Congressman Jim McGovern (D-2nd) said Saturday he has spoken to the Healey administration about the possibility of the National Guard being deployed to Massachusetts.

“What I did was I talked to the administration,” he told the Herald. When asked if he had spoken directly to Gov. Maura Healey about it, he hedged. Yet, he told attendees at a community forum that “he had talks with the governor.”

In a wide-ranging talk — where McGovern hit on ICE, C-Span and RFK Jr. — he mostly railed against the Trump administration.

He then said next weekend’s “No Kings” rallies won’t enflame the climate in the Bay State.

He said he “didn’t know enough about” this past week’s protest on the Boston Common that resulted in a Boston police officer getting his nose broken and 13 suspects charged — includin

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