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Kraft Calls Trump a “Lunatic”

Kraft Calls Trump a “Lunatic”

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A direct mail piece from Josh Kraft’s Boston mayoral campaign.

A campaign mailing from Boston mayoral candidate Josh Kraft calls President Trump a lunatic.

Kraft is running against Mayor Michelle Wu, not Trump, so the mailer is somewhat puzzling.

“Here in Boston, we don’t let lunatics like Donald Trump push us around,” the direct mail piece says.

Josh Kraft may feel the need to distance himself from Trump because his father, New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, is a longtime friend of Trump’s. Though the Robert Kraft-Donald Trump relationship has had ups and downs, any hint of association with Trump could be damaging to a mayoral candidate in Boston’s heavily Democratic electorate.

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