Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell has found that Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, a fellow Democrat, did nothing wrong holding a holiday party for public officials that excluded white people.
The AG’s office maintains that the event was not open to the public and therefore doesn’t violate the state’s public accommodation law, Fox News reports.
The law specifically prohibits “making any distinction, discrimination, or restriction in admission to or treatment in a place of public accommodation based on race, color, religious creed, national origin, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, deafness, blindness, or any physical or mental disability, or ancestry.”
Notably, the office refuses to even open an investigation into the matter, despite numerous formal complaints being filed about the segregated party.
An email sent by City Council relations director Denise DosSantos…
