Overview
- Healey and Wu drew loud boos at Fenway Park during Friday’s Red Sox home opener, with more than 36,000 fans in attendance.
- Video spread quickly on social media, especially on X, as GOP candidates Brian Shortsleeve, Mike Minogue, and Mike Kennealy posted clips and celebratory messages.
- The ballpark announcer introduced the officials alongside team dignitaries before the Padres game, and many in the crowd jeered as they appeared on the field.
- One day earlier, Healey asked two private airlines to stop flying U.S. immigration detainees for ICE, citing a recent shooting in Minneapolis linked to an ICE operation.
- Reports from Fox News and Breitbart framed the boos as backlash to immigration policies and also noted past criticism of Wu and an October drug‑trafficking arrest of a Healey aide.