Politics

Baker says Massachusetts should not be ‘a sanctuary state’

Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker at the State House on Wednesday. Steven Senne / Associated Press

Governor Charlie Baker said Thursday night that he does not expect Congress to repeal President Obama’s signature healthcare law without replacing it with an alternative.

“I haven’t heard anybody in Washington say repeal” solely, said Baker during a forum at the Seaport World Trade Center. “The whole conversation has been repeal and replace. … I think the likelihood that this thing gets repealed, period, with nothing behind it is very, very small.”

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