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Gus Bickford must be held accountable
To the editor: Gus Bickford, the chair of the Massachusetts Democratic Committee, had prior knowledge of the homophobic attack on Alex Morse during the 2020 primary for Massachusettsâ 1st Congressional District, but did nothing to stop it.
Further, some of the Massachusetts Democratic leadership, working behind the scenes, gave legal advice on the attackâs deliberately vague allegations â allegations that could have jeopardized Mr. Morseâs career and even his life. They knew they were playing with fire. But no one has been held accountable.
Homophobia has now been openly and knowingly deployed by the Massachusetts Democratic Partyâs power structure to take down a threat. Everyone saw this, and saw that no one in the Mass. Dems leadership was held accountable. With no accountability, it can and will happen again. Progressive LGBTQ+ candidates will be reluctant to challenge party-backed incumbents. This will have a chill