She stood up for the city and refused to cower in the face of threats and smears,” one of more than 1,700 respondents said. The post Mayor Michelle Wu represented Boston well at the ‘sanctuary cities’ congressional hearing,

If you want to make us safe, pass gun reforms, stop cutting Medicaid, stop cutting cancer research, stop cutting funds for veterans. That is what will make our city safe.”

The much-hyped hearing, Wu’s first time on the national stage, turned out not to be so much of a show but more of a legal grilling of the mayor and three other city mayors aimed at getting them to