Thread by @lisakashinsky

AG debate, hosted by Boston @Ward4Dems @bostonward5dems, getting underway. @AndreaForAG @ShannonForAG @qpalfrey all here, a few hours after Campbell picked up some new endorsements in Revere while Palfrey/Liss-Riordan knocked her for not signing "People's Pledge" w/ them #mapoli

What sets the candidates for AG apart? They all say experience.

AG candidates asked what's the biggest single challenge facing Massachusetts?
— @AndreaForAG: Mental health and housing
— @ShannonForAG: "The high cost of everything."
— @qpalfrey: Structural racism and economic and wealth inequality #mapoli

If Roe v. Wade is overturned and a federal abortion ban is passed, @ShannonForAG says "I will never enforce an abortion ban here in Massachusetts."

This wasn't the question asked about abortion, but Liss-Riordan was the only one to say this in her response #mapoli

All three AG candidates, @AndreaForAG @ShannonForAG @qpalfrey, say they would vote against the proposed ballot initiative that would make Uber/Lyft/DoorDash etc drivers independent contractors #mapoli

@AndreaForAG @ShannonForAG @qpalfrey Ask your opponent a Q! @ShannonForAG to @qpalfrey: "How many cases have you been the lead lawyer on that have been reported &how many appeals or SJC cases have you argued?"

Palfrey: "I've been the lead lawyer on a number of cases." Cites cases from his time in AG office #mapoli

.@qpalfrey obvi brings up "Better Boston" super PAC/asks @AndreaForAG if she'd recuse herself from cases involving PAC donors from mayor's race. "Anytime a potential conflict of interest comes up it's a case by case matter & if it's required that I recuse myself, I will" #mapoli

@qpalfrey @AndreaForAG Moderator asks how self-funding is dif than PAC $. That's an attack @AndreaForAG raised against @ShannonForAG. Liss-Riordan says its "apples & oranges. There's a dif b/w a candidate who has the ability to contribute to their own campaign & one that takes corporate money" #mapoli

@qpalfrey @AndreaForAG @ShannonForAG .@qpalfrey and @ShannonForAG both say they support rent control. @AndreaForAG says "it's a conversation for municipalities" and that there are "real concerns about whether it's an effective tool" but says as AG she won't stand against communities if they want to pursue it #mapoli