Barney Frank, now in hospice care, has an urgent message for Democrats hoping to bounce back from Trump

Barney Frank, now in hospice care, has an urgent message for Democrats hoping to bounce back from Trump

He says Democrats have a chance to defeat President Donald Trump's brand of right-wing populism, but only if the party embraces core economic issues instead of polarizing culture fights.

Letter to the Editor: Barney Frank is wrong about progressive electability - Newton Beacon

Regarding the news about Barney Frank, I am a longtime friend and I wish him well. I go back to 1980, when Barney was running for Congress, I stood at a corner near the Newton Highlands T stop and handed out flyers. A person came up to me and said, “why would you want to support that (expletive)?” and I said, “I didn’t know he was gay.” He was a very liberal and progressive Democrat. He co-authored the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act which protected consume…