The other Jan. 6 rallygoers: unwelcome presence or guilt by association?
Updated January 19, 2021, 5:05 p.m.
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Does Somerville appointee deserve benefit of the doubt?
Iâm torn about how best to react to the article about a Somerville board appointeeâs participation in the Trump rally that preceded the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6 (âAppointee scrutinized over trip to D.C. rally: Somerville aide says she wasnât at Capitol,â Metro, Jan. 11). As Jessica Turner states, we shouldnât persecute someone for different political opinions. The problem for Turner, though, is the difference between opinions and facts.
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City councilors and other public officials are calling for an investigation into the conduct of Jessica Turner, a Somerville resident and appointed official who attended the Washington, D.C., protest.
Turner, who serves as an appointed official on Somerville’s Affordable Housing Trust Fund, is defending her actions after she tweeted while in D.C. to protest the certification of the 2020 election results.
On Jan. 6, Turner tweeted a number of times from D.C., including “we have breached the steps,” and “some of my friends were on the front steps, everyone up front stormed the Capitol together.” Turner, however, said she was not part of the Capitol riots or siege, and does not approve of those actions.
A woman who is an official in a Massachusetts city is defending herself after she tweeted that she was protesting the certification of the 2020 presidential election results in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday. Jessica Turner, of Somerville, is a volunteer on the city's Affordable Housing Trust Fund. She tells NewsCenter 5 that she was in Washington to rally, but stresses that she was not involved in the breach of the U.S. Capitol. Sign up for our.