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Using government websites to convey partisan messages of blame for the government shutdown may have started in Washington, but now, we're seeing it here in Massachusetts.

Massachusetts website blames Trump for shutdown

And at least one lawmaker wants to make it stop. "When the president does it, it's wrong, and when the governor does it, it's wrong," said State Senator Ryan Fattman (R-Sutton).

Fattman deplores the Trump administration's use of the Department of Housing and Urban Development's website to parrot its claim that "radical left" Democrats in Congress are to blame for the shutdown. The statement drew a rejoinder on the state's Transitional Assistance site

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