Kraft claims Wu stoked ‘falsehoods and innuendo’ in mayoral race

Mayoral candidate Josh Kraft hit again on the Wu marketing campaign in a speech Sunday, calling a number of the incumbent’s messaging concerning his background, enterprise pursuits and views on Trump “falsehoods.”

“Today I’m challenging the mayor: stop with the falsehoods and innuendo and join me in making this campaign about who has the best vision and ideas that help the residents of this city,” stated Kraft. “Let’s make this a competition of ideas, not attacks. Let’s have a robust debate about the single most important issue facing our city, the high cost of living.”

Kraft, the previous head of the Kraft Household Philanthropies and son of billionaire Patriots proprietor Robert Kraft, met with enthusiastic supporters on the Iron Staff Native 7 Union Corridor to ship a speech Sunday pushing again on statements from his opponent and talking to the way forward for his marketing campaign.

The candidate claimed the mayor’s marketing campaign has engaged in “personal attacks” that “she knows not to be true.” Among the many statements at challenge, Kraft stated Wu has acknowledged he’s “new to Boston” and pointed to his 35 years working in Boston, together with with the Boys and Ladies Membership of Boston.

Kraft additionally pushed again on the concept he’s in search of the elected workplace to “help my family’s business interest.”

“I’ve been fortunate to be able to work to make a difference in the lives of kids and families in the neighborhoods of Boston and Chelsea,” stated Kraft. “That has been my passion, my life’s work and my number one priority, not my family’s business. In addition, my family’s business is not located in Boston, doesn’t do any business with the city of Boston, nor does it have any real estate assets in the city.”

Kraft stated he disagrees together with his father Robert Kraft on his help of Donald Trump, stating the president “has actively attacked democratic institutions and created division throughout our country” and made it tougher for “the very people who both my parents, especially my mother, raised me to fight for.”

“And the worst part of all this is Michelle Wu knows all that, but she’s trying to convince the voters of something different,” stated Kraft.

The Wu marketing campaign referred to as Kraft’s assertion Sunday “more of the same.”

“Josh Kraft’s campaign is floundering for a simple reason: voters reject his relentlessly negative campaign and his attempt to buy this election,” a Wu marketing campaign spokesperson stated Sunday.

On the Trump challenge, Kraft stated the reply is just not about “who is going to give the best anti-Trump speech or deliver the best anti-Trump sound bite or joke,” however “who has the best plan and who is best equipped to deal with the consequences of the Donald Trump presidency.”

The speech comes days after Kraft has referred to as the mayor to take “emergency measures” after a South Boston 4-year-old stepped on a needle and accused Wu on hiding the associated fee of the controversial White Stadium challenge till after the election.

On White Stadium, Wu defended her administration’s transparency, saying “at the point where numbers are finalized, they are public and available.”

Following the South Boston incident, the mayor referred to as the hazard of needles “just not okay” and spoke to efforts to “end outdoor congregate substance use” in addition to ramping up enforcement and the Cellular Sharps Groups’ work.

The Kraft marketing campaign introduced up a variety of the key points within the election throughout Sunday’s speech and “real, detailed, and actionable solutions.”

“On housing, I’ve proposed a plan to jumpstart construction, reduce rent increases, and help more Bostonians become homeowners,” Kraft stated. “On schools, I’ve laid out steps to raise literacy rates, fix the bus system and add elected members to the school committee. On Mass and Cass, I’ve rejected the mayor’s failed harm reduction strategy in favor of a recovery-first approach developed with experts and those with lived experience.”

The candidate argued Boston “cannot afford four more years of the Wu administration,” citing adjustments on the federal and native stage, and acknowledged he’s “running to deliver results.”