Politics Panel: Was Barney Frank Right? Plus Rent Control and the Governor’s Race.

About this episode

The episode discusses Barney Frank's final message to the democratic party, the proposed rent control measure in Massachusetts, and Governor Maura Healey's unpopularity.

In his final days, Massachusetts political legend Barney Frank had harsh words for the democratic party. This week on Say More’s political panel, Opinion writer Joan Vennochi, and Globe Ideas writer Abdallah Fayyad discuss the salience of Frank’s final message, and what democrats can learn from him. With Say More host Anna Kusmer, they then discuss the problem with the proposed rent control ballot measure in Mass, and end with a reflection on Governor Maura Healey and her growing unpopularity. Email us at saymore@globe.com.

People in this episode

Host: Anna Kusmer

Guests: Joan Vennochi, Abdallah Fayyad

Topics covered

• politics
• Barney Frank
• rent control
• Governor's race
• democratic party
• Massachusetts

Keywords

• Barney Frank
• democratic party
• rent control
• Governor Maura Healey
• politics
• Massachusetts

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Massachusetts, democratic party, Governor Maura Healey

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