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MA State leaders condemn white nationalism, neo-Nazism
From left ro right, Lieutenant Governor Karyn Polito, Governor Charlie Baker, Senate President Stanley Rosenberg, and Speaker Robert DeLeo took part in signing a resolution at the State House on Thursday.
By Jim O’Sullivan GLOBE STAFF AUGUST 17, 2017
Beacon Hill’s three most influential figures, backed by a crowd of lawmakers from both parties, delivered a resolution Thursday denouncing white nationalism and neo-Nazism, issuing a bipartisan response to last weekend’s violence in Charlottesville, Va.
“We strongly denounce and oppose the totalitarian impulses, violence, xenophobic biases, and bigoted ideologies that are promoted by white nationalists and neo-Nazis,” read the Legislature’s resolution.
Republican Governor Charlie Baker and Lieutenant Governor Karyn Polito and Democratic Senate President Stanley C. Rosenberg and House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo took turns reading from the text. They said copies would be sent to Mayor Mike Signer of Charlottesville, Governor Terry McAuliffe of Virginia, and President Trump.
The resolution, accompanied by a similarly phrased proclamation signed by Baker, comes two days before Boston Common is scheduled to host a “free speech” rally that some local leaders worry could lead to strife similar to what happened in Virginia. Three people died as counterprotesters clashed with white nationalists.
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