Massachusetts Governor Healey Flips Then Flops on Gas Pipeline Issue

When former U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry was a U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, he voted to authorize the Bush Administration's war on Iraq, only to vote against funding the campaign a year later. Kerry explained, "I actually did vote for the $87 billion before I voted against it."

CBS News reported in 2004 that Kerry had a history of flip-flops and highlighted some of the more significant ones.

Flip-flops are a part of political life as candidates for public office attempt to please everyone to win elections. It was easier to pull off before social media and YouTube videos were able to catch the fibs and little white lies as they happened, and remind the public about important position changes.

Do a YouTube search for Democrats' positions on the border wall before Donald Trump became president, and compare them to statements uttered after Trump became a candidate for the White House on a promise to build a border wall.

Since most politicians are not immune to flip-flopping like a fish out of water, it should surprise no one that Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey, on October 14, 2025, was caught in a whopper of a fib when she claimed, "I've been about bringing more gas supply into Massachusetts."

Healey actually said, "You know, I never stopped pipelines."

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Do they not realize that their comments are on video and easily found within minutes for fact-checking purposes?

On April 27, 2022, while still Attorney General, Healey most famously bragged, "Remember, I stopped two gas pipelines from coming into this state."

The Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance sure didn't forget and posted side-by-side videos of her comments to remind voters.

I don't know, perhaps Healey blocked the pipelines before she didn't block the pipelines, or something like that. Or maybe, with energy prices through the roof, she doesn't want you to remember she blocked the pipelines.