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'Now Is Not The Time For Unity. Now Is The Time For Moral Leadership,' Mass. Rep. Auchincloss Says
Rep. Jake Auchincloss, D-Mass., blasted Republican calls for unity during an interview Tuesday following last week's atack on the U.S. Capitol by pro-Trump extremists. "Now is not the time for unity," Auchincloss told GBH All Things Considered host Arun Rath. "Now is the time for moral leadership. And moral leadership means that we must remove this tyrant from office." His comments came as some in the GOP have called on Democrats to abandon their effort to force President Donald Trump … Continue Reading
January 07, 2021
U.S. Rep. Jake Auchincloss, representing Attleboro area, says Capitol resembled war zone
Walking back to the Capitol on Wednesday night, Jake Auchincloss looked over the grounds of the building after its lockdown earlier in the day and was struck by one lasting image. “It looked like a patrol base in Afghanistan,” with police and National Guardsmen at the ready, the Marine Corps veteran said Thursday. “We had to turn a citadel of democracy into a fortress.” The state’s newest member of Congress called the scene “grim.” Auchincloss, 32, a Democrat, was in just his third … Continue Reading
January 07, 2021
Newton Congressman Jake Auchincloss calls storming of the Capitol ‘appalling’
U.S. Rep. Jake Auchincloss, the Newton Democrat, was sworn into office on Sunday, Jan. 3. On Wednesday, as thousands of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol in Washington, D.C., he was in his office preparing to certify the Electoral College vote when the mob took over parts of the building. Auchincloss, at the Capitol, on Thursday, Jan. 7 “I was not there. I was in my office and I remained in my office,” Auchincloss said. “It’s appalling,” Auchincloss said of the mob, described by … Continue Reading
January 03, 2021
Newly-Sworn In Rep. Auchincloss Slams GOP Sens. Vetoing Electoral College
Jan 3, 2021 BOSTON (WBZ NewsRadio) — Massachusetts' Democratic Congressman Jake Auchincloss of Newton was among the new lawmakers sworn into the 117th U.S. Congress on Sunday, after he won former Congressman Joe Kennedy III’s seat in the fourth District. "It's an honor of a lifetime to represent the people of Massachusetts of Congress," he said. As Rep. Auchincloss prepares to serve the Commonwealth in Washington D.C., he told WBZ NewsRadio he thinks it's "an abomination" that 12 GOP … Continue Reading
January 03, 2021
New House member Jake Auchincloss offers fresh eyes on swearing-in during COVID
Jake Auchincloss said being sworn in to the U.S. House today reminded him of reporting to Quantico for Marine duty a decade ago, but instead of contemplating a foreign enemy, he had to navigate one he couldn't see: the coronavirus. Why it matters: The 32-year-old freshman from Massachusetts offered fresh eyes to commonplace routines for Washington veterans. He stood in awe of a Capitol painting and wide-eyed in its gilded rooms, gave his lone guest pass to his father, and reported for COVID … Continue Reading