The leadership are Democrats, but there were Republicans who voted to keep this off the ballot. In fact, there are quite a few Dems who were real heroes in this fight.
I’m talking in particular of Patrick and the Democrat leaders strongarm tactics. Nothing will excuse this. They knew how many votes they needed and they did what they needed to to make sure it stayed off the ballot.
By saying Republicans voted to keep it off the ballot too doesn’t excuse the repulsive behavior by the Democrat hierarchy.