AG Campbell sued Trump more than a dozen times in his first 100 days, saying 'courts are our strongest tool' - The Boston Globe

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

48% : That sum would be 7 percent more than what she received this year, extra funds Campbell said are necessary as her office staffs up under Trump.
42% : Acknowledging Campbell's expanded role, the Massachusetts House made its first effort to oppose Trump in its budget proposal this month in part by seeking to give Campbell $85.2 million for the fiscal year beginning in July.
41% : She pointed to an instance when, in February, the Trump administration cut public health research funding late on a Friday night.
41% : He added Campbell has continued "lawfare" against Trump, building on the president's claims during his campaign he was politically targeted.
39% : Campbell, who served on Boston City Council during Trump's last presidency, says while she and her colleagues prepared by studying Project 2025 and Trump's first term, "Trump 2.0 is different." "What we could not have expected was that the volume of the attacks from the federal administration on the rule of law, on immigrants, vulnerable communities, state economies, would be much greater and quicker than the first term," Campbell said in a press briefing Friday.
37% : Campbell joined her 14th lawsuit against Trump Friday, suing his education department in Massachusetts federal court for threatening to withhold funds from states with diversity, equity, and inclusion programs.
35% : Carol Rose, the local ACLU executive director, said their national organization has filed at least 100 lawsuits against Trump, many alongside attorneys general like Campbell, whom she called "courageous." "The people really want leaders who are going to fight back and to uphold our democracy," Rose said.
31% : None are better positioned than Campbell and 22 other Democratic attorneys general who have collectively fought Trump at a rate outpacing his first term.
28% : Becca Kornet, the Medfield Democratic town committee chair, recently signed a letter calling on Massachusetts' congressional delegation to fight Trump harder.
22% : Those elected officials, too, applaud her: At a recent Woburn rally, House Minority Whip Katherine Clark touted the actions of "our incredible Andrea Campbell" against Trump.
20% : "The last AG that pushed back against Donald Trump is now our governor, so Massachusetts has rewarded, with the highest office in the state, individuals willing to push back against Trump.
20% : "Our top law enforcement official, Andrea Campbell, the attorney general, has no interest in enforcing the law here in Massachusetts and is just working to obstruct President Trump from actually enforcing the law," said John Milligan, the Massachusetts GOP's executive director.
17% : They argue Campbell and other Democratic attorneys general are "losing credibility" by repeatedly challenging Trump, rather than cooperating with efforts to remove immigrants in the US illegally.

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