2019 first Latina and Asian-American state senator in 2008.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jason Burrell, a former aide to Sen, Elizabeth Warren, has joined Healey\u2019s campaign as campaign manager.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, GOP gubernatorial hopeful Chris Doughty, who is facing off against former state Rep. Geoff Diehl for the GOP nomination, <a href=\"https:\/\/chrisforma.com\/petition-suspend-the-gas-tax-now\">created an online petition<\/a> for a gas tax moratorium in the face of spiraling gas prices, suggesting that taxes be suspended until the price of gas falls to $3.70 or less per gallon but would be reinstituted if average prices returned to $4 per gallon.<\/p>\n<p>Doughty wrote in the petition:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>There is one thing on everyone\u2019s mind \u2013 the price of gas. Here in Massachusetts the price has skyrocketed 54 cents in just one week. Ouch! We need relief. That\u2019s why yesterday I called for a suspension of the state\u2019s gas\u00a0tax. Guess who has had nothing to say about the gas tax or the pain at the pump?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Answer: Maura Healey.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>You and I know why she has been MIA on this issue.\u00a0MIA Maura has no intention of\u00a0working to make Massachusetts more affordable. Like so many others at the State House, they believe they are entitled to your savings and your paychecks. I believe\u00a0you should be able to keep more! I am here to stop them.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cHealey\u2019s war chest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.masslive.com\/politics\/2022\/03\/ag-maura-healeys-war-chest-exceeds-42-million-as-candidates-disclose-february-fundraising-hauls.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">surpassed $4.2 million<\/a> at the end of February, according to campaign finance reports. Doughty trailed far behind at $467,586.38, followed by Chang-D\u00edaz at $351,058.75 and Diehl at $132,011.61,\u201d MassLive noted.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Massachusetts attorney general, Maura Healey, who is running for the gubernatorial nomination, issued a scathing reply to people uncomfortable with sharing a bathroom with a transgender person in 2016,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":60,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1392161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1392161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/60"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1392161"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1392161\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1392161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1392161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1392161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}